Principal Investigator
Ye Lu, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering Department
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Office: HL 250
Email: ylu12@wpi.edu
2019-2023, Assistant Professor, Kent State University
2015-2019, Ph.D. in Aero & Astro, Purdue University
Graduate Students
Oleksii Padun
Ph.D. student in Aerospace Engineering, WPI
Fall 2023 ~
Office: HL 313
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Kent State University, 2023
Alex Hakobyan
Ph.D. student in Aerospace Engineering, WPI
Fall 2025 ~
Office: HL 313
B.S. Engineering Sciences, American University of Armenia, 2023
Undergraduate Students
Jacob Donovan
B.S. student in Aerospace Engineering, WPI
2022~
Sean Okamoto
B.S. student in Aerospace Engineering, WPI
2022~
Weaver Goldman
B.S. student in Computer Science, WPI
2023~
Estefania Contreras Rivas
B.S. student in Aerospace Engineering, WPI
2022~
Alumni
- Graham Driscoll-Carignan (BS/MS 24′, WPI)
- Isaac Garry (BS/MS 24′ WPI)
- Zach Fitzgerald (MS 23′ Kent State University)
- Oswaldo Santana (MS 22′ Kent State University)
- Jordan Shifflet (BS 22′ Kent State University)
- Oluwadara Moronkeji (BS 21′ Kent State University)
- Brennon O’Connor (BS 20′ Kent State University)
- Zachary Helfer (BS 20′ Kent State Unviersity)
- Njie Emmanuel Sam (BS 20′ Kent State University)