Team
Principal Investigator
Herty Endowed Chair Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina
300 Main Street, A216
Columbia, SC 29208
Email: yiwang@cec.sc.edu
Phone: (803) 777-2252
Research Faculty
Post-Doctor Fellows
Christopher Papageorgiou
Research Associate
Research Associate Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Bradley Huffman
Research Associate
Research Associate Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Jacob Rains
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina (2021-present)
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Luke Bagan
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina (2022-present)
Md Amanullah Kabir Tonmoy
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina (2022-present)
Yichuan Cao
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina (2022-present)
Jacob Whisenant
PhD Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina (2023-present)
Boshi Chen
Ph.D. Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina (2024-present)
Bijay Paudel
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC(2025-present)
Yiming Yang
Ph.D. Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina (2026–Present)
Master Students
Jackie Wang
Master Student
Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC(2025-present)
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James Zhan
Master Student
Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina (2025-present)
James Cutler
Master Student
Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC(2025-present)
Jacob Vaught
Master Student
Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC(2025-present)
Devon Goshorn
Master Student
Computer Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC(2025-present)
Landon Walkaraj
Master Student
Aerospace Engineering
University of South Carolina (2026-Present)
James Hale
Master Student
Aerospace Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC(2025-present)
Kevin Terhune
Master Student
Aerospace Engineering
University of South Carolina (2026–Present)
Undergraduate Students
James Kimrey
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering and Honors College University of South Carolina, SC(2022-present)
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Thomas Kent
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering and Honors College University of South Carolina, SC(2022-present)
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Justin Tan
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering and Honors College University of South Carolina, SC(2022-present)
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Ty Dangerfield
Master of Science
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina (2024–2026)
Dr. Jung IL Shu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Post-Doctor Department of Mechanical Engineering
Engineer with US Government
Ge Song
Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina (2021–2025)
Current affiliation
University of Connecticut
Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Connecticut (Present)
Dr. Seong Hyeon Hong
Postdoc and Research Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering UofSC(2018-2022) Assistant Professor Mechanical and Civil Engineering Florida Institute of Technology (Present)
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Brayden Willie
BS
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC (2018-2022)
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Dr. Feng Guo
Postdoc (2021-2022) & Ph.D. (2018-2021), Co-advise with Prof. Yu Qian
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of South Carolina Ph.D. University of South Carolina, 2021 Assistant Professor, Qilu School of Transportation Shandong University (Present)
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Christian Turner
M.S. Student (Co-advise with Prof. Bin Zhang)
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC (2020-2022)
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Colby Weeks
Master of Science
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina (2024–2025)
Current affiliation
M.C. Dean
System Engineer @ M.C. Dean (Present)
Md Asfiqur Rahman
Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina (2021–2026)
Current affiliation
University of Connecticut
Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Connecticut (Present)
Fatemeh Hashemian
Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina (2021-2025)
Dr. Haizhou Yang
Ph.D (2018-2022)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC (2018-2022), Associate Professor @ School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Science and Technology (Present)
Benjamin Albia
Master of Science
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC (2019-2021) Engineer at Naval Information Warfare Center (NWIC) Atlantic (Present)
William Krolick
Ph.D. Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC (2019-2021) Research Engineer at CFD Research Corporation (Present)
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Dr. Xianzhang Xu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Post-Doctor Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor @ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama (Present)
Rafael Alexander Sanchez Cid
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Program University of South Carolina (2019-2023)
Engineer @ Naval Shipyard
Junlin Ou
Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina (2020–2024)
Current affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Technology
Middle Tennessee State University
Jiawei Guo
Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina (2022–2026)
Current affiliation
Lehigh University
Postdoctoral Fellow @ Lehigh University (Present)
Tristan Kyzer
Ph.D. Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina(2023-2024)
Project Manager @ Integer Technologies
Dr. Zhuocheng Jiang
Postdoc
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC (2020-2021) Ph.D. University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2020, Huntsville, AL Research member at NEC Laboratories America, Inc (Present)
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Sen Zhang
Undergraduate Student
Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of South Carolina (2019-2023)
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Dr. Feng Bai
Ph.D
Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC (2017- 2021)
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Thomas Johnson
BS
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC (2017-2021)Nuclear Engineer at General Dynamics Electric Boat
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