People

Principal Investigator

Zhangxian Yuan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Email:zyuan2@wpi.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017 – 2020
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
M.S., Engineering Mechanics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2012
B.S., Aircraft Design and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2010

Current Group Members

Linh Phi
Ph.D. Student (2023-present)
Teacher/Researcher, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, (2022-2022)
M.S., Architectural Engineering, Sejong University, (2019-2021)
B.S., Mathematical Mechanics, VNU University of Science – Vietnam National University (VNU-HUS), (2014-2018)




Denis Molchanov
Ph.D. student (2023-present)
Senior Stress Engineer, Engineering Centre Airbus Russia, 2016-2022
Stress Engineer, VNIIEM Corporation JSC, 2013-2015
Specialist, Aerospace Engineering, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 2013
Kerim Dovletov
M.S. student (2023-present)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Turkmen State Institute of Transport and Communications, 2016

Former Group Members

Adam York
Lead Engineer, GE Aerospace (2023 – present)
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, (2021-2023)
Phillip Durgin
Structural Engineer, Belcan (2023 – present)
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, (2022)
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, (2018-2022)
Christopher Davenport
Edison Engineering ​​​​​​​Development Program, GE Aerospace (2023 – present)
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, (2022)
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, (2018-2022)