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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
Jasmine Pegues
MS Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS, Virginia Tech, 2026
Project: Medical device development, physiological signal transduction, device design
Kaleb Belcher
MS Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS, Virginia Tech, 2026
Project: Medical device development, device design and fabrication, data science
Mrigank Dhingra
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS, Manipal Institute of Technology, 2020
Project: Deep learning based closure modeling
Saadbin Khan
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
MS, Oklahoma State University, 2019
Project: Insect respiration, Lattice Boltzmann simulation
Zhiyao Zhang
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
MS, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2024
Project: Scientific ML, fluids
Anne E. Staples
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Princeton University, 2006
Lab Director/PI
Hanna Rozsavolgyi
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2025
Project: Modeling and simulation of microfluidic devices
Jessica Prisbe
BS Student, Biomedical Engineering
Kirubaharan Natarajan
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
MS, Virginia Tech, 2024
Project: Bioinspired design and control
Nathan Davis
MS Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS, Virginia Tech, 2023
Project: Effects of Elevated Intracranial Pressure on a Cerebral Vein Model
Shuyu Zhang
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS, Virginia Tech, 2020
Project: Microfluidics for drug delivery, 3D printing, microfluidics fabrication
Demi Poulous
BS Student, Engineering Mechanics
Project: Microfluidics for drug delivery, 3D printing, microfluidics fabrication
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
Max Mikel-Stites
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS, University of Rochester
Project: Fly auditory acoustics, mathematical modeling
Ruhit Sinha
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
MS, South Dakota State University, 2020
Project: Fluid dynamics of hemodialysis, PINNs
Tyler Rodriguez
BS Student, Engineering Mechanics
Project: Microfluidics for drug delivery, microfluidics fabrication