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 Bhattatai
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
Thanh Tran
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Undergraduate Students
Laura Barnes
UTSA
Computer Science
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
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
Kalea Bridgemohan
UTSA
Biology
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
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
Aubrey Fuchs
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Sydney Grona
UTSA
Interdisciplinary Studies
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Colin Johnson
UTSA
Mathematics
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Joshua Le
UTSA
Computer Science
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Parker Leathers
UTSA
Computer Science
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Jose Malagon Rosas
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Marcela Montufar Soria
UTSA
History
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Khiem Nguyen
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Irene Salazar
Mars Rover Team
UTSA
Electrical Engineering
PI: Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar
Kane Sandoval
UTSA
Environmental Science
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Gerardo Silva Carmona
UTSA
Electrical Engineering
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Ranbir Singh
UTSA
Electrical Engineering
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Mariana Suarez-Martinez
UTSA
Biology
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
Eberardo Trejo
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
HERMIT 2022 Big Idea Challenge
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 |
