People

Principal Investigator

Max Z. Li (he/him)

Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (courtesy)
Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering (courtesy)

Faculty Affiliate, Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)
Faculty Affiliate, Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE)

PhD Students

Sinan Abdulhak (he/him), Industrial and Operations Engineering

Applied large language models and generative AI to assist with decision support, communication, and analysis in ATC and ATM contexts.

Minghao Chen (he/him), Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University

Co-advised with Prof. Andrew Smyth

Routing under uncertainty and urban last-mile delivery optimization.

Jimin Choi (she/her), Aerospace Engineering

Decision-making under uncertainty, optimization, and autonomous systems, with applications in routing, coordination, and future air mobility.

Ethan Kolby, Aerospace Engineering

Optimization and control of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), including weather-aware routing for precision agriculture.

Micah Borrero, Aerospace Engineering

Agentic AI and modeling for air traffic management systems.

Haochen Wu, Aerospace Engineering

Robust optimization for air traffic management and advanced air mobility, including congestion pricing, path planning under uncertainty, and infrastructure planning.

Master's and Undergraduate Students

Adrian A. Nomi, MSE Aerospace Engineering

FAA FAST project

Armaan Kamat (he/him), BSE Aerospace Engineering

Airline network optimization and disruption analysis, with a focus on economic tradeoffs in UAS technologies and fleet operations

Kuang Sun, MSE Aerospace Engineering

Optimization of terminal airspace operations

You!

If you are a student interested in working at LATTICE, get in touch.

Alumni

Joseph Kim (PhD, Aerospace Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan, co-advised with Prof. Ella Atkins) — Senior Research Engineer in Mission Autonomy at Collins Aerospace

Van Tran (BA, Applied Mathematics, 2025, Harvard University) — MPhil Candidate in Quantitative Climate and Environmental Science at Trinity College Cambridge

Soham Phanse (MSE, Mechanical Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan) — Building Semiconductor Manufacturing Software at Applied Materials

Teja Koduru (BSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan) — EECS 373 Instructional Aide at University of Michigan

Ben Chan (BSE, Systems Engineering, 2024, University of Pennsylvania, co-advised with Prof. Megan S. Ryerson) — Data Strategy at AV

Eric J. Bocaccio (MSE, Industrial and Operations Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan) — Systems Modeling and Optimization Specialist, with a Focus on Improving the Transportation Sector

Christopher An (BSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2022; MSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2023, University of Michigan) — 777X/787 Autoflight Control Laws Engineer at Boeing

Anthony Carvette (BSE, Information Analytics, 2024, University of Michigan) — Technical Solutions Engineer at Epic

Kaitlyn Fa (BSE, Computer Science and History of Art, University of Michigan) — Software Engineer at Datadog

Yuxuan Fang (MSE, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan) — PhD Student at Purdue University

Jakob Gorisek-Gazze (BSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2025, University of Michigan) — Graduate Instructor at University of Michigan

Hejun Huang (MSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan) — Software Developer at Amazon

Hirsh Kabaria (BSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan) — Integration and Test Engineer at Starlink Aviation

Tongjie Li (MSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan) —

Yu Syuan Lin (MSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan) —

Billy Mazotti (MSE, Robotics, 2024, University of Michigan) — Robotics Simulation Engineer at Caterpillar

Jackson Miller (BSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2023, University of Michigan) — Operations Program Manager at BAE Systems

Michael Peng (BSE, Computer Science, 2024, University of Michigan) —

Diego Ramirez-Gomez (Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Michigan) —

Kate Shen (BSE, Art and Design, 2023, University of Michigan) —

Gabriela Sierra (BSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2025, University of Michigan) —

Anujay Singh (MSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2023, University of Michigan) — CEO at AirEagle

Nick Tran (MSE, Industrial and Operations Engineering, 2024, University of Michigan) — Flight Test Engineer at Boeing

Aditya Tripathi (MSE, Aerospace Engineering, 2023, University of Michigan) — Management Analyst at Sagebrush Health

Sihang Wei (MSE, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 2023, University of Michigan) — PhD candidate at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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