Instructors

Dr. Weizhang Huang is Professor in the Department of Mathematics, University of Kansas, with research interest in numerical analysis and scientific computing with emphasis on the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Research topics include mesh movement, mesh adaptation, anisotropic mesh generation and analysis, high order methods (collocation, spectral, and discontinuous Galerkin), geometric integration methods, and their applications. He is also interested in partial differential equations, dynamical systems, and fluid dynamics.

Dr. Shawn Keshmiri is Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Kansas, USA with expertise in Guidance, Navigation, and Control, and Flight Test Engineering. Much of his work focuses on the swarm of multi-agent aircraft, AI/ML-based flight controllers, modeling unsteady and nonlinear aerodynamics, and adaptive controllers for unmanned aircraft. His research has resulted in an accelerated training of AI and Model Predictive Flight Controllers and numinous successful flight tests on multiple unmanned platforms.  

Professor Shontz's research interests lie in the area of parallel scientific computing. In particular, her research focuses on the development of unstructured meshing, numerical optimization, model order reduction, and numerical linear algebra algorithms and their applications to computational medicine, imaging sciences, materials, and electronic circuits, among others.

Recent projects have included the design of efficient algorithms for high-order mesh generation, parallel meshing, dynamic mesh generation, mesh optimization, mesh untangling, and mesh adaptation for applications ranging from medical devices to elasticity to solid mechanics. Other recent projects have involved the development of optimization algorithms for effective generation of computational meshes and model order reduction techniques to reduce electronic circuit networks for use in circuit simulations.

Heechul Yun is an associate professor in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Kansas. His research interests include OS, computer architecture, and real-time embedded systems with special emphasis on addressing real-time, security, and safety related issues on safety-critical cyber-physical systems (e.g., autonomous cars and UAVs). His work has appeared in top embedded real-time systems venues such as RTAS, ECRTS and Transactions on Computers; and received multiple awards and recognition (Best Paper Award from RTSS'20, Outstanding Paper Award from RTAS'19, Best Paper Award from RTAS'16, Editor's Pick of the Year Award from IEEE Transactions on Computers in 2016). He received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked at Samsung Electronics as a senior software engineer. 

Bobby Bowes is a second-year MS program student at the KU Flight Research Lab. His research is mainly focused on UAV flight control and flight testing. When he is not at the lab, Bobby enjoys playing basketball, reading, and listening to music.

PhD student in Aerospace Engineering studying UAS autonomy. 

PhD candidate in Computer Science. My research focuses on making deep learning applications work in real-time on commercial off-the-shelf embedded systems. The application domain I focus is autonomous driving. 

I’ve been in Lawrence since 2015. I got my Masters and I’m currently doing my PhD, both in Mechanical Engineering. I have taught Calculus I for 4 semesters and College Algebra for 1 semester. In my free time, I enjoy taking a walk around campus and especially visiting Potter Lake 

I am a Master’s student in Computer Science at the University of Kansas. I am also working as a Graduate Research Assistant for the Computer Systems Lab at KU with a research focus on AI for embedded and real-time systems. I got my Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at KU and attended high school in Arkansas City, KS. 

Jeffrey Xu is a 2022-2026 Self Graduate Fellow pursuing his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Kansas, where he also received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering (2020). From a young age, regular visits to the National Air & Space museum fed into his passion for flight; however, a severe case of Tourette's has kept him from becoming a pilot. Instead of staying grounded, he redirected his passion into his research on aircraft autonomy at the KU Flight Research Laboratory. His current research focuses on artificial neural network-based intelligent autopilot systems that can detect and adapt to adverse changes in flight conditions or aircraft dynamics amid dynamically changing environments. He hopes for his work to support the verticalization of urban transportation through safe and robust vertical take-off and landing aircraft and reduce the volume of ground vehicles in our urban areas 

I am a senior at the University of Kansas from Oskaloosa Kansas with a major in Anthropology and Psychology.

My interests include competing in NAM pageants, collecting and studying bones, coloring, and reading.