People

Principal Investigator

Hai Wang

•  Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Fuel Science (1992)
• M.S., Michigan Technological University, Chemical Engineering (1986)
• B.Eng., East China University of Science and Technology, Polymer Materials Science and Engineering (1984)

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Postdoctoral Researchers

Andrea Nobili (anobili [at] stanford [dot] edu

• PhD, Politecnico di Milano, Chemical Engineering (2024)
• M.S., Politecnico di Milano, Chemical Engineering (2019)
• B.S., Politecnico di Milano, Chemical Engineering (2017)

Research interests: quantum chemistry and kinetic modeling for carbon nanoparticle synthesis and solid fuel combustion in high enthalpy flow 

Graduate Students

Nicholas Montes (njmontes [at] stanford [dot] edu)

•  M.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (2016)
• B.S., University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering (2014)

Research interests: atomic force microscopy, carbon nanomaterials, hybrid propulsion

Amitesh Jayaraman (amiteshs [at] stanford [dot] edu)

• B.Eng., National University of Singapore, Mechanical Engineering (2020)

Research interests: statistical mechanics, molecular and quantum transport

Kevin Dong (dongwd [at] stanford [dot] edu)

•  B.S., Tsinghua University, Energy and Power Engineering (2020)

Research interests: foundational fuel chemistry model, machine learning

Ethan Genter (egenter [at] stanford [dot] edu)

•  M.S., Washington University in St. Louis, Mechanical Engineering (2021)
• B.S., Washington University in St. Louis, Mechanical Engineering (2020)

Research interests: detonation, molecular dynamics, propulsion

Ghufran Alkhamis (ghufran [at] stanford [dot] edu)

• M.S., KAUST, Mechanical Engineering (2021)
• B.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (2020)

Research interests: Hydrogen economy, large energy system analysis and optimization

Naomi Lutz (nplutz [at] stanford [dot] edu)

• B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (2022)

Research interests: battery design, energy storage

Jackson Kennedy (jacksonkennedy [at] stanford [dot] edu)

• M.S., Stanford University, Aeronautics and Astronautics (2022)
• B.S.E., Duke University, Mechanical Engineering (2022)

Research interests: detonation, propulsion

Lauren Kramer (lkramer1 [at] stanford [dot] edu)

• B.S., Brown University, Mechanical Engineering (2024)

Research interests: atomic force microscopy, nanomaterials

Michael Pascal (michaelfpascal [at] stanford [dot] edu)

• B.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (2024) 

   

Josh Lipman (jelipman [at] stanford [dot] edu)

• B.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Mechanical Engineering (2024)

Research interests: detonation, propulsion, computational fluid dynamics

Weiyi Zhang (wyzhang9 [at] stanford [dot] edu)

• B.Eng., Beijing Jiaotong University, Mechanical Engineering (2021)
• M.S., Imperial College London, Materials Science and Engineering (2022)

Research interests: carbon nanomaterials, molecular and quantum modeling

Group Alumni

Doctor of Philosophy

• Nikolaos Kateris, Assistant Professor of Energy, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, UK
• Yue Zhang, Applied Scientist, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Jackson Crane, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen's University, Canada
• Kevin Wan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories
• Rui Xu, Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California
• Changran Liu, Senior Software Engineer, Roblox
• Yujie Tao, Associate Professor, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, China
• Sydnie Lieb, Assistant Commissioner, Regulatory Analysis, Minnesota Department of Commerce
• Joaquin Camacho, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University
• Saro Nikraz, Head of Product, Collectly
• Enoch Dame, Director of R&D, Monolith
• Tsutomu Shimizu
• Jeremy P. Cain, Research Engineer, University of Dayton Research Institute
• Erik Tolmachoff, Engineer, CS Squared
• David A. Sheen, Physicist, National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST)
• Aamir Abid, Director of New Products, Retech
• Xiaoqing You, Associate Professor, Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University, China
• Zhigang Li, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology      
• Ameya V. Joshi, CEO, MobilityNotes
• Zhiwei Yang

Master of Science

• Bryon Spells
• Samuel Ekweghariri
• Prankul Middha
• Zoran M. Djurisic
• Matthew T. McGarry

Postoctoral and Visiting Scholars

• Nikolaos Kateris, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, UK
• Patrick Meagher, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida
• Ryan Johnson, Research Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory
• Sabrina Wahler, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, Chemistry Department, CalTech
• Laureen Vandewalle, Advanced Engineer, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering
• Xian Shi, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine
• Kun Wang, Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, China
• Chiara Saggese, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Robin Shannon, Visiting Research Fellow, Leeds University, UK
• Dongping Chen, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
• Ajay V. Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
• Joaquin Camacho, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University
• Miao Zhu
• Mohammed Janbozorgi, Lead Engineer, Calspan
• Saro Nikraz, Head of Product, Collectly
• Tony Yi
• Bin Yang, Professor, Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University, China
• Xiaokai Gao
• Dexing Du
• Gregory Poskrebyshev
• Baptiste Sirjean, Combustion Chemistry Researcher, CNRS, France
• Jianrong Qiu
• Jongwoo Lee
• Kei Uchikawa
• Bin Zhao, Chemical Engineer, Nanocerox
• Scott G. Davis, CEO, Gexcon
• Benhui Yang, Associate Research Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia
• Alexander Laskin, Professor, Chemistry Department, Purdue University