Students

Current Students

StudentAdvisorDegree
Abraham, AlbertDr. Sven SchmitzM.S.
Agarwal, AnkitDr. Eric JohnsonM.S.
Ai, Zhisheng (UTK)Dr. Hans DeSmidtPh.D.
Allred, GracelyneDr. Sven SchmitzM.S.
Alvarado, NathanDr. Jose PalaciosM.S.
Ayyanathan, P. (AU)Dr. Vrishank RaghavPh.D.
Brown, AveryDr. Baksi, Dr. Edward SmithPh.D.
Buffone, VincentDr. Edward SmithB.S.
Bugday, Batin (UMd)Dr. Umberto SaettiPh.D.
Chaudhary, RupakDr. Kenneth Brentner, Dr. Eric GreenwoodPh.D.
Chen, ZhouzhouDr. Joe HornPh.D.
Chidekel, PhilDr. Jim CoderM.S.
Chien, Wen-YuDr. Eric JohnsonM.S.
Cho, ChangikDr. Edward Smith, Dr. RahnPh.D.
Chu, KennyDr. Kenneth BrentnerM.S.
Crispen, MicaelaDr. Joseph HornM.S.
Crouse, JakeDr. Eric JohnsonM.S.
Daher, AbdullahDr. Kenneth BrentnerM.S.
Deore, NealDr. James CoderM.S.
Duffy, AlexDr. Edward SmithB.S.
Dunbabin, OliverDr. Eric JohnsonM.S.
ElSharkaway, EzzEldinDr. Eric GreenwoodM.S.
Farhat, MaryamDr. Sven SchmitzM.S.
Galles, MatthewDr. Eric GreenwoodD.Eng.
Gan, TedDr. Kenneth BrentnerPh.D.
Giryanskaya, ViktoriyaDr. James Coder
Hasan, JunayedDr. Alan WagnerPh.D.
Hendrick, ChrisDr. Joseph HornPh.D.
Hoover, NateDr. Jose Palacios, Dr. Edward SmithB.S.
Iyer, VenkatDr. Eric JohnsonPh.D.
Kandias, ConstantinosDr. Mark MillerPh.D.
Karli, GeoffDr. Jose PalaciosM.S.
Kircheis, BobbyDr. Jose PalaciosB.S.
Landis, EthanDr. Jose Palacios, Dr. Edward SmithB.S.
Li, GrantDr. Joseph HornPh.D.
Littmann, TylerDr. Namiko YamamotoPh.D.
Lungin, JacobDr. Edward SmithB.S.
Mahnji, AshishDr. Joseph HornPh.D.
Major, DesiraeDr. Sven SchmitzPh.D.
Mawry, IsabellaDr. Edward Smith, Dr. Sven SchmitzM.S.
McGovern, JeremyDr. Edward SmithM.S.
Moore, Zack (AU)Dr. Vrishank RaghavM.S.
Moorhouse, AnnaDr. Beck and Dr. ShephardM.S.
Morgan, NicholasM.S.
Mukherjee, BhaskarDr. Kenneth BrentnerPh.D.
Nangle, JoeDr. Jose PalaciosM.S.
Opazo, TomasDr. Jack LangelaanPh.D.
Patel, BhavyaDr. Charles Bakis, Dr. Edward SmithB.S.
Peddanarappagari, SagarDr. Kenneth BrentnerM.S.
Perumalla, AniruddhaDr. Eric JohnsonM.S.
Pored, SiddDr. Edward SmithB.S.
Rachaprolu, JoelDr. Eric GreenwoodM.S.
Rau, RobertDr. Eric GreenwoodPh.D.
Ramsarran, TylerDr. Kenneth BrentnerM.S.
Rosenberger, TylerM.S.
Scaramal, MarianoDr. Joseph HornPh.D.
Sharma, KalkiDr. Kenneth BrentnerPh.D.
Singh, NityaDr. Kenneth BrentnerPh.D.
Song, JiwooDr. Daning Huang and Dr. Edward SmithPh.D.
Suvithiraj, Aditya (AU)Ph.D.
Taylor, MilesDr. Namiko YamamotoB.S.
Theron, Jean-PierreDr. Joseph Horn
Trembois, Nikos (UCD)Dr. Seongkyu LeePh.D.
Valente, VitorDr. Eric Johnson, Dr. Eric GreenwoodPh.D.
VanLandingham, A.Dr. David HallPh.D.
Vashisth, AniruddhM.S.
Veras-Alba, BelenDr. Jose PalaciosPh.D.
Weitsman, DanielDr. Eric GreenwoodM.S.
Yuan, KailDr. Jack LangelaanM.S.
Zachos, DemiDr. Kenneth Brentner, Dr. Eric GreenwoodPh.D.
Zahed, JunayedDr. Alan WagnerPh.D.
Zahirudin, RajaDr. Eric GreenwoodPh.D.
Zala, DarshankumarDr. Eric GreenwoodM.S.

Ph.D. Alumni

StudentDate Employment
Schneeberger, Grant2023USAF Labs
Silwal, Lokesh (AU)2023
Yan, Sihong2021/2022Penn State Research Faculty
Rai, George2021/2022Siemens, USA
Carnes, Jared2021/2022General Atomics
Ortiz-Melendez, Hector2021/2022Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
Wall, Tristen2021/2022Joby
Jia, Henry (UCD)2021/2022US Army Ames
Borigo, CodyFBS Inc.
Maniaci, David
Jha, Pankaj

Austruy, JulienSafran Aircraft Engines
Bridges, Derek
Hill, MatthewBell
Helicopters
Autran, PaulineFrance
Bakre, Chaitanya2022Intel
Gauntt, Sean2021US Navy Labs
Lin, Charis2021USAF Labs
Waller, Matt2021PSU ARL
Xiong, Yu2021Altair
Botre, Mrunali2020Continuum Dynamics Inc.
Saetti, Umberto2019University of Maryland
Uruc, Ilker2017PSU Postdoc
Feurtado, Philip2017John Hopkins
Tracey, Sean2017Kulicke and Soffa
Reich, David2017PSU ARL
Vashisth, Aniruddh 2017
Vieira, Bernardo2017Archer Aviation
Hanson, David2017
Spires, Michael2017Dynetics, Huntsville
McIntyre, Sean2016Penn State ARL
Ren, Baiyang2016ULC Robotics
Cole, Julia2016Penn State Applied Research Lab
Yang, Tianxiao2016
Kambampati, S.2016Ph.D. at UC San Diego
Cheng, Baofeng2016Auto industry, Detroit, USA
Yu, Qingtao2016AVIC
Thorsen, Adam2016Sikorsky
Miura, Kentaro2016John Hopkins APL
Soltis, Jared2016NSWC Carderock
Han, Yiqiang2016Clemson, teaching faculty
Choephel, Tenzin2016Pratt and Whitney
Wallace, Brian 2015Sikorsky
Ren, Baiyan 2015PSU VLRCOE Postdoc
Mathews, Pete2015AATD
Myers, Leighton 2015NAVAIR
Henry, Todd2014Army Research Lab
Coder, Jim2014Associate Professor at Penn State
Scarborough, Lloyd 2014Scarborough Family Business
Zhu, Bin2014Western Digital
Mistry, Mihir 2013Anduril Industries
Murray, Gabe 2013NAVAIR
Hennes,
Chris
2013 Pioneer Library System
Ozdemir, Gurbuz Taha2013Penn State Post doc
Bae, Eui Sung2013Advanced Rotorcraft Technologies
Yomchinda, Thanan2013 Post doc at PSU
Marr, Conor 2012 LORD Corporation
Tiwari, Chandrashekhar 2012 Bell
Khoshlahjeh, Maryam2012 Sikorsky Aircraft
Narayanan Nampy, Sreenivas 2012Goodrich
Qi, Xue (Kevin)2011
Zhu, Ye 2011
Zhu, Yun 2010 GE Research Labs
Johnson, Terry 2010 US Army, Aberdeen, MD
Malovrh, Brendon 2010 US Army Langley
Reagor, Cameron2010
Shin, Bong Gun2010
Akturk, Ali2010Penn State Research Associate
Geiger, Brian2009 Piasecki Aircraft
Saribay, Zihni 2009 Penn State Research Associate, VLRCOE
Johnson, Dave 2009 Ph.D. at University of Michigan
Paik, Jinho2009 Samsung, Koerea
Lopes, Leonard2009 NASA Langley
Olympio, Kingnide2009 France
Lee, Seongkyu2009 GE Global Research, NY
Semperlotti, Fabio2009 Ph.D. at University of Michigan
Guo, Wei2009
Atli, Bilim2009 Netherlands
Sekula,
Martin
2009 NASA, LaRC
Kinzel, Michael2008 Associate Professor at University of Central Florida
Cheng, Rui2007 NASA Langley Research Center
Alpman,
Emre
2006 Turkey
Sezer-Uzol,
Nilay
2006 Assistant Professor,
TOBB University, Turkey
Shan,
Ying
2006 Beacon Power Corp.
Chen,
Samuel H.
2006
Byers,
Lynn
2006 Faculty,
US Military Academy
Kim, Jun-Sik2005 National Institute of Technology
Hathaway,
Eric
2005 Boeing
Rotorcraft
Sahani,
Nilesh
2005 Bell Helicopters
DeSmidt,
Hans
2005 Assistant
Professor at University of Tennessee
Mayrides,
Bryan
2005 Sikorsky
Aircraft
Lee,
Dooyong
2005 Advanced
Rotorcraft Technologies
Sharma,
Anupam
2004 General
Electric
Szefi, Joseph2003 President of INVERCON, LLC
Souliez,
Frederic
2002 BMW
Modi,
Anirudh
2002 Intel
Heverly
Jr., David
2002 Bell
Helicopters
Tauszig,
Lionel
2002 European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Anusonti-Inthra
Phuriwat
2002 National
Institute for Aeronautics, Langley Research Center
Keller,
Jonathan
2001 National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
Hansen,
Robert
2001 US Army, West Point
Kang,
Hao
2001 Advanced
Rotorcraft Technologies
Sharp, Steve2001 Ingersoll-Rand
Davidson, NC
Stevens,
Patricia
2001 Boeing,
Philadelphia
Howard,
Anna
2001 Instructor
North Carolina State University
Zhang,
Jianhua
2001 Research Faculty, Penn State
Centolanza,
Louis
2001 US
Army, Fort Eustis
Brackbill,
Christian
2000 US
Army, Huntsville
Floros, Matthew 2000 US
Army, Aberdeen, MD
Askari
Badre Alam
2000 Lord
Corporation
Govindswamy,
Kiran
1995 FEV
Motorentechnik GmbH
Ozyoruk, Yusuf1995 Professor
at Middle East Technical University

M.S. Alumni

StudentDate Employment
Keon, Wong Hur2023LG Electronics, Republic of Korea
Chen, Zhouzhou2023PSU VLRCOE PhD
Beyer, Jessica2023USAF Helicopter Pilot
Gonzalez, Bianca2023Northrop Grumman
Zarader, Chloe2023UIUC PhD
Mcthane, Eric2023Natural Fiber Welding
Kandias, Constantinos2023PSU VLRCOE PhD
Jaep, Daniel2021/2022Boeing Rotorcraft
Brown, Avery2021/2022Penn State PhD
Jaworsky, Thomas2021/2022NAVAIR
Weist, Lauren2021/2022NASA Ames
Purzak, Jake2021/2022Leonardo Helicopters
Gan, Ted2021/2022Penn State PhD
Zachos, Demi2021/2022Penn State PhD
Boddie, Gerald2021/2022Timkin
Scrooger, Sean2021/2022Lockheed Martin
Konzel, Blaise2021/2022Boeing Rotorcraft
Decerio, Dalton2021/2022Boeing
Ai, Zhisheng2021/2022Penn State PhD
Parwani, Ashwin2021/2022US Army Huntsville
Topper, Evan2021/2022Boeing
Zhu, Nickolas2021/2022
Mobley, Forrest2021/2022Boeing Rotorcraft
Weitsman, DanielPenn State PhD
Palm, Kaijus2021/2022
Mukherjee, Bhaskar2021/2022Penn State PhD
Prahash, Keerti2017PSU Ph.D. student
Metkowski, Leonard2017PSU Ph.D. student
Liu, Yande2017Drone Company, Seattle
Rocco, Ed2017Pratt & Whitney
Schneeberger, Grant2016NAVAIR
Holmes, Will2016
Li, ZuQun2016NASA JSC
Hoover, Taylor2016Lockheed Martin
Sharma, Kalki2016Ph.D. at Penn State
Rudenko, Nicholas2016MSC
Walsh, Greg2016Boeing
Zheng, Albert2016Zee Aero
Kopp, Reed2016Ph.D. at MIT
Long, Justin2015Boeing
Costa, Willie 2015NAVAIR
Garrett, Sylvie 2015
Bondeaux, Alexandre 2015LORD
Knuth, Taylor 2015Lockheed Martin
Li, Yaowei 2015Self employed
Jan, Abhishek 2015Penn State Ph.D.
Vashisth, Aniruddh 2014Penn State Ph.D.
Bailey, Matt 2014NASA Ames
Soltis, Jared2014Penn State Ph.D.
Truskin, Ben2014Wyle Labs
Mahmood, Raheel 2014LORD
Soneson, Greg 2014NAVAIR
Johnson, Sam 2014Johnson Family Business
Wozniak, Michael2013 Lockheed Martin
Winslow, Anna
2013 Lord Corp
Ripepi, Maximilian J., 2013 E.R. Shaw Small Arms
Thornsen, Adam 2013Penn State Ph.D.
Grande, Nicholas2013
Froede, Eric2013 Siemens
Brown, Christine M. 2013 Leidos, formerly SAIC, Arlington, VA
Barron, Heather2013 Sikorsky
Patton, Carl2013Lockheed
Overmeyer, Austin2013US Army at LaRC
Henry, Todd C. 2012 Ph.D. at Penn State
Wimmer, Benjamin M
2012
Mentey, Jeswanth2012 ANSYS
Goldman, Ben2012 Bell
Helicopters
Hayden, Eric2012 NAVAIR
Autran, Pauline2012 SAFRAN, Paris, France
O'Neill, Eric2011
Han, Yiqiang2011Ph.D. at Penn State
Quintangeli, Mike2011
Miller, Simon 2011 Ph.D. at Penn State, PSU Applied Research Laboratory
Santarelli, David 2010
Choephel, Tenzin2010 Ph.D. at Penn State
Mohanamuraly, Pavanakumar 2010
Coder, Jim2010Ph.D. at Penn State
Sollenberger, Stan 2010 US Navy
Oliveira Vieira, Bernardo2010 Ph.D. at Penn State
Zentichko, Jacob 2010
Murray, Gabe 2009 Ph.D. at Penn State
Schmidt, Walter 2009 Sikorsky
Yomchinda, Thanan 2009 Ph.D. at Penn State
Leon, Olivier2009 PhD at ONERA, France
Duling, Chris2009 Assistant Professor, USMA West Point
Tiwari, Chandrashekhar 2009 Ph.D. at Penn State
Erwin, James2009
Corl, Jonas2009
Myers. Leighton 2009 Ph.D. at Penn State
Yoo, Min Ji 2009
Hagon, Mathew J.2009
Marques, Alvord2008
PhD
Cessna
Tobias, Eric 2008 US Army, Ames Research Center
Karachun, Kateryna 2008
Bluman, James2008 Assistant Professor, USMA West Point
Steiner, Jason 2008 Boeing Rotorcraft
Sparbanie, Sade 2008
Cormier, Chris2008 US Army Corps of Engineers
Bossenbroek, Kirsten2008 Boeing Co.
Rufino, Russell 2008 Boeing Rotorcraft
Roedts II, Robert2008 Columbia Helicopters
Montanye, Pamela 2008 Boeing Rotorcraft
Atli, Bilim2007
Shirey,
Justin
2007 Lockheed Martin Owego, NY
Prabhakar, Tushar 2007
Tilford, Keith2007  
Marr,
Conor
2007 Ph.D. at Penn State
Olympio,
Kingnide
2006 Ph.D. at Penn State
Dhall,
Tarun
2006  
Lopes,
Leonard
2005 NASA Langley
Nissly,
Andrew
2005 Adaptive Structures
Singh,
Rupinder
2005 Bell
Helicopter Textron Inc.
Hennes, Chris2005 Ph.D. at Penn State
Geiger,
Brian
2005
LeHen,
Francois
2005 Michelin
Narayanan,
Sreeni
2005 Goodrich
Kahveci, Harika2004 GE
Power Systems
Huang, Hsun-Hsuan2004 Ph.D. at Ohio State
Kinzel,
Michael
2004 ARL
Hines, Jason2004 Applied
Research Lab at PSU
Petrie, Jason2004 BAE
Systems
Jindal, Shailesh2004 Adapco
Corp
Palacios,
Jose
2004 Faculty member, Penn State
Swartzwelder,
Matthew
2003 US
Navy Pilot
Bridges, Derek 2003
Davis,
Ronald
2003 Bell
Helicopters
Corfeld,
Kelly
2002 Lockheed-Martin,
Texas
Essert,
Jean-Philippe
2002
Ocalan,
Murat
2002 Schlumberger
Bres, Guillaume2002 CalTech
Pifko,
Kate
2002 NA
Anderson, William2002
Szymendera,
Christopher
2002 US
Navy, Patuxent River
Munsky,
Brain
2002 Ph.D. at University of California at Santa Barbara
Sarjeant,
Roberto
2002 Barry
Controls
Ramrakhyani,
Deepak
2002
Tamura,
Tomoyuki
2002 Honda
Research Center Japan
Sahani,
Nilesh
2002 Bell Helicopters
Ulrich,
Todd
2001 CESSNA
Sezer-Uzol,
Nilay
2001 Assistant Professor,
TOBB University, Turkey
Sharma,
Anupam
2001 General
Electric Global Research
Malovrh, Brendon2000 US Army LaRc
Marathe,
Sameer
1999 Caterpillar
Inc.
Chapuis,
Gautier
1999 Groen
Bothers Aviation
Hathaway,
Eric
1999 Boeing
Rotorcraft
Modi,
Anirudh
1999 Intel
Schweitzer,
Steve
1999 Ph.D. at Penn State
Tauszig,
Lionel
1998 Agusta
Aerospace, Philadelphia
Anusonti-Inthra,
Phuriwat
1998 National Institute for Aeronautics, Langley Research Center
Lesyna,
Mark
1998 General
Electric Appliances
Sarkar, Sumit 1998 Schlumberger,
Houston
Piscotty,
Dan
1998 NA
Ruhl,
Eric
1998 Starsys Research Corp
Sekula,
Martin
1998 NASA Langley RC
Driesch,
Patricia
1998 UTRC
Hebert,
Chad
1998 Starsys Research Corp
Wolons,
David
1997 Helicopter Pilot,


Army AATD, Ft Eustis, VA
Keller, Jonathan1997 US
Army, Huntsville
Centolanza,
Louis
1997 US
Army, Fort Eustis
Byers, Lynn1997
Floros, Matthew1996 US
Army, Langley
Brackbill, Christian1996 US
Army, Huntsville
Geyer
Jr., Wiliam
1995 US
Navy, Patuxent River
Beale, Michael1995 Westland,
Robinson, Teledyne Ryan
Vascsinec,
Michael
1994 US Navy, Patuxent River
Govindswamy,
Kiran
1992 FEV
Motorentechnik GmbH, Detroit
Hansen,
Robert
1992 US
Army, West Point
Ozyoruk, Yusuf1992 Professor at Middle East Technical University
DeAngelo, MarkPh.D. at Penn State
Cheng, BaofengPh.D. at Penn State
Mistry, Mihir Boeing Rotorcraft
Kong, WilliamSikorsky Aircraft
Halwick, JasonPh.D. at Penn State
Cole, JuliaPh.D. at Penn State Instructor at Bucknell

B.S. Alumni

StudentDateEmployment
Tiburcio, Miguel Alvarez 2015Penn State M.S.
Rocco, Ed2015Penn State M.S.
Satira, Jason2015Bell
Stanko, Jason2015Penn State M.S.
Walsh, Greg 2014Penn State M.S.
Hoover, Taylor 2014Penn State M.S.
Kopp, Reed2014Army Res Lab Intern
Chen, Yimo2013US
Navy, Patuxent River
Wallis, Emily2010US Naval Aviator (CH-53, SH-60)
Clauser, Robert2003
BS
NA
Hoffler, Jacques2003
BS
US
Navy, Patuxent River
Duffy, Michael 2003
BS
Boeing,
Philadelphia
Palacios, Jose2003
BS
Penn State Faculty
Taney, Eric 2002
BS
Bell
Helicopter
Repsher, Steve2002
BS
Boeing,
Philadelphia and Stanford
Bridges, Derek2001
BS
PSU ROCE Graduate Student
Seitter, Eric 2001
BS
Lord
Corporation
Douglass, Greg2000
BS
Bell
Schlemmer, George2000
BS
US
Navy, Lakehurst
Belisari, Joe1999
BS
Sikorsky
Aircraft
Shipiro, Dan1999
BS
Sikorsky Aircraft
Ivanco, Tom1999
BS
NASA
Langley - Reserve Pilot
Melhorne, Shawn1998
BS
Boeing,
Philadelphia
Knarr, Chris1998
BS
USMC
- Helicopter Pilot
Sarjeant, Roberto1998
BS
PSU ROCE Graduate Student
Chanda, Mike1997
BS
University of Pennsylvania
Jones, Ted1997
BS
Boeing,
Philadelphia
Sinton, Amy1995
BS
Sikorsky
Aircraft
Piatak, Dave1995
BS
US
Army, NASA Langley
Silvis, Jasper1993
BS
Boeing,
Philadelphia