Lab Slogans
"Yangyuan and Zhendi like spinning in circles!" Β Β πππ
"Yangyuan is a Drosophila Boy!"Β
"Rafay likes sway!"Β
"Eric and Kehinde fight with fatigue!"Β
"Ziyi and Zhendi are magicians!"Β
Current lab members
Alphabetized by Last Name for Each Level
Office: LKD 3104
Advanced Manufacturing via Multi-Physics Inverse Design
Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Turkish Aeronautical Association University, Ankara, TΓΌrkiye, 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
Office: LKD 3104
Vibration-based Inverse Design for Fatigue Testing
Master of Science, Automotive Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England, United Kingdom, 07/2023
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, 09/2011
LACVIS Nigeria Limited, Lagos, Nigeria 09/2019 - 08/2022
Automedics Nigeria Limited, Lagos Nigeria, 03/2016 - 12/2018
MTN Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria 1/2013 - 02/2016
HOMAN Engineering Company Limited, Ondo, Nigeria 11/2011 - 11/2012
Office: BSBW 308 (Biology Science Building West)
Animal physiological parameter diagnosis system
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, 08/ 2024, GPA 3.7/4.0
B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering (Concentration: Robotics), Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 06/ 2021, GPA 3.61/4.0Β
Office: THOM 009C Desk # 14
Measurement and Dynamics
Ms. Ziyi Wang Gainesville High School, Gainesville, VA
Mr. Eric Xie Jefferson Sci/Tech High School, Alexandria, VA
Alumni
Zhendi Zhang (εΌ΅η±θ«¦), M.S., Engineering Technology, TAMU, Aug. 2, 2023 - Β Dec. 15, 2025, Measurements for rotational structures.
Ziyuan Zhao (θΆζ’ζ·΅), 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 (ζζ₯ε ), M.S., Mechanical Engineering (GPA 3.7/4.0), TAMU, Sept. 13, 2022 - Aug. 9, 2024, Animal physiological parameter diagnosis system (non-thesis). Current: Research Associate, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, Texas.
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.
Sijan Shrestha, B.S., Computer Science, Howard, Jun. 24, 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.
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.
Mr. Adam Abzakh, Poolesville High School, Poolesville, Summer 2025.
Ms. Samira Jackson, MacArthur High School, Washington, DC, Summer 2025.
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 (εζε³°), 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.Β
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.