student researchers
Assured Intelligent Robotics (AIR) Lab: Dr. Qin Lin

Fan Zhang
Ph.D. Student
Computer Science
f.zhang40@vikes.csuohio.edu

Jifeng Chen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Computer Science
particlefilter2012@gmail.com
Complex Flows and Advanced Transport (CFT) Lab: Dr. Mustafa Usta

Mertcan Samgar
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
m.samgar@vikes.csuohio.edu
Control, Robotics and Mechatronics Lab (CRML): Dr. Hanz Richter

Adam Mastropieri
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
a.mastropieri@vikes.csuohio.edu

Charles Farrington
Master’s Student
Mechanical Engineering
c.t.farrington@vikes.csuohio.edu

Justin Gliha
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
j.a.gliha@vikes.csuohio.edu

Meysam Fathizadeh
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
m.fathizadeh41@vikes.csuohio.edu

Tyler Kaptain
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
t.kaptain@vikes.csuohio.edu
Experimental Flow Control and Wind Engineering (EFWE) Lab: Dr. Wei Zhang

Erick Shelley
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
e.shelley@vikes.csuohio.edu
Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems (SHBE) Lab: Dr. Yong Tao

Brian Kohut
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
Research: District heating; building energy; waste heat
b.kohut@vikes.csuohio.edu

Olamide Opadokun
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
Research: District heating; building energy; waste heat
o.opadokun@vikes.csuohio.edu

Tyler Hatch
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
Research: Microgravity fluids; capillary flows; two-phase flows
t.hatch@vikes.csuohio.edu
Multiscale Multiphysics Modeling and Data-Driven Analysis of Thermofulids (M3TFluiD) Lab: Dr. Navid Goudarzi

Ashish Alfred
Master’s Student
Mechanical Engineering
Research: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
a.alfred49@vikes.csuohio.edu

Javad Mortazavian
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
Research: Computational wind engineering; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); applied machine learning in fluid mechanics
s.mortazaviannajafabadi@vikes.csuohio.edu

Maede Najian
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
Research: Urban wind flow characterization; built-up areas; urban building energy modeling
m.najian@vikes.csuohio.edu

Shivesh Narayan Sharma
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
Research: Urban micro climate; urban air mobility; reduced order modeling (ROM)
s.n.sharma@vikes.csuohio.edu