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All the GIFs are created by Zhendi
"Yangyuan and Zhendi like spinning in circles!"
"Eric and Kehinde fight with fatigue!"
"Yangyuan is a Drosophila boy!"
"Ziyi and Zhendi are magicians!"
"Rafay likes sway!"
Current lab members
Alphabetized by Last Name for Each Level
Ph.D. Student (2025.7. - )
Ph.D. Student (2025.7. - )
Mechanical Engineering, Howard University
Mechanical Engineering, Howard University
Office: LKD 3104
Research topics:
Research topics:
Advanced Manufacturing via Multi-Physics Inverse Design
Education:
Education:
Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Turkish Aeronautical Association University, Ankara, Türkiye, 02/2024, GPA 4.0/4.0
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, NFC Institute of Engineering Technology, Multan, Pakistan, 07/2018, GPA 3.68/4.0
Work Experience:
Work Experience:
Rapidtack PVT Limited, Lahore, Pakistan, 08/2020 - 02/2024
Chenab Engineering Works and Foundries, Punjab, Pakistan, 03/2019 - 07/2020
Abhishek Rana
Abhishek Rana
Bachelor Student in Electrical Engineering; Minor in Computer Science and Mathematics, Howard (Anticipated 05/ 2029)
Bachelor Student in Electrical Engineering; Minor in Computer Science and Mathematics, Howard (Anticipated 05/ 2029)
Research topics: Computer Vision and Image Processing
Research topics: Computer Vision and Image Processing
High school scholars
High school scholars
Ms. Ziyi Wang
Gainesville High School, Gainesville, VA
Mr. Eric Xie
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
An incoming student in the Class of 2026 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alumni
Graduate researchers supervised
Graduate researchers supervised
Kehinde Emmanuel Ogunjobi, Ph.D. student, Howard University, Sept. 2024 - Nov. 2025.
Zhendi Zhang (張瑱諦), M.S., Engineering Technology (GPA 3.5/4.0), TAMU, Aug. 2, 2023 - Dec. 18, 2025, Thermal excitation of bilayer strips (non-thesis).
Ziyuan Zhao (趙梓淵), Ph.D. student, Poultry Science, TAMU, Aug. 16, 2024 - Jul. 8, 2025, co-chaired with Dr. Ziteng Xu, Chicken breast diagnostics and breeding robotics.
Yangyuan Li (李楊元), M.S., Mechanical Engineering (GPA 3.7/4.0), TAMU, Sept. 13, 2022 - Aug. 9, 2024, Animal physiological parameter diagnosis system (non-thesis). Current: Ph.D. student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Krishna Sai Vadapally, M.S., Industrial Engineering, TAMU, Jan. 16, 2024 - May 15, 2024, Heat transfer simulation.
Adarsh Shree Shreshth, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, TAMU, Jan. 16, 2024 - May 15, 2024, Heat transfer simulation.
Sai Manohar Gandreddi, M.S., Industrial Engineering, TAMU, Jan. 16, 2024 - May 15, 2024, Meat abnormality diagnostics.
Undergraduate researchers supervised
Undergraduate researchers supervised
Sakchham Kunwar, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Howard, Oct. 8, 2025 - Dec. 16, 2025
Sebish Niraula, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Howard, Sept. 18, 2025 - Dec. 16, 2025
Sijan Shrestha, B.S., Computer Science, Howard, Jun. 24, 2025 - Aug. 11, 2024
Sean Chen, B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, May 8, 2024 - Dec. 16, 2024, Acoustic-based 3D manufacturing process.
Charles Villegas, B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, May 8, 2024 - Oct. 24, 2024, Chicken breast diagnostics.
Bianca Youlton, B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, Aug. 21, 2023 - May 15, 2024, Image processing and photoelastic theory for thin films stress testing.
Luke Sandidge, B.S., Engineering Technology, TAMU, June 1, 2023 - May 15, 2024, Design of resonant fatigue test benches for drill pipes.
Alan Garcia, B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, Aug. 21, 2023 - May 10, 2024, Experiments for photoelastic thin film stress testing.
Siya Chen, B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, Jan. 16, 2024 - Jun. 13, 2025, Robotic systems for poultry production.
Ryan Cuellar, B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, Jan. 16, 2024 - Apr. 24, 2024, Grasping and paving flexible electronics with robotic hands.
Mason Viergutz, B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, June 1, 2023 - Dec. 13, 2023, Setup of a two-photon excitation microscopy.
Ryan W. Shipp, Summer 2023, REU B.S., Mechanical Engineering student from Case Western Reserve University (Grant NSF-EEC - 1659856), Photoelastic test platform design.
High school scholars supervised
High school scholars supervised
Mr. Adam Abzakh, Poolesville High School, Poolesville, Summer 2025.
Ms. Samira Jackson, MacArthur High School, Washington, DC, Summer 2025.
Other Graduate Research Committee Served
Other Graduate Research Committee Served
Abdullah Noor, Ph.D. student, Electrical Engineering, Howard University (Chair: Su Yan), Integral equation modelling and simulation of metamaterials and metasurfaces.
Frederick Schellhase, M.S., Engineering Technology, TAMU (Chair: Albert E. Patterson)
Mondray Daile Matus, M.S., Engineering Technology, TAMU Jun. 9, 2025 (Chair: Muhammad Faeyz Karim), Coplanar frequency selective surface rectenna at 2.45 GHz for ambient energy harvesting applications.
Boliang Meng, Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (Chair: Prabhakar Pagilla), Analysis and reduction of edge slackness and camber in peeled metal strips.
Linfeng Lyu (呂林峰), Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Oct. 31, 2024 (Chair: Weidong Zhu), Novel image-based tracking continuously scanning laser doppler vibrometer systems for vibration measurement of rotating wind turbine blades.
Rishikesh Dnyanesh Vadghule, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, TAMU, May 28, 2024 (Chair: Jyhwen Wang), Additive manufacturing of compositionally graded polymer ceramic materials using the digital light processing technique.
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