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Advanced Vertical Flight Laboratory

AVFL

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

People

Prospective students: Please email Dr. Benedict if you wish to join the lab.

Visiting Scholars

Yanxia Fu, PhD

Associate Professor, Jiangsu University
yanxiafu@ujs.edu.cn
979-721-1676

Research : Cavitation and flow instability analysis in pumps and hydrofoils

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Atanu Halder, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Texas A&M University
halderatanu@tamu.edu
(979)-739-2716

PhD Students

David Coleman

Xuan Yang

Carl Runco

 

 

Farid Saemi

MS, Aerospace engineering, TAMU, 2020,
BS, Aerospace engineering, TAMU, 2017
Research: eVTOL, electric powertrain applications, controls
Email: farid.saemi@tamu.edu

Hunter Denton

BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2017
Email: hdenton17@tamu.edu

Masters Students

Vishnu Saj

 

 

Undergraduate Students

Ramsay Ramsey

BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2020

Morgan Harmon

BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2020

Joseph Heimerl

BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2022
jkheimerl@tamu.edu
LinkedIn – Personal Website

Tristan White

BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2021

Vertical Flight Club Members

Melanie Peavy

BS, Aerospace Engineering, 2022

Abigail Rolen

BS, Aerospace Engineering, 2022

Matthew Elmer

BS, Aerospace Engineering, 2022

Darragh Farrell

BS, Aerospace Engineering, 2021

Yunfeng “Oliver” Guo

BS, Aerospace Engineering, 2021

 

Nicolas Belgum

BS, Aerospace Engineering, 2021

Kevin Ott

BS, Aerospace Engineering, 2021

Moss Misiaszek

BS, Aerospace Engineering, 2021

 

Alumni

  1. Brett Himmelberg (BS, 2017) – Raytheon
  2. Carolyn Reed (MS, 2017) – JRC Integrated Systems
  3. Kanika Gakhar (BS, 2018) – SpaceX
  4. Adam Kellen (MS, 2019) – Southwest Research Institute
  5. Sean McHugh (BS, 2018) – Lockheed Martin
  6. Joel White (BS, 2018) – Texas A&M University
  7. James McElreath (BS, 2019) – Texas A&M University
  8. Atanu Halder (PhD, 2019) – Texas A&M University
  9. Chase Wiley (BS, 2020) – NAVAIR
  10. Bochan Lee (MS, 2018; PhD, 2021) – South Korean Navy
  11. Grant McCurdy (BS, 2021) – Army Futures Command
  12. Grant Erickson (BS, 202) – Texas A&M University

Contact

Director
Dr. Moble Benedict
CV (.pdf)

741C HR Bright Bldg
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843

Ph: 979-458-2705
benedict@tamu.edu

 

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