Members

Principal Investigator

Peng Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tennessee Technological University
Brown Hall, Room 329
115 W. 10th Street, Cookeville, TN 38505
Email: pzhang@tntech.edu
Phone: 931-372-3323

Graduate Students

Sina Kazemipour
Ph.D. student

M.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering – Water and Hydraulic Structures, Isfahan University of Technology, 2019
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Yazd University, 2016

Research interests: Computational fluid dynamics and fluid-structure interactions

Email: skazemipo42@tntech.edu

Undergraduate Researchers

Branson Blaylock
Undergraduate student

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech, expected 2025

Research interests: Experimental fluid dynamics and smart materials and structures

Email: bmblaylock42@tntech.edu

Nathan Spann
Undergraduate student

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech, expected 2026

Research interests: Computational fluid dynamics and Thermofluids

Email: ncspann42@tntech.edu

Senior Design Researchers

2023 – 2024
Bryce Goodwin; Michel Habib; Sophia Hayes; Robbie Hicks; Erik Jones; Chad Montgomery; Erica Wiles