Principal Investigator

Dr. Daning Huang

Dr. Daning Huang joined Penn State in 2019. He received his bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China in 2013 and earned his master’s and doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2014 and 2019, respectively.

• Email: daning_psu_edu
• Office: N375 ECoRE
• Curriculum Vitae
• Per aspera ad astra.

Ph.D. Students

Aravinth Sadagopan

Mr. Aravinth Sadagopan received his B. Tech (Aerospace Engineering) in 2016 from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India and his Master’s degree in 2019 from Penn State with a “Distinguished Masters’ Thesis Award”. Now he is working on high-speed fluid-thermal-structural interaction problems with an emphasis on flow stability analysis.

• Email: azs381_psu_edu
• Office: 439 ECoRE
• Dream is not what you see in sleep, it is something that does not let you sleep. - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Carlos Vargas Venegas

Mr. Carlos Vargas Venegas attended the University of Costa Rica in 2016 and later transferred to Penn State, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, both in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Math, in 2019 and 2021, respectively. He is currently working on hypersonics and reduced-order modeling using an integrated optimal control and data-physics-infusion approach.

• Email: cvv5110_psu_edu
• Office: 439 ECoRE

Jiwoo Song

Mr. Jiwoo Song obtained a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Physics with Honors Thesis option at Penn State in 2022, and subsequently obtained his master’s degree in 2024. He is now working on the multi-disciplinary modeling and optimization of aerial vehicles and rotorcraft.

• Email: jzs6565_psu_edu
• Office: 321 ECoRE

Master’s Student

Bayu Prasetyo

Mr. Bayu Prasetyo graduated from Penn State in 2024 with an Honors Thesis. He is co-advised by Dr. Junyi Geng and now working on quadcopter control using Koopman dynamics.

• Email: mbp5652_psu_edu
• Office: 439 ECoRE

Subarna Pudasaini

Mr. Subarna Pudasaini graduated from from Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal, in 2023. He is now working on the control co-design of morphing aerial vehicles.

• Email: sfp5828_psu_edu
• Office: 439 ECoRE

Undergraduate Students

• Ankur Ghorai (UG, 01/15/24-)
• Parker Smith (UG, 02/15/24-)

Alumni

• Gregory Macchio (UG with thesis, 09/30/19-07/15/21)
• Anthony Su (UG with thesis, 01/15/20-04/30/21)
• Xinpeng Zhao (UG, 01/15/20-12/15/21)
• Vincent Cao (UG, 04/30/21-12/15/21)
• John G. Biscanti (UG, 04/30/21-12/15/21)
• Ryan Banks Glenn (UG with thesis, 08/30/21-12/15/21)
• Steven Jay Davis (UG, 04/30/2021-12/15/21)
• Christopher Cosgrove (UG, 10/30/21-12/15/21)
• Edgar Ryan (UG, 10/30/22-12/15/23)
• Rowan Badler (UG, 12/15/22-12/15/23)
• Pingxu Hao (UG, 04/30/23-12/15/23)
• Yiran Li (UG, 04/30/23-12/15/23)
• Holly Mullin (UG, 08/30/23-04/30/24)
• Jaisel Singh (UG, 09/30/23-04/30/24)
• Amr El Mantawi (UG, 09/30/23-04/30/24)
• Wichayut Lertkittiamornkul (UG, 09/30/23-08/30/24)
• Yin Yu (PhD, 01/04/20-09/24/24)

And we are always open to young bright minds!