Ashton M. Corpuz (PhD student in ME; Spring 2023–present)
Li-Hsin Yeh (PhD student in ME; Fall 2024–present)
George A. Thomas (PhD student in ME; Fall 2024–present)
Mridul Bhattarai (PhD student in ME; Spring 2025–present)
Monu Jaiswal (PhD student in ME; Fall 2025–present)
Nozomi Magome (PhD student in Systems and Information Engineering at University of Tsukuba, Japan; Summer–Fall 2025)
Manoj R. Rajanna (PhD in ME; Spring 2018–Fall 2022)
“Fluid–structure interaction modeling for compressible flow applications”
• After graduation: Research Engineer at Global Engineering and Materials (Princeton, NJ)
• 2022 ISU Research Excellence Award
• 2022 ME Binger Symposium Award
Heather M. Muchowski (PhD in Applied Math/ME; Fall 2017–Summer 2021)
“Numerical investigation and application of immersogeometric and direct discontinuous Galerkin methods”
• After graduation: Assistant Professor at Westminster College (New Wilmington, PA)
• 2018 ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Emily L. Johnson (PhD in ME/WESEP; Fall 2016–Summer 2021)
“Isogeometric modeling and analysis for complex science and engineering applications”
• After graduation: Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
• 2020 IACM FRC Best Presentation Award at WCCM-ECCOMAS 2020
• 2019 ISU Research Excellence Award
Michael C.H. Wu (PhD in ME; Fall 2014–Fall 2018)
“Fluid–structure interaction modeling and simulation of transcatheter heart valves”
• After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher at Brown University (Providence, RI)
• 2018 ISU Research Excellence Award
Songzhe Xu (PhD in ME; Fall 2013–Fall 2018)
“Buoyancy driven flow and fluid–solid interaction with moving boundaries”
• After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Austin J. Herrema (PhD in ME/WESEP; Fall 2014–Spring 2018)
“A framework for isogeometric-analysis-based design and optimization of wind turbine blades”
• After graduation: Research Engineer at Envision Energy (Boulder, CO)
Fei Xu (PhD in ME; Fall 2014–Spring 2018)
“Immersogeometric analysis of compressible flows”
• After graduation: R&D Engineer II at ANSYS, Inc. (Austin, TX)
• 2018 ISU Research Excellence Award
• 2017 ISU GPSS Conference Best Oral Presentation Award
Chenglong Wang (PhD in ME; Fall 2013–Summer 2017)
“A geometric framework for immersogeometric analysis”
• After graduation: Software Developer II at ANSYS, Inc. (Lebanon, NH)
• 2016 ISU Research Excellence Award
Md. Rhyhanul Islam (MS in ME; Fall 2024–Spring 2026)
“Octree-based adaptive mesh refinement for efficient compressible flow simulations”
Monu Jaiswal (MS in ME; Fall 2022–Spring 2024)
“NIMBUS: A novel immersed boundary framework for scanned geometries”
• After graduation: Software Developer at Coreform (Orem, UT)
Grant E. Neighbor (MS in ME; Fall 2020–Summer 2022)
“An open-source framework for fluid–structure interaction analysis of heart valves”
• After graduation: Hardware Engineer at Honeywell (Minneapolis, MN)
• 2022 ME Binger Symposium Award (shared with Mehdi Saraeian)
Joel Khristy (MS in ME; Fall 2019–Spring 2021)
“Immersogeometric analysis with point cloud geometry towards practical applications”
• After graduation: Computational Engineer at Illinois Rocstar (Champaign, IL)
Junghyun Ha (MS in ME; Fall 2017–Spring 2019)
“Optimizing bioprosthetic heart valves using isogeometric analysis and surrogate modeling”
• After graduation: R&D Engineer at NEXTfoam (Seoul, South Korea)
Sahiti Nallagonda (MS in ME; Fall 2016–Fall 2018)
“Deep learning for design and optimization of bioprosthetic heart valves”
• After graduation: Product Design Engineer at Molex (Detroit, MI)
Nelson M. Wiese (MS in ME; Fall 2016–Spring 2018)
“Quantification of leaflet flutter in bioprosthetic heart valves using fluid–structure interaction analysis”
• After graduation: Systems Engineer at Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, IA)
• 2018 ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Clayton F. Burkhalter (ME; Fall 2020–Spring 2024)
“Parametric modeling of transcatheter heart valves”
• 2022 Posters on the Hill
• 2022 IEEE-USA Excellence in Engineering Award (shared with Caroline Crisp)
Caroline E. Crisp (ME; Spring 2019–Spring 2022)
“Parametric modeling and analysis of tricuspid valves”
• 2022 Posters on the Hill
• 2022 IEEE-USA Excellence in Engineering Award (shared with Clayton Burkhalter)
Nikita Kozak (ME; Fall 2017–Spring 2020)
“Computational study on gas turbine adaptive stator–rotor interaction”
• 2020 Knight–Hennessy Scholar
• 2019 Goldwater Scholar
• 2018 US ARL Summer Research Symposium 1st Place Presentation Award
• 2018 Research in the Capitol
Michael Filipowski (ME; Fall 2017–Spring 2018)
“Programmatic generation of parametric geometries for isogeometric analysis”
Carolyn N. Darling (ME; Spring 2014–Fall 2017)
“Parametric modeling of atrioventricular valves”
“Wind turbine blade design optimization using high fidelity analysis”
• 2016 Research in the Capitol
Sean A. Wasion (ME; Spring 2015–Fall 2016)
“Improving semi-truck fuel efficiency by optimizing trailer tail design”
• 2016 Research in the Capitol
Yilong Liu (ME; Fall 2015–Fall 2016)
“A design through analysis of next generation transportation hyperloop”
• 2016 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition (with Haoxiang Qin)
Haoxiang Qin (ME; Fall 2015–Fall 2016)
“A design through analysis of next generation transportation hyperloop”
• 2016 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition (with Yilong Liu)
Kai Tan (ME; Fall 2015)
“Immersogeometric analysis of turbulent flow over complex helicopter models”
Micah Easty (ME; Fall 2015)
“Efficient mesh generation of fluid domain around complex geometries”
Bryann Sotomayor-Rinaldi (ME; Spring 2015–Fall 2015)
“Parametric design of engineering applications”
Nelson M. Wiese (Central College, MoSAIc REU at ISU; Summer 2015)
“Integration of aerodynamic parameters into the optimization of wind turbine blades”
Mariama Wilson (ME at CUNY City Tech, SPIRE-EIT REU at ISU; Summer 2014)
“An isogeometric design-through-analysis tool for engineering applications”
Alexis Moreno (AERE, SPIRE-EIT REU at ISU; Summer 2014)
“An isogeometric design-through-analysis tool for engineering applications”
Matthew Getch (CS at Wells College, SPIRE-EIT REU at ISU; Summer 2014)
“An isogeometric design-through-analysis tool for engineering applications”
Ashley Dvorsky (ME; Spring 2014)
“Computational fluid dynamics analysis of wind turbine blades with active tips”
Andrew Peterson (ME; Spring 2014)
“Computational fluid dynamics analysis of wind turbine blades with active tips”
Colin Lorenz (ME; Spring 2014)
“Computational fluid dynamics analysis of wind turbine blades with trailing edge flaps”
Maytee Chantharayukhonthorn (ASE, UT Austin; Spring 2013)
“The effect of computational domain size on flow quantities of interest”