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)
Personal Web Page
Department Web Page
Postdoctoral Researchers
Nikolaos Kateris (nkateris [at] stanford [dot] edu)
- M.Eng. & B.A. (Hons), University of Cambridge, Mechanical, Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering (2018)
Research interests: molecular dynamics and quantum chemistry for carbon nanomaterials, battery design, and propulsion
Sabrina Wahler (swahler [at] stanford [dot] edu)
- BSc Chemistry and Biochemistry LMU Munich (2019), MSc Chemistry Technical University Munich (2021), Dr. rer. nat. Chemistry LMU Munich (2023), HRA Imperial College London (2023 - present)
Research interests: propellants, thermochemistry, property prediction, explosives, detonation
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: energy storage, battery design
Visiting Students
Patrick Meagher
Group Alumni
Postoctoral Scholars
- Xian Shi
- Kun Wang
- Chiara Saggese
- Robin Shannon
- Dongping Chen
- Ajay V. Singh
- Miao Zhu
- Mohammad Janbozorgi
- Saro Nikraz
- Tony Yi
- Bin Yang
- Xiaokai Gao
- Dexing Du
- Gregory Poskrebyshev
- Baptiste Sirjean
- Jianrong Qiu
- Jongwoo Lee
- Kei Uchikawa
- Bin Zhao
- Scott G. Davis
- Benhui Yang
- Alexander Laskin
Doctor of Philosophy
- Yue Zhang
- Jackson Crane
- Kevin Wan
- Rui Xu
- Changran Liu
- Yujie Tao
- Sydnie Lieb
- Joaquin Camacho
- Saro Nikraz
- Enoch Dame
- Tsutomu Shimizu
- Jeremy P. Cain
- Erik Tolmachoff
- David A. Sheen
- Aamir Abid
- Xiaoqing You
- Zhigang Li
- Ameya V. Joshi
- Zhiwei Yang