Multi-Body Dynamics Research — Purdue University

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics — Prof. Kathleen Howell

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2025

Prof. Howell's research group in ARMS 2008. Top Row: Tyler Hook, Mo Brockman, Josiah Badiali, Antony Fleming, Takayuki Shihara, Zach Stewart, Nadia Numa. Second row: Cody Waldecker, Drew Langford, JP Almanza-Soto, Ricardo Gomez, Mitch Dominguez , Jonathan Richmond, Jay Singh. Front Row: Noah Sadaka, Dale Williams, Lorin Nugent, Beom Park, Liam Fahey, Landon Abboud, Robert Lee
Fall 2025

2024

Prof. Howell's research group at the Envision Center. Top Row: Antony Fleming, Cody Waldecker, Lorin Nugent, Zach Stewart, Dale Williams, Tyler Hook, Josiah Badiali, J.P. Almanza-Soto. Second Row: Mo Brockman, Landon Abboud, Liam Fahey, Jonathan Richmond, Robert Lee, Drew Langford, Nadia Numa, Taka Shihara. Front Row: Ricardo Gomez, Noah Sadaka, Jay Singh, Mitch Dominguez, Beom Park, Rohith Sanaga.
Fall 2024

2023

Prof. Howell's research group at Slayter Hill. Top Row: Noah Sadaka, Nadia Numa, Maaninee Gupta, Stephen Scheuerle, Josiah Badiali. Second Row: Cody Waldecker, Ricardo Gomez, Rolfe Power, Tyler Hook. Third Row: JP Almanza-Soto, Dale Williams, Liam Fahey, Dhruv Jain, Mitch Dominguez, Sam Ramsey. Bottom Row: Antony Fleming, Jonathan Richmond, Lorin Nugent, Beom Park, Rohith Sanaga, Drew Langford.
Fall 2023

2022

Prof. Howell's research group at Hovde Hall. Top Row: Dhruv Jain, Maaninee Gupta, Josiah Badiali, Antony Fleming, Dale Williams, Lorin Nugent, Rolfe Power. Second Row: Jonathan Richmond, Cody Waldecker, Stephen Scheuerle. Third Row: Rohith Sanaga, JP Almanza-Soto, Ricardo Gomez, Mitch Dominguez, Beom Park. Fourth Row: Nadia Numa, Alex Hoffman, Sam Ramsey, Colton Mitchell, Liam Fahey, Noah Sadaka. Bottom Row: Collin York. Not Pictured: Nick LaFarge.
Fall 2022

2021

Prof. Howell's research group at the engineering fountain. Top Row: Noah Sadaka, Paige Whittington, Dhruv Jain, Alex Hoffman, Cody Waldecker, Mitch Dominguez, David Canales. Second Row: Colton Mitchell, Josiah Badiali, Dale Williams, Rohith Sanaga, Beom Park, JP Almanza-Soto, Stephen Scheuerle, Jonathan Richmond. Front Row: RJ Power, Kenza Boudad, Brian McCarthy, Nick LaFarge, Maaninee Gupta, Juan Ojeda Romero, Ricardo Gomez.
Fall 2021

2020

Prof. Howell's research group over Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Top Row: Professor Howell, Emily Zimovan-Spreen, Kenza Boudad, Nick LaFarge, and Alex Hoffman. Second Row: Brian McCarthy, Stephen Scheuerle, Collin York, RJ Power, Juan-Pablo Almanza-Soto. Third Row: Andrew Molnar, Maaninee Gupta, Nadia Numa, Noah Sadaka, and Beom Park. Fourth Row: Paige Whittington, David Canales, Vivek Muralidharan, Mitch Dominguez, and Ricardo Gomez. Bottom Row: Rohith Sanaga, Juan Ojeda, and Bonnie Prado Pino.
Fall 2020 (virtual)

2019

The multibody dynamics research group at the VOSS model. Back row: Kenji Kitamura, Vivek Muralidharan, Bonnie Prado Pino, Paige Whittington. Middle row (standing): Rohith Sanaga, Stephen Scheuerle, Brian McCarthy, Robert Pritchett, Fouad Khoury, Juan Ojeda Romero, Rolfe Power, Collin York, Nick LaFarge, David Canales Garcia. Front row: Beom Park, Maaninee Gupta, Andrew Molnar, Kenza Boudad, Ricardo Gomez, Andrew Cox, Emily Spreen, and Nadia Numa.
Fall 2019
The research group in a slightly rearranged pose, Fall 2019.
Fall 2019 (alternate pose)
The research group around a Saturn sculpture. Back row (left to right): Kenji Kitamura, Brian McCarthy, and Nick LaFarge. Middle row: Andrew Molnar, Bonnie Prado Pino, Robert Pritchett, Kenza Boudad, Stephen Scheuerle, Collin York, Rolfe Power, and David Canales Garcia. Front row (squatting, sitting, kneeling): Beom Park, Emily Spreen, Maaninee Gupta, Paige Whittington, Nadia Numa, Andrew Cox, Ricardo Gomez, Juan Ojeda Romero, Fouad Khoury, Vivek Muralidharan, and Rohith Sanaga.
Fall 2019 (Saturn)

2018

Prof. Howell's research group in front of a banner celebrating Purdue's contributions to space exploration. Pictured: Robert Pritchett, Brian McCarthy, Andrew Cox, Vivek Muralidharan, Stephen Scheuerle, Bonnie Prado Pino, Emily Zimovan, Fouad Khoury, Juan Ojeda Romero, Diane Craig-Davis (alumni), Kenza Boudad, Maaninee Gupta, Matt Bolliger, David Canales, Ash Das-Stuart, Collin York, RJ Power.
Fall 2018
The research group ordered roughly by seniority from front to back, with the most senior members in front. Fall 2018.
Fall 2018 (ordered by seniority)
A candid shot of the research group, Fall 2018.
Fall 2018 (candid)

2017

Prof. Howell's research group at the engineering fountain. Pictured: Bonnie Prado Pino, Juan Ojeda Romero, Emily Zimovan, Vivek Muralidharan, Andrew Cox, R.J. Power, Anish Vutukuri, Ted Wahl, Ash Das-Stuart, Robert Pritchett, Chris Spreen, Collin York, Nick LaFarge, Kenza Boudad, Brian McCarthy, and Alex VanAnderlecht.
Fall 2017
The research group in a more energetic pose, Fall 2017.
Fall 2017 (energetic pose)
The research group caught between poses, Fall 2017.
Fall 2017 (between poses)

2016

Prof. Howell's research group outside Lambert Hall. Pictured: Robert Pritchett, Bonnie Prado Pino, Brian McCarthy, Vivek Muralidharan, Emily Zimovan, Anish Vutukuri, Ash Das-Stuart, Shota Kikuchi, Ted Wahl, Rohan Sood, Andrea Viale, Alex van Anderlecht, Wayne Schlei, Collin York, Chris Spreen, Andrew Cox.
Fall 2016
The research group in a more traditional pose, Fall 2016.
Fall 2016 (traditional pose)
The research group spelling out letters, Fall 2016.
Fall 2016 (spelling pose)
The research group family photo, Fall 2016.
Fall 2016 (family photo)

2015

The research group gathered at Purdue's VOSS sculpture (Visiting Our Solar System; named in honor of the late Janice Voss, astronaut and Purdue alumna). Back row: Shota Kikuchi, Rohan Sood, Alex van Anderlecht, Kia Tajdaran, Ted Wahl, Davide Guzzetti, Bonnie Prado Pino. Middle row: Diogo Merguizo Sanchez, Robert Pritchett, Tash Bosanac, Cody Short, Chris Spreen, Wayne Schlei, Loic Chappaz. Front row: Emily Zimovan, Andrew Cox, Ash Das-Stuart.
Fall 2015
The research group in another pose, Fall 2015.
Fall 2015 (alternate pose)
The true nature of research group members revealed, Fall 2015.
Fall 2015 (candid)

2014

Prof. Howell's research group near the end of Fall Semester 2014. Pictured: Andrew Cox, Alex van Anderlecht, Tash Bosanac, Kia Tajdaran, Lucia Capdevila, Amanda Haapala, Cody Short, Ash Das, Wayne Schlei, Masaki Kakoi, Bonnie Prado Pino, Davide Guzzetti, Loic Chappaz, Rohan Sood, Ted Wahl, and visiting scholar Andrea Colagrossi.
Fall 2014
Also Fall 2014. Pictured: Andrew Cox, Alex van Anderlecht, Tash Bosanac, Kia Tajdaran, Lucia Capdevila, Amanda Haapala, Cody Short, Ash Das, Wayne Schlei, Masaki Kakoi, Bonnie Prado Pino, Davide Guzzetti, Loic Chappaz, Ted Wahl, and Rohan Sood.
Fall 2014 (alternate)

2013

Prof. Howell's research group near the end of Fall Semester 2013. Pictured: Cody Short, Amanda Haapala, Ash Das, Jeff Stuart, Ted Wahl, Lucia Capdevila, Tash Bosanac, Masaki Kakoi, Davide Guzzetti, Bonnie Prado Pino, Chris Spreen, Wayne Schlei, Rohan Sood, and Chris Geisel.
Fall 2013
Also Fall 2013. Pictured: Masaki Kakoi, Cody Short, Chris Spreen, Ted Wahl, Lucia Capdevila, Tash Bosanac, Bonnie Prado Pino, Davide Guzzetti, Ash Das, Wayne Schlei, Amanda Haapala, Jeff Stuart, Rohan Sood, and Chris Geisel.
Fall 2013 (alternate)
Fall 2013. Pictured: Wayne Schlei, Bonnie Prado Pino, Cody Short, Tash Bosanac, Chris Geisel, Rohan Sood, Masaki Kakoi, Chris Spreen, Davide Guzzetti, Ash Das, Jeff Stuart, Ted Wahl, Amanda Haapala, and Lucia Capdevila.
Fall 2013 (second alternate)

2012

The research group in the Armstrong Hall atrium, December 2012. Left to right: Chris Geisel, Lucia Capdevila, Masaki Kakoi, Amanda Haapala, Galen Harden, Ted Wahl, Chris Spreen, Mar Vaquero, Rohan Sood, Amanda Knutson, Tom Pavlak, Ash Das, Jeff Stuart, Bonnie Prado Pino, Davide Guzzetti, Tash Bosanac, Wayne Schlei, Loic Chappaz, and Cody Short.
December 2012 — Armstrong Hall atrium
The research group under the Neil Armstrong portrait in Armstrong Hall, December 2012. Left to right: Tom Pavlak, Mar Vaquero, Wayne Schlei, Davide Guzzetti, Cody Short, Lucia Capdevila, Loic Chappaz, Masaki Kakoi, Galen Harden, Chris Geisel, Amanda Knutson, Ted Wahl, Chris Spreen, Tash Bosanac, Rohan Sood, Amanda Haapala, Bonnie Prado Pino, Ash Das, and Jeff Stuart.
December 2012 — under the giant
The research group among the planetary display, December 2012. Back row: Chris Geisel, Lucia Capdevila, Loic Chappaz, Jeff Stuart, Davide Guzzetti, Ted Wahl, Galen Harden, and Mar Vaquero. Middle row: Bonnie Prado Pino, Rohan Sood, Cody Short, Wayne Schlei, Chris Spreen, Tash Bosanac, Amanda Knutson, and Ash Das. Front row: Tom Pavlak and Amanda Haapala.
December 2012 — among the planets

2011

The Howell research group in December 2011. Standing: Galen Harden, Cody Short, Amanda Haapala, Tom Pavlak, Masaki Kakoi, Wayne Schlei, Jeff Stuart, Mar Vaquero, Ted Wahl, Chris Geisel, and Loic Chappaz. In front: Rohan Sood, Tash Bosanac, Aurelie Heritier, Lucia Capdevila, and Amanda Knutson.
December 2011
The Howell research group in late spring 2011. Back row: Tash Bosanac, Chris Geisel, Wayne Schlei, Aurelie Heritier, Jeff Stuart, Tom Pavlak, Rohan Sood, Loic Chappaz, Amanda Haapala, Cody Short, Jayme Howsman, and Masaki Kakoi. Front row: Geoff Wawrzyniak, Raoul Rausch, Amanda Knutson, Lucia Capdevila, and Mar Vaquero.
Spring 2011
Purdue Astrodynamics and Space Applications groups in late spring 2011. Pictured are members of Prof. Howell's group along with members of the research groups led by Profs. Garrison and Longuski.
Spring 2011 — Purdue Astrodynamics & Space Applications groups

2008—2009

Group members at the Purdue Outstanding Aerospace Engineers Banquet 2009. From left to right: Raoul Rausch, Diane Davis, Tom Pavlak, Amanda Haapala, Masaki Kakoi, Wayne Schlei, and Derek Hazen.
2009 — Outstanding Aerospace Engineers Banquet
All members of Professor Howell's research group in October 2008. Back row: Dan Grebow, Todd Brown, Marty Ozimek, Cody Short, Masaki Kakoi, Chris Patterson, Geoff Wawrzyniak, and Raoul Rausch. Middle row: Zubin Olikara, Diane Craig Davis, Aurelie Heritier, Amanda Knutson, and Mar Vaquero. Front row: Tom Pavlak, Matt Vavrina, Wayne Schlei, and Lucia Capdevila.
October 2008
Group members at the Purdue Outstanding Aerospace Engineers Banquet 2008. From left to right: Wayne Schlei, Tom Pavlak, Todd Brown, Masaki Kakoi, Lindsay Millard, Marty Ozimek, Raoul Rausch, Aurelie Heritier, Chris Patterson, and Amanda Knutson.
2008 — Outstanding Aerospace Engineers Banquet

2007

Members of Prof. Howell's research group with Neil Armstrong at the dedication of Armstrong Hall, 2007.
2007 — Armstrong Hall dedication with Neil Armstrong
Another shot of the research group with Neil Armstrong at the dedication of Armstrong Hall, 2007, including Lindsay Millard (original site designer) on the left.
2007 — Armstrong Hall dedication (alternate)