People
Meet the members and alumni of the Nonlinear Dynamics & Fluid-Structure Interactions Lab. If you are missing from this list, please email me.
Current Students
- Meysam Rajabi (MS Student) – vortex-induced vibrations
- Clara Encke (PhD Student) – marine renewable energy
- Jonas Behnen (PhD Student) – ice–structure interactions & numerical modeling
- Grant Peel (PhD Student) – Arctic shipping, remote sensing, risk analysis, data-driven modeling
- Virginia Groeschel (PhD Student, co-advised with Prof. Oceana Francis) – ice-structure interactions, stakeholder analysis
Alumni
- Kyle Pappas (MS ’23)
- Jesse Gray (MS ’24)
- Clara Encke (MS ’24)
- Jacob A. Dennis (MS ’25)
- Griffin Bourjeaurd (MS '25)
Postdoctoral Scholars & Visiting Researchers
- Dr. Özgür Demir (Postdoc, 2023–present)
- Dr. Emad Makki (Postdoc, 2023–2024)
- Dr. Hongtao Li (Postdoc, 2020)
Undergraduate Alumni
- Adiva Udui (Summer ’24) – NHSEMP Fellow*, Undergraduate student
- Kayla Crook (Summer ’23) – NHSEMP Fellow*, Undergraduate student
*Native Hawaiian Science & Engineering Mentorship Program (NHSEMP)