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Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Peng Zhang<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Students<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Branson Blaylock<\/strong><\/strong>
Ph.D. student<\/em>
B.Sc.<\/strong> in Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech, 2025
Research interests<\/strong>: Flow control devices and structural health monitoring
Email<\/strong>: bmblaylock42@tntech.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sina Kazemipour<\/strong><\/strong>
Ph.D. student<\/em>
M.Sc.<\/strong> in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 2019
B.Sc.<\/strong> in Civil Engineering, Yazd University, 2016
Research interests<\/strong>: Fluid-structure interactions and smart materials
Email<\/strong>: skazemipo42@tntech.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kritik Niraula<\/strong><\/strong>
Ph.D. student<\/em>
M.Sc.<\/strong> in Renewable Energy Engineering, Tribhuvan University, 2025
B.Eng.<\/strong> in Automobile Engineering, Tribhuvan University, 2022
Research interests<\/strong>: Aerodynamics of animal flight and flow control strategies
Email<\/strong>: kniraula42@tntech.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Researchers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Emily Smyth<\/strong><\/strong>
Undergraduate student<\/em>
B.Sc.<\/strong> in Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech, expected 2027
Research interests<\/strong>: Aerodynamics and wind tunnel experiments
Email<\/strong>: ebsmyth42@tntech.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nathan Spann<\/strong><\/strong>
Undergraduate student<\/em>
B.Sc.<\/strong> in Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech, expected 2026
Research interests<\/strong>: Computational fluid dynamics and thermofluids
Email<\/strong>: ncspann42@tntech.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Principal Investigator Peng ZhangAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringTennessee Technological UniversityBrown Hall, Room 329115 W. 10th Street, Cookeville, TN 38505Email: pzhang@tntech.edu Phone: 931-372-3323 Graduate Students Branson BlaylockPh.D. studentB.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech, 2025Research interests: Flow control devices and structural health monitoringEmail: bmblaylock42@tntech.edu Sina KazemipourPh.D. studentM.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 2019B.Sc. … Continue reading Members<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/fsml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/fsml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/fsml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/fsml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/fsml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/fsml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/fsml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/fsml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}