Members

Dr. Yiyang Sun
Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mitesh Thakor (Ph.D. Student 2021 – Present)
MS: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 2020
BS: Gujarat Technological University 2016
Thakor, M., Gaitonde, D. V., and Sun, Y., Optimal and sub-optimal spatiotemporal dynamics of multi-shear-layers in rectangular jet flow, AIAA J, in press, 2025.
Thakor, M., Glauser, M. N., Gaitonde, D. V., and Sun, Y., Responses to disturbance of supersonic shear layer: input-output analysis, Phys. Rev. Fluids, Vol. 9, pp. 084603, 2024.
Thakor, M., Seh, K. H., Gladson, S. R., Fernandez, M. L., Ivany L. C., Green, M., and Sun, Y., Effects of annulation on low-Reynolds-number flows over an orthocone, Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn., Vol. 37, pp. 357-374, 2023.

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 Members
- 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)
- Renjie Ning (Master student, 2023)
- Yiyuan Sun (URA, 2022)
- Kee Horng Seh (URA, 2021-2022)
- Savannah R. Burlinson (REU Summer, 2022)
- Sareta R. Gladson (Master student, 2021-2022)
- Nicholas D. Crane (REU Summer, 2021)
- Mark Namatsaliuk (REU Summer, 2021)
- Sriram Srinivasan (Master student, 2021)