Faculty

Jayanta Kapat
Professor, CATER Director

Erik Fernandez
Associate Professor

Marcel Otto
Assistant Professor
Post Doctoral Fellows

Vipul Goyal
Doctoral and Master Students

Emmanuel Gabriel-Ohanu
Degree:Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Thesis/Dissertation: Investigation of Effect of Inclination on SCO2 Heat Transfer in a Circular Pipe

Lucas Cavalcante
Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Kangana Chiragkumar Patel
Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Ryan Wardell
Degree: Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering

Abhilash M. Prasad
Degree: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Marc Heinrich
Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Andrew Menendez
Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Elena Torres
Degree: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Alejandro Moreno
Degree: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Ghanshyam Sarobar Mandal
Degree: Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering

Ben Turner
Degree: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Claire-Phonie Silaire
Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Mairah Ahmed
Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Connor Wall
Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Brian Garrett
Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Ethan Taylor
Degree: Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering

Al-Muthanna Al-Ani
Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Zamir Londono
Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Arianna De La Paz
Degree: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistants

Riley Fitzgerald
Degree: B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Matthew Dearolph
Degree: B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Jesse Chotiner
Degree: B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Orlando Lugo
Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Rohan Jay
Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Noah Santiago-Walsh
Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Hannah Mattiza
Degree: B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Jonathan Espinal
Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

John Seltenright
Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Roshan Shetye
Degree: B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Alumni

Weston Olson
Casting Simulations Design Engineer at Siemens-Energy
Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (thermo-fluids)
Thesis/Dissertation: Anisotropic Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Equiaxed Casting Processes

Adil Riahi
Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Thesis/Dissertation: Cryogenic Hydrogen Storage Using the Adsorption Process

Brandon Cotto
Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Patrick Tran
Degree: Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
Thesis/Dissertation: Flow Induced Vibrations in Corrugated Flexhoses

Yakym Khlyapov
Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Thesis/Dissertation: Hydrogen Storage in Silica Aerogel at Cryogenic Conditions

John Richardson
Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Fluids)
Thesis/Dissertation: Experimental and Numerical Study of Jet Impingement with SCO2

Uday Manda
Postdoc

Nandhini Raju
Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Thesis/Dissertation: Improving Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured High-Temperature Gas Turbine Component

Manoj Prabakar Sargunaraj
Postdoc

Charles Cunha
Degree: B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Ladislav Vesely
Assistant Professor