Principal Investigator
Ning Zhang
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Baylor University
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
M.S., Solid Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
B.S., Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Science and Technology
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Balasubramanian Rukmanikrishnan
Postdoc Research Associate (10/2025-Present)
Ph.D. Students
Amin Kuhzadmohammadi
Ph.D. Student (08/2023 – Present)
Nurul Ahad Akil
Ph.D. Student (01/2024 – Present)
Mohammad Golbabaei
Ph.D. Student (01/2025 – Present)
Silvina Siddika Shifa
Ph.D. (08/2025 – Present)
Undergraduate students
Undergraduate student (05/2025-Present)
Alumni
Ph.D. (01/2020-12/2024)
Current: Lecturer, University of Alabama
M.S. (08/2022-05/2024)
M.S. (08/2022-12/2023)
Samuel Shillcutt, Undergraduate student (05/2025-09/2025)
Zach Porter, undergraduate student (06/2025-08/2025)
Charles Gravelle, undergraduate student (05/2024-12/2024)
Myles Coleman, undergraduate student (05/2024-08/2024)
Tiffany Phan, undergraduate student (01/2023-12/2024)
Natalie Tran, undergraduate student (05/23-08/23)
Brianna Robles, undergraduate student (05/23-07/23)
Jason Zhou, undergraduate student (01/2023-08/2023)
Morgan Helder, Junior undergraduate student of Civil Engineering (05/2022-07/2022)
Rajesh Ramesh, PhD student of AEM (08/2021-05/2022)
Kabiru Atiku, PhD student of AEM (08/2021-05/2022)
Michael Cornett, Junior undergraduate student of AEM (01/2021 – 06/2022)
Charles Hittson, Junior undergraduate student of AEM (01/2021 – 06/2022)
Raza Bajwa, Junior undergraduate student of AEM (01/2021 – 10/2021)
​Mary-Harmon Patrenos, Senior undergraduate of Mechanical Engineering (01/2021-05/2021)