Group Members

Dr. Wei Zhang (PI)

Dr. Zhang is a scholar who conducts fundamental and applied fluid dynamics research to address humanity's grand challenges, and an engineering educator to nurture competent, future-ready engineers. Her work is supported by the NSF, Ohio Space Grant Consortium and the Department of Higher Eduation.

Google Scholar, Faculty Profile, LinkedIn

Erick Shelley (Ph.D. Student)

Erick is studying bio-inspired flow control strategies to suppress the rooftop vortex formation above low-rise buildings. Erick has won the CSU Graduate Student Research Award in 2021 and the Ohio Space Grant Consortium Internship.

Scott Ibold

Scott is an Ohio Space Grant Consortium STEM Scholar.

Alumni

Robert Zink (M.S. 22)

Position: Product Review Engineer at Boeing

Marcus Wittlinger (B.S. 22)

Position: Engineer at Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions

Robert Ahlman (M.S. 20)

Position: Engineer at NASA Glenn Research Center

Erin Tesney (M.S. 19)

Position: Engineer at NASA Glenn Research Center

Jodi Turk (M.S. 18)

Position: Thermal engineer at NASA Marshall Research Center

Alexis Omilion (M.S. 18)

Position: Project manager at Fives North American Combustion, Inc.

Joseph Bunjevac (M.S. 17)

Position: Project engineer at Fives North American Combustion, Inc.

Aidan W Rinehart (M.S. 16)

Position: Propulsion Lab Data Engineer at Boeing, Seattle

Sarah McClare (M.S. 16)

Position: Engineer at Goodyear Corporate

Ellen Rea (B.S. 19)

Position: Engineer at GE Aviation

Curtis Flack (B.S. 19)

Position: Engineer at NASA Glenn Research Center

Omri Tayyara (B.S. 17)

Position: PhD student at the University of Toronto

David Pendleton (B.S. 16)

Position: Leadership program at GE Power

Jason Wolf (B.S. 15)

Position: Associate Mechanical Engineer at the AFRL

Jordan Thomas (B.S. 15)

Position: Propulsion Analyst at BLUE ORIGIN, Seattle