STUDENTS
Current lab members
Alphabetized by Last Name for Each Level
Ziyuan Zhao
(趙梓淵)
Ph.D. Student coming in the Fall of 2024
Education:
B.Eng., Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, and Automation, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, 06/ 2024, GPA 3.4/4.0
B.Eng., Robotics & Mechatronic System Engineering, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA, 04/ 2024, GPA 3.42/4.0
Master of Science Student in Mechanical Engineering (Anticipated 08/ 2024)
Office: THOM 009C Desk # 15 (Thompson Engineering Building)
BSBW 308 (Biology Science Building West)
Research topics:
Animal physiological parameter diagnosis system
Education:
B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering (Concentration: Robotics), Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 06/ 2021, GPA 3.61/4.0
Master of Science Student in Mechanical Engineering (Anticipated 05/ 2025)
Office: THOM 009C Desk # 04
Research topics:
Heat transfer simulation, control, and optimization of depth of reaction in laser-annealing-based processes
Work Experience:
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India, Bangalore, India, 02/ 2022 - 07/ 2022
Education:
B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 05/ 2022, GPA 9.7/10
Master of Science Student in Industrial Engineering (Anticipated 05/ 2025)
Office: THOM 009C Desk # 01
Research topics:
Heat transfer simulation, control, and optimization of temperature and stress profiles in laser-annealing-based processes
Work Experience:
Hyundai Motor India Engineering Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 07/ 2019 - 07/ 2023
Education:
B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 04/ 2019, GPA 9.51/10
Master of Science Student in Engineering Technology (Anticipated 05/ 2025)
Office: THOM 009C Desk # 14
Research topics:
Measurements for rotational structures
Work Experience:
NetEase Games, Guangzhou, China, 02/ 2021 - 09/ 2022Crisis Response Leader Training, Lafayette, IN, USA, 02/ 2020 - 05/ 2020Education:
B.S., Computer Graphics (Concentration: Game Development and Design), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 12/ 2019, GPA 3.54/4.0 
Bachelor Student in Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology (Concentration: Mechatronics) (Anticipated 05/ 2026)
Minor in Computer Science
Minor in Mathematics
Research topics:
Acoustic-based 3D manufacturing process
Bachelor Student in Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology (Concentration: Mechatronics) (Anticipated 05/ 2025)
Research topics:
Robotic systems for poultry production
Bachelor Student in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology (Anticipated 05/ 2025)
Minor in Computer Science
Minor in Mathematics
Research topics:
Design of resonant fatigue test benches for drill pipes
Bachelor Student in Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology (Concentration: Mechatronics) (Anticipated 12/ 2025)
Minor in Embedded Systems Integration
Charles is an amateur boxer.
Research topics:
Vision-based control of inverted pendulum
Bachelor Student in Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology (Concentration: Mechatronics) (Anticipated 05/ 2025)
Research topics:
Image processing and photoelastic theory for thin films stress testing
Alumni
Undergraduate researchers supervised
Alan Garcia, Aug. 21, 2023 - May 10, 2024, Experiments for photoelastic thin film stress testing
Ryan Cuellar, Jan. 16, 2024 - Apr. 24, 2024, Grasping and paving flexible electronics with robotic hands
Mason Viergutz, June 1, 2023 - Dec. 13, 2023, Setup of a two-photon excitation microscopy.
Ryan W. Shipp, Summer 2023, REU student from Case Western Reserve University (Grant NSF-EEC - 1659856), Photoelastic test platform design.
Research Committee Served
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, Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Chair: Weidong Zhu)
Rishikesh Dnyanesh Vadghule, Master student, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (Chair: Jyhwen Wang)
Frederick Schellhase, Master student, Engineering Technology, TAMU (Chair: Albert E. Patterson)
Mondray Daile Matus, Master student, Engineering Technology, TAMU (Chair: Muhammad Faeyz Karim)