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Project Investigator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Chunlei Charles Liang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award in 2019 from the White House.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liang also directs a team for Computational Marine Hydrodynamics. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Present Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Maxwell Stephan, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Research Assistant (Jan 2024- )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Student, (Spring 2023 -Fall 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ibrahim Fetuga,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student (Sep 2024- )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Parrish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Research Assistant (June 2025- )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2023 \u2013 Spring 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jasper White<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student (Oct 2025- )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aerospace Engineering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Former Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Aidan Paoli, Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2023 – Fall 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aerospace Engineering, Clarkson University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Martin Lapo, Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2024 – Fall 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Russell Hankey, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S., Clarkson University, March 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Student (2021-2023), Clarkson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current Job: Research Associate, NJIT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Millie Doshi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bronx High School of Science, New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K-12 Researcher (August 2022-July 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current: Applied Economics, Cornell University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kuangxu Chen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD, 2023, Clarkson University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MS, 2020, Clarkson University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current job: Assistant Professor of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Tech<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bin Zhang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D., The George Washington University (2012-2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdoc, The George Washington University (2016-2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Assistant Professor, Clarkson(2019-2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current job: ANSYS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Junfeng Wang, PhD; The George Washington University, 2016, co-advised by Dr. Mark Miesch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current job: Software Engineer at Simerics Inc, Seattle, WA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jingjing Yang, PhD; The George Washington University, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current job: Software Engineer at Exa Corporation, Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Xiaoliang Zhang, PhD; The George Washington University, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current job: Lead software engineer, Cadence design systems, Austin, TX.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jonathan Schwartz, Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Student in Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020-2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Estella Pinto, K-12 Research Assistant, from Thomas A Edison High School, worked on CHORUS-MHD project between May 2018 and June 2019 at The George Washington University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admitted to University of Pennsylvania (2019-2023).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tochi Ukegbu, K12 research assistant from School Without Walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worked on CHORUS-MHD project between Jan 2019 and June 2019 at The George Washington University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admitted to University of Chicago (2019-2023).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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