Principal Investigator

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Chao Hu
Collins Aerospace Professor in Engineering Innovation
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Connecticut
Email: chao.hu@uconn.edu
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Postdoctoral Researcher

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Steve Paul
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Connecticut
Email: steve.paul@uconn.edu
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Graduate Students

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Tingkai Li
Ph.D. Student in ME (Spring 2022 – Present)
University of Connecticut
Email: tingkai.li@uconn.edu
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[ LinkedIn Profile ]

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Sina Navidi
Ph.D. Student in ME (Fall 2022 – Present)
University of Connecticut
Email: sina.navidi@uconn.edu
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Yang Kang Chua
Ph.D. Student in ME (Spring 2023 – Present)
University of Connecticut
Email: yang_kang.chua@uconn.edu
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Benjamin Nowacki
Ph.D. Student in ME (Fall 2023 – Present)
University of Connecticut
Email: benjamin.nowacki@uconn.edu
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Mohammad Mundiwala
Ph.D. Student in ME (Fall 2024 – Present)
University of Connecticut
Email: mohammad.mundiwala@uconn.edu
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Undergraduate Students

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Aidan Lawlor
Undergraduate Student in ME
University of Connecticut
Email: aidan.lawlor@uconn.edu
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Alumni

Ph.D. Graduates
Dr. Adam Thelen (Ph.D. 2023; now a Product Design and Modeling Engineer; LinkedIn Page)
Dr. Hao Lu (Ph.D. 2023; now an Assistant Professor at China University of Petroleum (Huadong); LinkedIn Page)
Dr. Jinqiang Liu (Ph.D. 2022; now a Research Scientist at Meta; LinkedIn Page)
Dr. Todd Thompson (Ph.D. 2022; now a Staff Applied Mechanics Engineering at John Deere; Web Page)
Dr. Vahid Barzegar (Ph.D. 2022; now a Structural Engineer at Thornton Tomasetti; Web Page)
Dr. Venkat Paven Nemani (Postdoc 2022; now a Data Scientist at Corteva Agriscience; Web Page)
Dr. Yu Hui Lui (Ph.D. 2021; now a Battery Simulatodeling Engineer at A123; LinkedIn Page)
Dr. Sheng Shen (Ph.D. 2020; now an Applied Researcher at eBay; LinkedIn Page)
Dr. Meng Li (Ph.D. 2020; now a Senior Data Scientist at National Oilwell Varco; LinkedIn Page)
Dr. Mohammad Kazem Sadoughi (Ph.D. 2019; now a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon; LinkedIn Page)
Dr. Austin Downey (Ph.D. 2018; now an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina; Web Page

M.S. Graduates
Ankush Kumar Mishra (M.S. 2023; now Ph.D. Candidate at Iowa State University)
Yifei Li (M.S. 2018; now Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Virginia)