Cohort 2025-2026
Sean Cottrell
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Mathematical AI for Biological Discovery from Omics Data
Advisor: Prof. Longxiu Huang and Prof. Guowei Wei
Joe Petrecca
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Optimizing Reviewer Matching via Data-Driven Expertise Profiling
Advisor: Prof. Wolfgang Kerzendorf
Wesley Walker
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Photo-acoustic Computed Tomography as Guided by Deep Learning Neural Networks
Advisor: Prof. Yang Yang
Rana Elladki
Dept of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
Research Topic: Multiscale molecular dynamics simulation of carbon dioxide transport in supported thin polyamine films
Advisor: Prof. Shiwang Cheng
Ian Freeman
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Identification of Plasmoids in Radiative Magnetic Reconnection Simulations
Advisor: Prof. Brian O'Shea
Kiyuob Jung
Dept of Mathematics
Research Topic: A Special Subgradient Method for Minimizing Non-Smooth Objective Functions
Advisor: Prof. Jun Kitagawa
Shilin Dou
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Consensus‐Based Sampling for Rare‐Event Transition Pathways
Advisor: Prof. Huan Lei
Cohort 2024-2025
Vincente Amado
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Globalizing Peer Review through AI-Driven Researcher Identification
Advisor: Prof. Wolfgang Kerzendorf
Jannik Eisenlohr
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: AI-Driven High-Throughput Molecular Dynamics for High Energy-Density Science
Advisor: Prof. Michael Murillo
Andrew Fischer-Garbutt
Dept of Mathematics
Chris Gerlach
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Enhancing Predictive Models Using Heterogeneous and Non-Uniform Temporal Medical Data
Advisor: Prof. Adam Alessio
Siyu Guo
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Huan Lei
Dawson Kinsman
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Danny Caballero
Tanvi Mahajan
Dept of Mathematics
Research Topic: Investigating the use of Sparse Spectral Methods for solving Time Dependent PDE’s
Advisor: Prof. Mark Iwen
Mandela Bright Quashie
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Hybrid Computational Frameworks for Advanced Plasma Dynamics
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Christlieb
Brynn Roy
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Yang Yang
Cohort 2023-2024
Anna Brandl
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Bridge Microstructure to Homogeneous Electrode Simulations
Advisor: Prof. Hui-Chia Yu
Maxwell Chumley
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Research Topic: A Framework for Navigating Constrained Parameter Spaces of Dynamical Systems Using Topological Data Analysis
Advisor: Prof. Firas A. Khasawneh
Jason Curtachio
Dept of Mathematics
Research Topic: Using Machine Learning to Improve the Phase Retrieval Process for Near-Field Ptychography
Advisor: Prof. Mark Iwen
Nicholas Heilman
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Implementation of AI in Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations
Advisor: Prof. Tony Gao
Zenas Huang
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Modeling and Context Representations of Multimodal Medical Data
Advisor: Prof. Adam Alessio
David E. Munoz
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Directed Graph Persistence for Evaluating Simulated Data
Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth Munch
Jared Reiling
Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Research Topic: Multiscale Modeling of Naturalistic Behavior and Brain Dynamics in Humans and Animals
Advisor: Prof. Mengsen Zhang
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