People

PhD student in Mechanical Engineering (01/19-present) 

Research interests: Drones, Formation Flight, Machine Learning, Aerodynamics 

PhD student in Electrical Engineering (08/20-present) 

Ms. student in Mathematics (08/20-present) 

Research interests: Space Exploration, Robotics, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Machine Learning, sensors

Ms. student in Mechanical Engineering (08/20-present) 

Research interests: Space Exploration, Drones, Energy Harvesting, Design

Master student in Mechanical Engineering (08/20-present) 

Research interests: Drones, Swarm Flight, Flapping Wings, CFD, Experimental Aerodynamics, Design, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Heated Boundary Layer

Master student in Mechanical Engineering (08/20-present) 

Research interests: Robotics, Amphibious Systems, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Machine Learning, Design

Master student in Mechanical Engineering (08/20-present) 

Research interests: Drones,  Smart City, Intelligent Systems, Charging Stations, Design, Manufacturing

Ms. student in Electrical Engineering (08/20-present)

Undergraduate degree: Electrical Engineering

Research interests: Cluster Swarm, Robotics, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Machine Learning, sensors

Ms. student in Master of Science for Teacher (MST) (08/19-present) 

Undergraduate degree: Material Engineering

Research interests: Drones, Flapping Wing, Heated Boundary Layer, Optimization, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics

Master student in Mechanical Engineering (08/18-present) 

Advised by Dr. Bakhtiyarov and co-advised by Dr. Hassanalian

Research interests: Thermal boundary layer, heat transfer, Thermal fluid science, Experimental design

Master student in Mineral Engineering (08/19-present) 

Advised by Dr. Pedram Roghanchi  and co-advised by Dr. Hassanalian

Research interests: Drones application in mining industries

Master student in Computer Science and Engineering  (08/19-present) 

Advised by Dr. Ramyaa and  by Dr. Hassanalian

Research interests: Computational mechanics, Machine learning

Master student in Mechanical Engineering (08/19-present) 

Advised by Dr. Bakhtiyarov and co-advised by Dr. Hassanalian

Research interests: Thermal boundary layer, heat transfer, Thermal fluid science

Master student in Mechanical Engineering (08/18-present) 

Research interests: Drones, Swarm Flight, Flight Dynamics, Optimization, Control, Aerodynamics, Design and Fabrication, Robotics

Master student in Mechanical Engineering (08/20-present) 

Research interests: Drones, Space Robotics, Mechanism Design, Aerodynamics, Bioinspiration

Master student in Mechanical Engineering (08/20-present) 

Research interests: Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, heated boundary layer, renewable energy

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (01/20-present) 

Research interests: Drones, Amphibious Systems, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Energy Harvesting, Design

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (08/19-present) 

Research interests: Drones, Amphibious Systems, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Energy Harvesting, Design

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (08/19-present) 

Research interests: Drones, Amphibious Systems, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Energy Harvesting, Design

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (01/19-present) 

Research interests: Drones, Piloting, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Anti-Predator Systems, Navigation

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (01/19-present) 

Research interests: UAVs, Space Exploration, Design, Spherical Drones

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (08/18-present) 

Research interests: Robotics, Rovers, Space Exploration, Design, Manufacturing 

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (08/19-present) 

Research interests: Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Robotics, Rovers, Space Exploration, Design, Manufacturing 

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (08/19-present) 

Research interests: Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Robotics, Rovers, Space Exploration, Design, Manufacturing 

B.SC in Mechanical Engineering (08/19-05/20) 

Research interests: Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Robotics, Drones, Flapping Wing, Heated Boundary Layer

Current Position: General Engineer at Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center 

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (08/20-present) 

Research interests: Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Robotics, Aquatic Systems,  Design, Manufacturing 

Undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering (08/18-present) 

Research interests: Robotics, Rovers, Space Exploration, Design, Manufacturing

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (09/20-present) 

Research interests: Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Robotics, Rovers, Space Exploration, Design, Manufacturing 

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (09/20-present) 

Research interests: Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Robotics, Space Systems,  Design, Manufacturing 

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (08/20-present) 

Research interests: Planetary exploration, Drones, Morphing structures, Aerodynamics, Design and fabrication, Robotics

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (05/20-Present) 

Imperial College London , London, UK

Research interests: Drones,  Flapping wing, Heated Boundary Layer

Thesis Title: Butterfly Drone- merging fashion with engineering

NSF-REU undergraduate student (06/19-01/20) 

Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA

Research interests: Drones,  Heated Boundary Layer, Space Exploration

NSF-REU undergraduate student (06/19-08/19) 

The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA

Research interests: Drones,  Charging Stations, Design

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (08/18-08/20) 

Research interests: Drones,  Space Exploration, Heated Boundary Layer

Thesis Title: Power management and energy harvesting mechanism for Venus-based drone: Challenges and solutions

Current Position: Torc Robotics 

 PhD candidate in Computer Science and Engineering  (01/19-08/2020) 

Volunteer researcher (Hired for Summer 2019) 

Research interests: Drones applications, Smart cities, Swarming drones, Machine learning 

 PhD student in Biotechnology  (01/19-08/19) 

Academic Advisor

Research interests: Drones, Heated Boundary Layer, Hydro-kinetic Turbines, Renewable Energy

Current Position:  PhD student at Chapman University

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (09/18-01/2020) 

Research interests: Solar Drones,  Design and Fabrication, Thermal-Fluid Science

Current Position: General Engineer at Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center 

Undergrad student in Mechanical Engineering (08/18-07/19) 

Research interests: Robotics, Rovers, Space Exploration, Design, Manufacturing 

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (09/18-01/2020) 

Research interests: Spherical Drone, Design, Manufacturing

Undergraduate student in General Science (09/18-08/19) 

Research interests: Drones, Smart City, Monitoring, Design and Manufacturing

Bachelor of Science in General Science (09/18-08/19) 

Research interests: Drones, Design and Manufacturing, Anti-predator Systems

Undergrad student in Electrical Engineering (08/19-01/20) 

Research interests: Drones, Energy Harvesting, Bio-inspiration & biomimetics, Navigation, Space Exploration