Senior Members
Lukas Inhestern
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lukas likes to have coffee and cake preferably sitting outside in the sun. He also enjoys doing sports like badminton.
Michael Butzen
Research Engineer
Michael enjoys cooking and eating new foods, hiking, ice fishing, paintball, and game nights with family and friends.
Swapnil Ingale
Senior Turbine Test Assistant
Swapnil loves to read web novels, play volleyball, cook food and hang out with friends
Graduate Students
Gene Bryan
MS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Gene likes playing intramurals, 3D printing, working on projects of his own, reading, and above all, sleeping.
Lakshya Bhatnagar
PhD Student of Mechanical Engineering
Lakshya likes sci fi ,travelling and eating. On a break you can find him hiking, running or cooking.
Logan Tuite
PhD Student of Mechanical Engineering
Logan enjoys scuba diving, rock climbing, and camping in the summer and snowboarding in the winter.
Connor McQueen
MS Student of Aerospace Engineering
Connor enjoys golf, skydiving, watching sports, and spending time with family and friends.
Antoni Rebassa
PhD Student of Mechanical Engineering
Toni likes swimming, spearfishing, and windsurfing on the sea. He enjoys good food, racquet sports and running.
Robert Bebe Wang
PhD Student of Mechanical Engineering
Bebe likes to swim, listen to music, and cook as well. In his downtime, he'll usually be watching TV or listening to music and relaxing.
Aubrey McKelvy
PhD Student of Aerospace Engineering
Aubrey likes to ride motorcycles when it’s not snowing, ski when it is snowing, and play piano.
Roberto Nares
MS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Roberto enjoys reading novels, mostly classics, as well as philosophy and history books. He also likes running and trekking.
Nick Long
MS Student of Aerospace Engineering
Nick likes to spend time with his friends and family while traveling, enjoying a good meal, or playing board games.
Antonio Castillo Sauca
PhD Student of Aerospace Engineering
Antonio is an enthusiast of ski touring, hiking, and climbing. He enjoys admiring the scenery from mountain summits.
Hunter Nowak
MS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Hunter enjoys rock climbing, playing bass guitar, going on road trips, watching sports, and playing board games with friends.
James Twaddle
MS Student of Mechanical Engineering
James enjoys hiking, classic 60's and blues, playing guitar, talking about philosophy, and watching good (or especially bad) movies with friends.
Dayna Obenauf
PhD Student of Mechanical Engineering
Dayna likes baking, hiking, and wine tasting with friends. She also loves to learn new languages and travel.
John Paulson
MS Student of Mechanical Engineering
John enjoys reading, running, visiting National Parks, and spending time with his daughter.
Luis Zarate-Sanchez
MS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Luis enjoys running and cycling, as well as playing music with friends.
Stephen Bean
MS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Stephen enjoys hiking, cooking, and Dungeons and Dragons. He also loves spending time with his family and playing musical instruments.
Sergio Grasa Martinez
MS Student of Aerospace Engineering
Sergio enjoys basketball, tennis and watching motorsports. He also loves visiting aviation museums and exhibitions.
Andrea Ruan
MS Student of Aerospace Engineering
Andrea enjoys reading biographies and loves playing soccer, being in the mountains on a motorcycle or having a beer with friends.
Nate Kiefer
MS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Researchers
Maxwell Bolt
BS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Max enjoys reading, running, lifting, and watching anime with friends.
John Andrew Grunenwald
BS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Jack enjoys trying new foods, drinking tea, playing electric guitar, and playing board games with his friends.
Miranda Daane
BS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Miranda enjoys hiking, baking, playing trumpet in the AAMB, and getting coffee with friends.
William Andress
BS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Bill enjoys baking, camping, soccer, and playing games with friends.
Diego Sanchez
BS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Diego enjoys hiking, cooking, climbing and traveling with friends
Saunak Debnath
BS Student of Mechanical Engineering
William Owens
BS Student of Mechanical Engineering
Past Members
Papa Aye (Nyansafo) Aye-Addo
PhD 2021
"Development of a Laser-lifetime Pressure Sensitive Paint Method for Turbine Analysis"
Francisco Lozano
PhD 2021
"Control of shock-vortex interaction through leading edge blowing"
Jordan Fisher
PhD 2020
"Optical Techniques in High-speed reacting and non-reacting flows"
Iman Rahbari
PhD 2019, Research Scientist 2020-2021
"Acoustic streaming in compressible turbulent boundary layers;
Zhe Liu
PhD 2019
"Characterization of axial turbines for pressure gain combustion"
Valeria Andreoli
PhD 2019, Postdoc 2019-2020
"Cooled turbine tip design: Aerothermal optimization for engine transients"
Jorge Saavedra
PhD 2018, Postdoc 2019-2020
"Determining the dynamic scales of the boundary layer and flow separation inception: Analysis towards efficient flow control"
David Gonzalez Cuadrado
PhD 2018, Senior Research Administrator 2019-2020
" 3D Inverse Heat Transfer Methodologies for Microelectronic and Gas Turbine Applications"
Paht Juangphanich
PhD 2019
"Bio-inspired optimization of a turbine stage"
Jorge Sousa
PhD 2016, Postdoc 2016
"Supersonic turbine design"
Cis De Maesschalck
PhD 2016, Postdoc 2016
"Design, Analysis, Optimization and Control of Rotor Tip Flows"
Daniel Inman
MS 2020
"Particle Image Velocimetry in a High Pressure Turbine stage at aerodynamically engine representative conditions"
Shawn Willette
MS 2019
"On the design of a fast opening valve for rapid release of a pressure differential within Ludwieg Tubes"
Udit Vyas
MS 2019
"Aerodynamic optimization of compact engine intakes for high subsonic speed turbofan applications"
Shengqi Lu
MS 2018
"Development of high frequency virtual thermocouples"
Santiago Salinas
MS 2021
"Sensor Calibration System and Methodology for Tip Clearance Measurements in Turbomachines"
Syed Shoiab
MS 2021
"Development of Shear Stress Measurement Technique and Plotting Surface Streak Lines using Oil Technique"
Nathan Humbert
MS 2019
Val Joiner
MS 2019
Ryan Bohr
MS 2020
Hongyi Shao
MS 2018
Naga Tejadeep Kalipi
MS 2018
Yutao Zheng
MS 2016
Pablo Gasco
MS 2021
Raunaq Kumaran
MS 2021
Jose David Ramirez
MS 2020
Siddhant Joshi
MS 2020
Past Undergraduate Members
Martin Degener
(Fall, Spring 2019)
Asato Reese
(Spring 2019)
Nicholas Schmidt
(Fall 2019)
Leonardo Facchini
(Spring 2019)
Yuhan Roh
(Spring, Summer, Fall 2018)
Austin Barrow
(Fall 2020)
Miquel Perez Nebot
(Spring 2021)
Matthew Nichols
(2019-2021)
Diego Martinez
(Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
Clement Villegas
(Spring, Fall 2018)
Kiran Prabakar
(Spring 2018)
Eric Schweitzer
(Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
Patrick Krane
(Spring 2017)
Scott Giammatteo
(Fall 2020)
Alec Vuckso
(Spring 2021)
Robert Meyer
(Summer, Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
Tanvi Sawant
(Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
Matthew Hersey
(Summer, Fall 2016)
Andres Porro Carvalhar
(Spring, Fall 2016)
Vinicius Mapelli
(Summer 2015)
Jack Atkinson
(Fall 2020)
Luiz Eduardo Leite Filho
(Summer 2021)
Jack Boes
(Summer 2015)
Hugo Lui
(Summer 2015)
Andre Oliveira
(Summer 2015)
Sudeep Sai
(Summer 2015)
Ivanka Carbajal
(Fall 2020)
James Twaddle
(Fall 2020)
Tim Miller
(Spring 2021)
Visiting Scholars
Ruth Herrero
Pol. University of Cartagena
(05/01/2016 – 08/01/2016)
Juan Pedro Solano
Pol. University of Cartagena
(05/01/2016 – 08/01/2016)
Yingzhu Wang
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (3/25/2019 – 6/29/2019)
Alejandro Martinez Cava
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (9/3/2018 – 11/9/2018)
Lukas Inhestern
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (6/1/2018 – 9/30/2018)
Ivan Padilla
von Karman Institute
(1/13/2018 – 04/05/2018)