People

Principal Investigator

Yuhao Xu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

231 Fluor Daniel Engineering Innovation Building (EIB)

Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634

Email: yuhaox@clemson.edu

Phone: 864-656-0545

Current Students

Xi Liu, Ph.D. Student

Xi received her B.S. degree in Building Environment and Equipment Engineering in 2015 from Wuhan Textile University and her M.S. degree in Power Engineering in 2018 from Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Current research interest: combustion diagnostics; sustainable fuels; life-cycle analysis

Minghui Xu, Ph.D. Student

Minghui received his B.S. degree in Building Environment and Equipment Engineering in 2019 from Northeast Agricultural University and his M.S. degree in Power Engineering in 2022 from Chongqing University.

Current research interest: sooting dynamics during combustion; image analysis

Daniel Olurotimi, Ph.D. Student

Daniel received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2025 from Clemson University.

Daniel is a receipt of 2025-26 GAANN fellowship supporting his Ph.D. studies.

Current research interest: supercritical water oxidation

Ananth Sundar, M.S. Student

Ananth received his B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2025 from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

Current research interest: plasma and high-enthalpy tests for aerospace applications

Former Students

At Clemson University:

Xinquan Liang, M.S., Clemson University, 2026
Aaron Cecil, Undergraduate Researcher, 2024-2026
Lia Anderson, Undergraduate Researcher, 2024-2025

At Prairie View A&M University:

Muhammed Y. Zaidi, B.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2023
Mercedes Johnson, B.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2021; M.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2023
Caleb Riggins, B.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2021; M.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2023
Yemboado Brayan Yonli, B.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2021; M.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2023
Haivany M. Youmou (co-advised with Z. Huque), B.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2020; M.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2021
Beatriz Ramirez-Garcia (co-advised with Z. Huque), B.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2020; M.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2021
Faravi Ahmed (co-advised with Z. Huque), M.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2021
Olivia M. Murphy (co-advised with Z. Huque), B.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2020; M.S., Prairie View A&M University, 2021

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