Postdocs/Students
Postdocs
Chang Hsin Chen, Ph.D.
Modeling, Simulation, and Big Data
Research
We focus on turbulent buoyant plumes and use large-eddy simulations to analyze turbulent fluctuations in the plumes. Turbulent plumes exist in many natural and engineering systems, such as volcanic eruptions and supersonic combustion. The studies will provide a better understanding of turbulent processes in the systems.
Doctoral Students
Protik Banerjee
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Saugata Datta
Eugene Hoffman
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Mansi Joshi
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Stephen Ackley/Dr. Hongjie Xie
Gina Jozef
University of Colorado, Boulder
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
PI: Dr. John Cassano
Elijah LaLonde
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Akshay Melavenki
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Karen Mendiondo
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez
Pratik Mitra
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Thomas Nordstrand
UTSA
Geology
PI: Stephen Ackley/Dr. Yongli Gao
Jesse Slaten
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Christian Sustayta
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez
Jullian Williams
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Hongjie Xie
Zachary Williams
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Master's Students
Ashley Aguilar
UTSA
Geology
PI: Dr. Saugata Datta
Angelina Andrade
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Ishan Bhattarai
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Daniel Brun
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Angie De La Cruz
UTSA
Geology
PI: Stephen Ackley/Dr. Yongli Gao
Valeria Delgado
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Matt Garcia
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Crystal Moreland
UTSA
Geology
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez
Iyare Oseghae
UTSA
Geoinformatics
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez/Dr. Hongjie Xie
Kevin Posladek
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Lauren Schwartz
UTSA
Geology
PI: Dr. Alan Whittington
Abhishek Tiwari
UTSA
Computer Science
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Thanh Tran
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Undergraduate Students
Hayden Bilbo
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Jaydne Blomfield
UTSA
Geology
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez
Lauren Blydenburgh
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Finn Burmeister-Morton
UTSA
Computer Science
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Ivana Chen
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Rodolfo Fernandez
UTSA
Geology
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez
Khiem Nguyen
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Irene Salazar
Mars Rover Team
UTSA
Electrical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Student Interns
Desiree Arbizu
Northeast Lakeview College
Engineering
PI: Dr. Yongli Gao
Chrishall Armstrong
St. Philip's College
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Daniel Pineda
Ta'lya Brooks
St. Philip's College
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Juan Carrasco
Northeast Lakeview College
Engineering
PI: Dr. David Restrepo
Vincente Flores
St. Philip's College
Biochemistry
PI: Dr. Saugata Datta
Steve Lara
Palo Alto College
Engineering
PI: Christopher Combs
Emily Pressler
San Antonio College
Cyber Security
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Bianca Reusch
San Antonio College
Cyber Security
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Ashton Stepter
North Carolina A&T
Computer Science
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez
Nicholas Tkatchuk
Northeast Lakeview College
Engineering
PI: Stephen Ackley and Dr. Hongjie Xie
Jaylin Wilson
St. Philip's College
IT-Cyber Security
PI: Dr. Sushil Prasad and Dr. Wei Wang
Alumni
Postdoc/Student Alumni
Postdoc/Student |
Academic Level |
Discipline |
PI |
Program Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adetunji Adeleye |
MS student |
Geoinformatics |
Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2019-2020 |
Ashley Aguilar |
UG student |
Geology |
Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez |
2019-2020 |
Leah Andino |
UG student (UCLA) |
Geography-Environmental Studies |
Dr. Marilyn Raphael |
2020-2021 |
Ian Bashor |
PhD student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2019-2020 |
Diego Bass |
MS student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2021 |
Ethan Beeman |
MS student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2019-2020 |
Ambica Behara |
Postdoc |
Ocean Modelling/Atmospheric Science |
- |
2020 |
Sudheer Bhimireddy |
PhD student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2019-2020 |
Shamar Bradley |
MS student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2019 |
Daniel Brun |
UG student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2019 |
Giselle Contreras-Velarde |
UG student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2020 |
Prince Dukuze |
MS student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2020 |
Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui |
PhD student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2020 |
Sean Foote |
UG student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2019-2020 |
Desiree Garcia |
UG student |
Computer Science |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2020 |
Matt Garcia |
UG student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2019-2020 |
Samuel Guevara |
MS student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2019-2020 |
Dean Kaialau |
MS student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2020-2021 |
Jens Knudsen |
UG student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2019-2020 |
YoungHyun Koo |
PhD student |
Environmental Science and Engineering |
Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2019-2021 |
Eric Kouba |
PhD student |
Environmental Science and Engineering |
Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2020-2021 |
Grant Macdonald |
Postdoc |
Geophysical Sciences/Polar Studies |
- |
2020-2022 |
Hazem Mahmoud |
PhD student |
Environmental Science and Engineering |
Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2021 |
Michael McMahan |
MS student |
Geology |
Dr. Yongli Gao/Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2020-2021 |
Rajitha Meka |
PhD student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2019-2020 |
Karen Mendiondo |
MS student |
Geology |
Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez |
2019-2020 |
Nilusha Navodiya |
MS student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2019 |
Raj Patel |
MS student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2020-2021 |
Samantha Pickell |
UG student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2021 |
Zach Riddle |
UG student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2021 |
Adalberto Rodriguez |
UG student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2019-2020 |
Jose Rodriguez |
PhD student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Christopher Combs |
2020-2021 |
Douglas Schoenenberger |
MS student |
Geology |
Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2019 |
Priscila Sol |
UG student |
visiting student |
Stephen Ackley |
2019 |
Sergio Teran |
MS student |
Geology |
Stephen Ackley/Dr. Blake Weissling |
2019-2021 |
Lijun Tian |
PhD student |
Environmental Science and Engineering |
Stephen Ackley |
2019 |
Liuxi Tian |
PhD student |
Environmental Science and Engineering |
Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2019-2020 |
Jahsiah Toby |
UG student |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2019-2020 |
Elina Valkonen |
PhD student (UC Boulder) |
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
Dr. John Cassano |
2020-2021 |
Student Intern Alumni
Intern |
Institution |
Major |
PI |
Program Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nii nmashie Adjei |
Northwest Vista College |
Information Assurance and Cyber Security |
Dr. Sushil Prasad |
2020 |
Raul Flores |
Palo Alto College |
Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Yongli Gao |
2020 |
Marcelina Garcia |
St. Philip's College |
IT-Cyber Security |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2020 |
Alyssa Guzman |
San Antonio College |
Mathematics |
Stephen Ackley; Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2020 |
Elizabeth Hebel |
University of Colorado-Boulder |
Geography |
Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2020-2021 |
Alexandra Lee |
UTSA |
Physics |
Dr. Hongjie Xie |
2021 |
Jacob Lyda |
Palo Alto College |
Mathematics |
Dr. Adel Adaeddini |
2020 |
Andre Michon |
San Antonio College |
Physics |
Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nunez |
2020 |
David Perez |
Palo Alto College |
Engineering |
Dr. Wei Gao |
2020 |
Haylie Schulmeier |
Northeast Lakeview College |
Biology |
Dr. Wei Wang |
2020 |
Lyann Serrano |
Northeast Lakeview College |
Mathematics |
Dr. David Restrepo |
2020 |
Alejandro Zarate |
St. Philip's College |
Engineering |
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar |
2020 |
