iSSRL Alumni

Graduate Alumni

Emily Duan (2024) PhD, Mechanical Engineering Bio-Inspired Actuators	Nicholas Mazzoleni (2024) PhD, Mechanical Engineering Bio-Inspired Actuators
Jeong Yong ‘David’ Kim (2023) PhD, Mechanical Engineering Bio-Inspired Actuators	Molly Hutter (2023) MS, Mechanical Engineering Aeroelastic Parameter Estimation
Daniel Hall (2022) MS, Aerospace Engineering Aeroelasticity and Machine Learning	Sam Bryant (2023) MS, Mechanical Engineering Subsea Renewable Energy
Mikayla Nichols (2021) MS, Mechanical Engineering Subsea Renewable Energy	Mariah Mook (2022) MS, Mechanical Engineering Marine Hydrokinetic Kite
Warren Weisler (2019) PhD, Mechanical Engineering Novel UAV Design	Tyler Jenkins (2020) PhD, Mechanical Engineering UAV’s, Bio-inspired Actuators, Soft robots
Rajmohan Waghela (2019) PhD, Mechanical Engineering Cyber-Physical Fluid Dynamics	Ben Kirschmeier (2019) PhD, Aerospace Engineering Unsteady Aerodynamics
Zach Gianikos (2018) MS, Aerospace Engineering Limit Cycle Characterization of an Aeroelastic Wing in a Bluff Body Wake	Dheeraj Vemula (2018) MS, Mechanical Engineering Design and Analysis of an Orderly Recruitment Valve for Bio-inspired Fluidic Artificial Muscles
Punnag Chatterjee (2018) PhD, Mechanical Engineering Structural Modeling of a Compliant Flexure Flow Energy Harvester	Ted Chapman (2018) PhD, Mechanical Engineering Efficiency and Function: Design and Analysis of Smart Actuators and Systems using Fluidic Artificial Muscles
Jake Summerour (2017) MEng, Aerospace Engineering Unsteady Aerodynamics	Blin Richards (2016) MEng, Electrical Engineering Novel UAV Design
Mark Ripoll (2016) MEng, Mechanical Engineering Novel UAV Design	Marc MacLeod MS, Mechanical Engineering Dynamic Modeling, Analysis, and Testing of a Variable Buoyancy System for Unmanned Multi-Domain Vehicles

Undergraduate Alumni

Ethan Sites – 2021 to 2022 Nonlinear Aeroelasticity MAE 496
Zachary Boulton – 2021 Nonlinear Aeroelasticity MAE 496 and Research Experience for Undergraduates	Ashwin Sivayogan – 2021 Nonlinear Aeroelasticity Undergraduate Volunteer
Samuel Bryant – 2019 Aeroelasticity and fluid dynamics MAE 496	Ryan Lynch – 2019 Pressure control development and UAV design MAE 496
Hannah Stokes – 2019 Rehabilitation Orthotic Development Digital Image Correlation systems	Bassam Bikdash – 2019 Soft robot fabrication Supported by NCSU MAE REU, MAE 496
Kong Wang – 2018 Experimental Validation of Cyber-Physical Structures for Fluid-Structure Interaction Experiments Supported by NCSU MAE REU	Michael “Mickey” Shulkin – 2018 Fiber Reinforced Soft Actuators Visiting student from U. Colorado – Boulder Supported by NSF REU
Meredith Tooley – 2018 Experimental Validation of Cyber-Physical Structures for Fluid-Structure Interaction Experiments Supported by NCSU MAE REU, MAE 496	Kyle Weiner – 2018 Vertical Axis Autorotating Turbine for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting Supported by NCSU MAE REU, MAE 496
Graham Pash – 2017 Experimental Validation of Cyber-Physical Structures for Fluid-Structure Interaction Experiments Supported by NCSU MAE REU, MAE 496	Sam Parker – 2017 Oscillating Wing Energy Harvesters
Emily Soos – 2017 Wind-Solar Hybrid Array Supported by NSF Grant	Daria Talaski – 2017 Artificial Muscle Actuators
Ethan Williams – 2017 Dual Matrix Composite Actuator Visiting student from U. Kansas, NSF REU	Kristin Hudelston – 2017 Wind-Solar Hybrid Array
Erick Sanchez – 2017 Oscillating Wing Turbine Testing	Ryan Carr – 2017 Oscillating Wing Turbine Testing
Ayman Alzomaili – 2017 3D Printable Actuator Visitor from U. Wisconsin, Madison, KAUST REU	Abdullah Abu Alshuor – 2017 3D Printable Actuator KAUST REU
Stefan Letica – 2017 Dash X UAV	Latofat Mirzakhmedova – 2017 Dash X UAV
Nicholas Mazzoleni – 2017 Tensioned Ribbon Dynamics Aeroelastic Ribbon Supported by MAE REU (2x), NC Space Grant, and MAE 496	Andrew Smith – 2017 Hydraulic Actuator Characterization MAE 496
Samuel Cantey – 2017 Passive Actuator Recruitment MAE REU recipient and MAE 496	Joey Meyers – 2017 Footprint Tracking UAV Flow Energy Harvesting MAE 496
Brian Pucket – 2016 Composite Aeroelastic Oscillator Visiting student from Hastings College	Nadeen Awami – 2016 Tunable Energy Dissipation Visiting student from Boston University, KAUST REU
Jacob Summerour – 2016 Pneumatic Throwing Arm Energy Harvesting MAE REU recipient and MAE 496	Aaron Defreitas – 2016 Oscillating Wing Turbine Novel UAV Design MAE REU recipient and MAE 496
Zachary Gianikos – 2016 Novel UAV Design MAE 496	Mohammed Bouali – 2016 Energy Harvesting MAE 496
Daniel Morrow – 2016 Oscillating Wing Turbine	Brian Huynh – 2016 Artificial Muscles
Matthew Tompkins – 2016 Novel UAV Design MAE 496	Andrew Habel – 2015 Novel UAV Design
Lindsey Reed – 2015 Solar Energy Harvesters MAE 496	Dalton Nickel – 2015 Pneumatic Throwing Arm MAE 496
Azariah Barrow – 2014 Wind Tunnel Characterization MAE 496	Sean McKinley – 2015 Novel UAV Design MAE 496
Bailey Ogle – 2014 Soap Film Tunnel Visiting student from Cornell University	RJ Gritter – 2014 Novel UAV Design Supported by the NC Space Grant and MAE 496
Dennes Garcia – 2014 Artificial Muscles	Snehal Patel – 2014 Solar Energy Harvesters Supported by the NC Space Grant
Christian Grunderman – 2014 Robotic Leg Design	Kevin Stewart – 2014 Artificial Muscles

High School Student Alumni

Declan Cambey North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Soft robot design and construction	Timothy Eustice North Carolina School of Science and Math On-Wing Vortex Disturbance Generator
Meredith Tooley North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Variable Camber Wing, 2014-2015. Current NCSU student.	Nathan Comer North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Variable Camber Wing, 2015-2016. Current NCSU student.
George Dimitrov North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Integrated Structures for Energy Harvesting, 2017-2018.	Maria Tawhid North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Soft hexapod robot design and construction