Group Members

People

Visitors & Postdocs

Kyungrae Kang

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Email krkang@nospam66e8e93b59114.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Scholar
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School Seoul National University (B.S., Ph.D.)
Research Computational High Flow Physics

Branden Kirchner

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Email kirchnr2@nospam66e8e93b59764.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Scholar (CEESD)
Department Aerospace Engineering
School University of Illinois Aerospace Engineering (B.S, Ph.D.)

Wooyoung Lee

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Email wylee@nospam66e8e93b5c695.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Scholar
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School Hanyang University (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)

Deyvid Do Carmo Silva

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Email deyvidcs@nospam66e8e93b5cfa9.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Scholar
Department Material Science & Engineering
School Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
Research Condensed Matter Physics

Jihyung Yoo

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Email jihyungyoo@nospam66e8e93b5d88e.hanyang.ac.kr
Title Visiting Professor
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School Hanyang University
Research Laser and Optical Diagnostics

People

Graduate Students

Anson Regi

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Email regi2@nospam66e8e93b61575.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (M.S.)
Department Environmental Engineering & Science
School NIT Calicut (B. Tech 2023)

Jeongan Choi

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Email jchoi154@nospam66e8e93b61cfd.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Mechanical science and engineering
Office MEB 221E
School Hangyang University (B.S. 13), KAIST (M.S. 15)
Research Laser Diagnostics & Mesoscale Array Combustion
Notes Korean International Fellowship Recipient

Mitchell D’Agostino

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Email md43@nospam66e8e93b62449.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant
Department Aerospace Engineering
School University at Buffalo (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)

Izzi Gessman

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Email gessman2@nospam66e8e93b62cea.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School University of Vermont (B.S.)

Shruti Ghanekar

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Email ssg2@nospam66e8e93b63559.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (M.S./Ph.D.)
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School SRM University (B. Tech 16)
Research Fire Safety & Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS)

Audrey Godsell

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Email godsell3@nospam66e8e93b63c41.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant
Department MECHSE
School UIUC Aerospace (B.S. 2022)

Seongyong Hong

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Email sh36@nospam66e8e93b643a9.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Candidate
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School UIUC Aerospace (B.S. 2023)

Sungho Hwang

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Email sunghoh2@nospam66e8e93b649d5.illinois.edu
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School Korea University (B.E., 2023)
Research Advanced Compact Gas Turbine & Kinetics

Nozomu Kato

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Email nozomuk2@nospam66e8e93b6513a.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School Keio University (B.S., 2017), Notre Dame (M.S., 2020)
Research Hypersonic Propulsion

Keunsoo Kim

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Email keunsoo2@nospam66e8e93b6595b.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
Office MEB 24
School KAIST (B.S. 12, M.S. 14)
Research Ignition of Alternative & Renewable Fuels
Notes Korean International Fellowship Recipient

Gyu Sub Lee

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Email glee14@nospam66e8e93b660e7.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Aerospace Engineering
Office Talbot 302C
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S. 15, M.S. 17)
Research Supersonic aero/gas dynamics, hypersonic propulsion
Notes co-advised with Professor Greg Elliott (Aero)

Jie Lim

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Email jielim2@nospam66e8e93b668e8.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School UIUC Aerospace (B.S. 2023)
Research Chemistry and Turbulence Interaction in Reactive Hypersonic Flows

Brendan McGann

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Email bmcgann2@nospam66e8e93b68489.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
Office MEB 221A
School Lehigh University (B.S. 13), Notre Dame (M.S. 15)
Research Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Ignition, Laser Ignition

Austen Motily

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Email amotily2@nospam66e8e93b68be0.illinois.edu
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School University of Wyoming (B.S.)

Gloy Numkiatsakul

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Email phn4@nospam66e8e93b69465.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Material Science & Engineering
School Penn State (B.S.)

Paxton Wiersema

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Email pww2@nospam66e8e93b69c66.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
School University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (B.S.)

Tyler Wineger

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Email wineger2@nospam66e8e93b6a39f.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
Department Material Science & Engineering
School Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (B.S.)
Research Advanced materials for novel ignition system

Eric Wood

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Email ejwood2@nospam66e8e93b6aa5b.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant (M.S./Ph.D.)
Department Mechanical Science & Engineering
Office MEB 221E
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S. 2017)
Research Combustion Flow Imaging

People

Undergraduate Students

Peter Sakkos

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Email psakkos2@nospam66e8e93b6c9c3.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department Aerospace Engineering
Research Hypersonic Combustion

Devon Vanlaningham

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Email devonnv2@nospam66e8e93b6d441.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Intern
Department Material Science & Engineering
Research Advanced High Temperature Ceramics