Prospective students: Please email Dr. Benedict if you wish to join the lab.
Post-Doctoral Researchers
CTO, Harmony Aeronautics, College Station, TX
PhD Students
Hunter Denton
BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2017
Email: hdenton17@tamu.edu
Jack Dooher
BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2023
Email: jmdooher@tamu.edu
Amit Gadag
BTech, Mechanical Engineering, PES University, 2021
Email: amitggadag7599@tamu.edu
Sneha Jacob
BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2023
Email: jacobsneha@tamu.edu
Joon Jo
Hongseok Kim
MS, Systems Engineering, AFIT, 2022
BS, Astronautical Engineering, ROKAF, 2008
Email: rutile56@tamu.edu
Miracle Nyancho
BASc, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, TAMU, 2023
Email: mnyancho1@tamu.edu
Bansi Patel
ME, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2023
BE, Mechanical Engineering, Silver Oak College of Engineering and Technology, 2019
Email: bansi_18@tamu.edu
Farid Saemi
MS, Aerospace engineering, TAMU, 2020
BS, Aerospace engineering, TAMU, 2017
Research: eVTOL, electric powertrain applications, controls
Email: farid.saemi@tamu.edu
Vishnu Saj
MS, Computer Engineering, TAMU, 2024
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay, 2018
Email: vishnu02saj@tamu.edu
Reuben-Wayne Stewart
BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Oklahoma
Masters Students
Cayden Brown
BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2023
Email: ccmb10515@tamu.edu
Dinsa Davis
Master Diploma in Product Design, Engineering Design, CADD International Dubai, 2022
BT, Mechanical Engineering, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, 2020
Email: dinsadavis@tamu.edu
Karanveer Dubey
BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Patel College of Engineering, 2021
Email: dubeykaranveer@tamu.edu
Joseph Heimerl
BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2022
Email: jkheimerl@tamu.edu
Personal Website
Denisse Leines
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, 2021
Email: denisse.leines@tamu.edu
Jonathan Lephuoc
BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2022
Email: Jonathanlep717@tamu.edu
Nandhi Manikandan
BTech, Aerospace Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, 2020
Email: nandhinimanikandan@tamu.edu
Chenliang Zhang
BS, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2022
Email: zcl1114@tamu.edu
Undergraduate Students
Raghav Bhatnagar
Email: raghav747@tamu.edu
Jericho Elegores
Email: jelegores@tamu.edu
Connor Elliott
Email: connorvelliott@tamu.edu
Personal Website
Akku Kumar
President, Texas A&M Vertical Flight Society
Email: akkumar03@tamu.edu
Personal Website
LinkedIn
Noah Vanous
Email: noahvanous@tamu.edu
Ian Voland
Email: ivoland@tamu.edu
Lulu (Annalaine) Whitson
Email: luluwhitson@tamu.edu
Vertical Flight Club Members
Garret Squires
Email: garrett.squires@tamu.edu
- Ilan Shmoysh
- Vivek Gaddam
- Lukas Spencer
- Kaitlan Muras
- Eliza Khan
- Benjamin Leger
- Timothy Kurtin
- Lorenzo Martinez
Aggies Vertical Flight
Design, Build, Vertical Flight team for Vertical Flight Society competition.
- Jonathan Lawler
- Amit Gadag
- Alec Estrada
- Gage Mahoney
- Jaden Behringer
- Vishruth Balaji
- Reshvar Kuppurangi
- Bennett Moorman
- Gustavo Biasotto
- Ani Vishnupriyan
- Derek Schirripa
- Kendall Neaves
Alumni
- Brett Himmelberg (BS, 2017) – Raytheon
- Carolyn Reed (MS, 2017) – JRC Integrated Systems
- Kanika Gakhar (BS, 2018) – SpaceX
- Sean McHugh (BS, 2018) – Lockheed Martin
- Joel White (BS, 2018) – Texas A&M University
- Adam Kellen (MS, 2019) – Southwest Research Institute
- James McElreath (BS, 2019) – Texas A&M University
- Atanu Halder (PhD, 2019) – Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor
- Chase Wiley (BS, 2020) – NAVAIR
- Bochan Lee (MS, 2018; PhD, 2021) – South Korean Navy
- Grant McCurdy (BS, 2021) – Army Futures Command
- Morgan Richter (BS, 2021) – Bell Flight
- Darragh Farrel (BS, 2021) – Bell Flight
- Moss Misiaszek (BS, 2021) – SpaceX
- Yunfeng “Oliver” Guo (BS, 2021)
- Kevin Ott (BS, 2021) – Lockheed Martin
- Nicolas Belgum (BS, 2021) – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
- Melanie Peavy (BS, 2022) – Bell Flight
- Abigail Rolen (BS, 2022) – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Manuel DeLaRosa (BS, 2022) – Sparx Engineering
- Matthew Elmer (BS, 2022) – Texas A&M University
- Ramsay Ramsey (BS, 2020; MS, 2022) – Firefly Aerospace
- Tristan John White (BS, 2021; MS, 2022) – Spirit Aerosystems
- Carl Runco (BS, 2013, PhD, 2022) – Boeing
- Grant Erickson (BS, 2021; MS, 2022) – Lockheed Martin Space
- Jiaze Cai (BS, 2023) – UC Berkeley
- Owen Dunston (BS, 2023) – Jacobs Engineering