Members

Applications are invited for Ph.D. positions in Dr. Yiyang Sun’ group, beginning in Spring/Summer/Fall 2026, with research opportunities in computational fluid dynamics and flow control. Please send your resume/CV to ysun58@syr.edu.

Dr. Yiyang Sun

Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Md Rashidul Islam (Ph.D. Student 2022 – Present)

MS: Ontario Tech University, Canada 2020

BS: Islamic University Technology, Bangladesh 2015

Islam, M. R. and Sun, Y., Cross-frequency interactions in compressible cavity flow using harmonic resolvent analysis, J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 1000, A13, 2024. 

Melissa Yeung (Ph.D. Student 2023 – Present) << NSF GRFP Fellow

BS: Syracuse University 2023

Yeung, M., Gaitonde, D. V., and Sun, Y., High-speed micro-actuation in supersonic dual-stream jet flow, J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 998, A53, 2024. 

Daniel Podzunas (Ph.D. Student 2024 – Present)

BS: Western New England University 2024

Thalia Lee(Undergraduate Student 2024 – Present)

Past Graduates:

Mitesh Thakor, Ph.D., Graduate Research Assistant 2021 – 2025. Dissertation [link].
Ph.D. 2025 (SU); M.S. 2020, (IIT Kanpur); B.S. 2016, (Gujarat Technological University).

Past Master Students:

  • Renjie Ning (Master student, 2023)
  • Sareta R. Gladson (Master student, 2021-2022)
  • Sriram Srinivasan (Master student, 2021)

Past Undergraduate Students:

  • Brendan Marquis (URA, 2024-2025)
  • Kathryn (Katie) Smith (URA, 2024-2025)
  • Allyson Almeida (URA, 2024)
  • Tatiyyanah Nelums (URA, 2023-2024)
  • Amanda Stafford (URA, 2022-2023)
  • Yiyuan Sun (URA, 2022)
  • Kee Horng Seh (URA, 2021-2022)
  • Savannah R. Burlinson (REU Summer, 2022)
  • Nicholas D. Crane (REU Summer, 2021)
  • Mark Namatsaliuk (REU Summer, 2021)