Principal Investigator

Prof. Mihai "Mishu" Duduta 

mihai.duduta@uconn.edu 

PhD 2019 -  Mechanical Engineering - Harvard University

MS 2015 -  Mechanical Engineering - Harvard University

BS 2010 - Materials Science and Engineering - MIT

PhD Candidate

Ang "Leo" Li

ang.2.li@uconn.edu 

Visiting Student from the University of Toronto

B.S. 2021 - Electrical Engineering - University of Toronto

PhD Candidate

Alexander White

alexander.2.white@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2022 - Electrical and Mechanical Engineering - University of Edinburgh

Winner of a NASA CT Space Consortium Graduate Fellowship - Fall '24

Winner of a GE Fellowhip Next Generation Scholar - 2023-2024

Master's Student

Sahib Sandhu

sahib.sandhu@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2024 - Mechanical Engineering - University of Connecticut

Winner of a NASA CT Space Consortium Graduate Fellowship - Fall '24

Master's Student

Tirth Thakar

tirth.thakar@uconn.edu 

B.E. (Hons) 2021 - Engineering Science - University of Auckland

B.Com 2021 - Finance and Economics - University of Auckland

Winner of a Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering Scholarship - 2024-2025

Master's Student

Estefany Toribio-Castillo

estefany.toribio_castillo@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2024 - Mechanical Engineering - University of Connecticut

Master's student

Dominic Flores

dominic.flores@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2023 - Mechanical  Engineering - Renssalear Polytechnic Institute

Winner of a NASA CT Space Consortium Graduate Fellowship - Fall '24

Master's student

Liam Wilson

liam.wilson@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2024 - Mechanical  Engineering - University of Connecticut

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Alex Yin

hri24002@uconn.edu 

B.S. - Mechanical  Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic University

M.S. - Mechanical Engineering -  Boston University 

PhD 2024 - Ocean Engineering - University of Rhode Island (with Prof. Brennan Phillips)

Master's student

Hubert Sliwka

hubert.sliwka@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2024 - Mechanical  Engineering - University of Connecticut

PhD Candidate 

Edward Pomianek

yuc24005@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2024 - Mechanical  Engineering - University of Michigan

Winner of a NASA CT Space Consortium Graduate Fellowship - Spring '25

PhD Candidate 

Eva Crowley

eva.crowley@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2024 - Physics - Union College

Winner of a GE Fellowship - 2024-2025

PhD Candidate - co-advised with Prof. Farhad Imani

Anatol Gogoj

anatol.gogoj@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2024 - Mechanical Engineering - University of Connecticut

Winner of a NASA CT Space Consortium Graduate Fellowship - Spring '25

Master's student

Victor Jimenez-Santiago

hof24001@uconn.edu 

B.S. 2023 - Mechanical Engineering - University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

Winner of a NASA CT Space Consortium Graduate Fellowship - Spring '25

Undergraduate Student

Matthew Francoeur - Materials Science and Engineering

matthew.francoeur@uconn.edu