Current lab members
Alphabetized by Last Name for Each Level
Office: LKD 3104
Multi-Physics Inverse Design
"Rafay likes sway!"
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
Rapidtack PVT Limited, Lahore, Pakistan, 08/2020 - 02/2024
Chenab Engineering Works and Foundries, Punjab, Pakistan, 03/2019 - 07/2020
(張雪寧)
Office: LKD 3104
Eigenfunction-Based Programming for Additive Manufacturing
Master of Science, Computational Engineering, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
Ms. Ziyi Wang
Gainesville High School, Gainesville, VA
"Ziyi and Zhendi are magicians!"
Mr. Eric Xie
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
An incoming student in the Class of 2030 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Eric and Kehinde fight with fatigue!"
Lab Slogans
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!"
Alumni
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, Measurements for rotational structures (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. Current: American Honda Motor Company
Adarsh Shree Shreshth, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, TAMU, Jan. 16, 2024 - May 15, 2024, Heat transfer simulation. Current: Tesla (Internship)
Sai Manohar Gandreddi, M.S., Industrial Engineering, TAMU, Jan. 16, 2024 - May 15, 2024, Meat abnormality diagnostics. Current: Caterpillar
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, 2025
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. Current: Samsung Semiconductor
Bianca Visentine (Bianca Youlton), B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, Aug. 21, 2023 - May 15, 2024, Image processing and photoelastic theory for thin films stress testing. Current: (M.S. ’26 at TAMU) Caterpillar
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. Current: Arbin Instruments
Ryan Cuellar, Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, Jan. 16, 2024 - Apr. 24, 2024, Grasping and paving flexible electronics with robotic hands. Current: Texas Instruments
Mason Viergutz, B.S., Mechatronics Engineering, TAMU, June 1, 2023 - Dec. 13, 2023, Setup of a two-photon excitation microscopy. Current: Master student at Texas A&M University
Ryan W. Shipp, Summer 2023, REU B.S., Mechanical Engineering student from Case Western Reserve University (Grant NSF-EEC - 1659856), Photoelastic test platform design.
Mr. Eric Xie, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA. Current: Bachelor student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ms. Ziyi Wang, Gainesville High School, Gainesville, VA
Mr. Adam Abzakh, Poolesville High School, Poolesville, MD, Summer 2025. Current: Bachelor student at University of Maryland, College Park
Ms. Samira Jackson, MacArthur High School, Washington, DC, Summer 2025.
Michael Arowolo, Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, on going (Chair: Nadir Yilmaz), Computational Analysis of Bipropellant Systems Based on Liquid Hydrogen Fuel.
Kayode Dunkel Vance, Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, on going (Chair: Nadir Yilmaz), Estimation of Aviation Emissions from Large-Scale Flight Trajectory Data for Implementation of Sustainable Aviation Fuels.
Jamil A. Haider, Ph.D. student, Electrical Engineering, Howard University, on going (Chair: Su Yan), A Primal Schur Complement Domain Decomposition Framework for the Stabilized A–ϕ Formulation of Maxwell’s Equations.
Abdullah Noor, Ph.D. student, Electrical Engineering, Howard University, on going (Chair: Su Yan), Integral equation modelling and simulation of metamaterials and metasurfaces.
Boliang Meng (孟泊良), Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU, Mar. 18, 2026 (Chair: Prabhakar Pagilla), From length profile to shape defects: crossbow and wavy edges. Current: Tesla
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. Current: General Dynamics
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. Current: Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University