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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.

Post-Doctoral Researchers

David Coleman
Postdoctoral Researcher, Texas A&M University
CTO, Harmony Aeronautics, College Station, TX
dcaero14@tamu.edu
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering 2021, Texas A&M University
B.S. Aerospace Engineering 2013, University of Maryland

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

  1. Brett Himmelberg (BS, 2017) – Raytheon
  2. Carolyn Reed (MS, 2017) – JRC Integrated Systems
  3. Kanika Gakhar (BS, 2018) – SpaceX
  4. Sean McHugh (BS, 2018) – Lockheed Martin
  5. Joel White (BS, 2018) – Texas A&M University
  6. Adam Kellen (MS, 2019) – Southwest Research Institute
  7. James McElreath (BS, 2019) – Texas A&M University
  8. Atanu Halder (PhD, 2019) – Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor
  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. Morgan Richter (BS, 2021) – Bell Flight
  13. Darragh Farrel (BS, 2021) – Bell Flight
  14. Moss Misiaszek (BS, 2021) – SpaceX
  15. Yunfeng “Oliver” Guo (BS, 2021)
  16. Kevin Ott (BS, 2021) – Lockheed Martin
  17. Nicolas Belgum (BS, 2021) – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
  18. Melanie Peavy (BS, 2022) – Bell Flight
  19. Abigail Rolen (BS, 2022) – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  20. Manuel DeLaRosa (BS, 2022) – Sparx Engineering
  21. Matthew Elmer (BS, 2022) – Texas A&M University
  22. Ramsay Ramsey (BS, 2020; MS, 2022) – Firefly Aerospace
  23. Tristan John White (BS, 2021; MS, 2022) – Spirit Aerosystems
  24. Carl Runco (BS, 2013, PhD, 2022) – Boeing
  25. Grant Erickson (BS, 2021; MS, 2022) – Lockheed Martin Space
  26. Jiaze Cai (BS, 2023) – UC Berkeley
  27. Owen Dunston (BS, 2023) – Jacobs Engineering

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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