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Afreen Khoja
Post-Bacc Researcher
BS, Virginia Tech, 2021
Projects: Microfluidics for drug delivery, flapping insect wing, CAD design, 3D printing, microfluidics fabrication
Emma Sparks
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS, Virginia Tech, 2019
Project: Fly-inspired directional microphone, COMSOL modeling
Jamie Brennan
BS Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Microfluidics for drug delivery, COMSOL modeling
Julia Wakefield
BS Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Flapping insect wing, CAD, 3D printing
Liam Janssen
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, 2025
Project: Physiological signal transduction, microfluidics
Nathan Davis
MS Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS, Virginia Tech, 2023
Project: Effects of elevated intracranial pressure on a cerebral vein model
Saadbin Khan
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
MS, Oklahoma State University, 2019
Project: Insect respiration, DSMC, CFD simulations
Anne E. Staples, PI
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Princeton University, 2006
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Hanna Rozsavolgyi
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS, Budapest Univ. Tech. and Econ., 2025
Project: Microfluidic device modeling and simulation
Jasmine Pegues
MS Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS, Virginia Tech, 2026
Project: Medical device development, physiological signal transduction
Kaleb Belcher
MS Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS, Virginia Tech, 2026
Project: Medical device development, device design and fabrication, data science
Max Mikel-Stites
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS, University of Rochester
Project: Fly auditory acoustics, mathematical modeling
Nathaniel Fairbank
BS Student, Mechanical Engineering
Project: Medical device development, CFD
Shuyu Zhang
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS, Virginia Tech, 2020
Project: Medical device microfluidics, 3D printing, human participant studies
Demi Poulous
BS Student, Engineering Mechanics
Project: Microfluidics for drug delivery, 3D printing, microfluidics fabrication
Harsheel Dhruva
BS Student, Neuroscience/Data Science
Project: Medical device development, device design and fabrication, human subjects
Jessica Prisbe
BS Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Bioicrofluidics
Kirubaharan Natarajan
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
MS, Virginia Tech, 2024
Project: Bioinspired design and control, reinforcement learning
Mrigank Dhingra
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS, Manipal Institute of Technology, 2020
Project: Deep learning based closure modeling
Ruhit Sinha
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
MS, South Dakota State University, 2020
Project: CFD, porous media modeling of hemodialysis