Faculty

Professor Iain D. Boyd
Iain D. Boyd
H. T. Sears Memorial Professor • Director, National Security Initiative • Director, Hypersonic Vehicles Interdisciplinary Research Theme
Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Affiliates

Aiken
Timothy T. Aiken
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for National Security Initiatives
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Daniel Adrienko
Daniil Andrienko
Senior Research Associate, Center for National Security Initiatives
RESEARCH & INNOVATION OFFICE
Nicholas Campbell
Nicholas S. Campbell
Research Associate II in Hypersonics, Center for National Security Initiatives
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Professor John Evans
John A. Evans
Assistant Professor • Jack Rominger Faculty Fellow
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Eric Sutton
Eric K. Sutton
Senior Research Associate
Space Weather Technology Research and Education Center

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Ross S. Chaudhry
Ross S. Chaudhry
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Ph.D. Students

Nick Carter
Nicholas Carter
Doctoral Pre-Candidate
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Jennifer Horing
Jennifer A. Horing
Doctoral Candidate • NDSEG Fellow • Smead Scholar
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Cate Leszcz
Cate Leszcz
Doctoral Student • NSF GRFP Fellow • Smead Scholar
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Charles Lipscomb
Charles P. Lipscomb
Doctoral Pre-Candidate
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Manchikanti
Sindhu Manchikanti
Doctoral Pre-Candidate
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Kal Monroe
Kal Monroe
Doctoral Pre-Candidate • NSF GRFP Fellow
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
James Nichols
James T. Nichols
Doctoral Candidate • NSF GRFP Fellow
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Marisa Petrusky
Marisa Petrusky
Doctoral Pre-Candidate • NSF GRFP Fellow
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Jens Rataczak
Jens A. Rataczak
Doctoral Candidate • NSTGRO Fellow
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Michaell Sands
Michael Sands
Doctoral Pre-Candidate
Chemistry
Matthew Stasiukevicius
Matthew Stasiukevicius
Doctoral Pre-Candidate
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Amin Taziny
Amin Taziny
Doctoral Candidate • GAANN Fellow
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Mitchell Wall
Mitchell Wall
Doctoral Pre-Candidate • NDSEG Fellow • Smead Scholar
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Alec Yenawine
Alec Yenawine
Doctoral Student
Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Alumni Students

  1. Gang Chen, 1998 (Cornell)
    Facebook
  2. Keith C. Kannenberg, 1998 (Cornell)
    Lockheed Martin Corporation
  3. Dan P. Karipides, 1999 (Cornell)
    Tech-X Corporation
  4. Doug B. VanGilder, 2000 (Cornell)
    CRAFT Technology
  5. Jyothish George, 2000 (Cornell)
    Glencore
  6. Jitendra Balakrishnan, 2001 (Cornell)
    Sterlite Technologies Limited
  7. Quanhua Sun, 2003 (University of Michigan)
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
  8. Wen-Lan Wang, 2004 (University of Michigan)
    Foxconn Technology, Taiwan
  9. Chunpei Cai, 2005 (University of Michigan)
    Michigan Technological University
  10. Jerry W. Emhoff, 2005 (University of Michigan)
    Applied Physics Laboratory
  11. Justin W. Koo, 2005 (University of Michigan)
    Air Force Research Laboratory
  12. Anton VanderWyst, 2006 (University of Michigan)
    Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
  13. Jon M. Burt, 2006 (University of Michigan)
    NASA Glenn Research Center
  14. Michael J. Martin, 2007 (University of Michigan)
    National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  15. Matt J. McNenly, 2007 (University of Michigan)
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  16. Leonardo C. Scalabrin, 2007 (University of Michigan)
    Embraer, Brazil
  17. Tom E. Schwartzentruber, 2007 (University of Michigan)
    University of Minnesota
  18. John T. Yim, 2008 (University of Michigan)
    NASA Glenn Research Center
  19. Yongjun Choi, 2008 (University of Michigan)
    Michigan State University
  20. Jose F. Padilla, 2008 (University of Michigan)
    Consultant
  21. Jeremy J. Boerner, 2008 (University of Michigan)
    Sandia National Laboratories
  22. Andy J. Porwitzky, 2008 (University of Michigan)
    Sandia National Laboratory
  23. Andrew J. Lofthouse, 2008 (University of Michigan)
    United States Air Force Academy
  24. Minkwan Kim, 2009 (University of Michigan)
    University of Southampton, UK
  25. Tim D. Holman, 2010 (University of Michigan)
    Naval Research Laboratory
  26. Nick J. Bisek, 2010 (University of Michigan)
    Air Force Research Laboratory
  27. Erin D. Farbar, 2010 (University of Michigan)
    General Motors
  28. Tyler D. Huismann, 2011 (University of Michigan)
    University of Colorado Boulder
  29. Timothy R. Deschenes, 2011 (University of Michigan)
    Spectral Sciences, Inc.
  30. Hicham Alkandry, 2011 (University of Michigan)
    Applied Physics Laboratory
  31. Eunji Jun, 2012 (University of Michigan)
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology​
  32. Abhilasha Anna, 2013 (University of Michigan) 
    Dassault Systèmes​
  33. Andrew J. Crow, 2013 (University of Michigan)
    Lockheed Martin Space Systems 
  34. Adam G. Irvine, 2013 (University of Michigan)
    Onyx Aerospace
  35. Paul N. Giuliano, 2013 (University of Michigan)
    Planet
  36. Cyril Galitzine, 2014 (University of Michigan)
    Northeastern University
  37. Jonathan E. Wiebenga, 2014 (University of Michigan)
    Williams International
  38. Brandon D. Smith, 2015 (University of Michigan)
    Spectral Sciences Inc.
  39. Ashley M. Verhoff, 2015 (University of Michigan)
    Air Force Research Laboratory
  40. Kentaro Hara, 2015 (University of Michigan)
    Stanford University
  41. Maria Choi, 2016 (University of Michigan)
    NASA Glenn Research Center
  42. Kevin Neitzel, 2017 (University of Michigan)
    Sierra Nevada Corporation
  43. Kyle M. Hanquist, 2017 (University of Michigan)
    University of Arizona
  44. Peter G. Cross, 2017 (University of Michigan)
    Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
  45. Horatiu C. Dragnea, 2018 (University of Michigan)
    The Aerospace Corporation
  46. Lauren E. Mackey, 2019 (University of Michigan)
    General Electric
  47. Astrid L. Raisanen, 2020 (University of Michigan)
    Applied Physics Laboratory
  48. Samuel Y. Chen, 2020 (University of Michigan)
    Applied Physics Laboratory
  49. David Dang, 2021 (University of Michigan)
    Facebook
  50. Candice I. Kaplan Martin, 2021 (University of Michigan) 
    KLA
  51. Mike Holloway, 2021 (University of Michigan)
    Applied Physics Laboratory
  52. Alexander R. Vazsonyi, 2021 (University of Michigan)
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  53. Kaelan B. Hansson, 2021 (University of Michigan)
    NASA Ames Research Center
  54. Pawel Sawicki, 2022 (University of Colorado Boulder)
    Blue Origin
  55. Thomas E. Kava, 2023 (University of Colorado Boulder)
    Lockheed Martin Corporation
  56. Timothy T. Aiken, 2023 (University of Colorado Boulder)
    Center for National Security Initiatives

Alumni Postdocs/Visitors

  1. Ronald Chan
    Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC)
  2. Daniil A. Andrienko
    Texas A & M University
  3. Andrew Christlieb
    Michigan State University
  4. Stefan Dietrich
    Siemens
  5. Sinan Eyi
    Middle East Technical University
  6. Jing Fan
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
  7. Gabriel I. Font-Rodriguez
    US Air Force Academy
  8. Laurent Garrigues
    OSIsoft
  9. Sergey F. Gimelshein
    University of Southern California
  10. Jae Gang Kim
    Sejong University
  11. Michael Keidar
    George Washington University
  12. Michael Logue
    University of California, Irvine
  13. Savino Longo
    University of Bari
  14. Alexandre Martin
    University of Kentucky
  15. Savio J. Poovathingal
    University of Kentucky
  16. Thomas J. Scanlon
    University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  17. Stefan Stefanov
    Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  18. Kelly A. Stephani
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  19. Andrew B. Weaver
    Geocent