POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
PH.D. STUDENTS
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
ALUMNI
Graduate
Dr. Ty Hagan
Ph.D., 2024
Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of South Florida
Dr. Douglas Clark
Ph.D., 2021
Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michael Hackler
M.Sc., 2021
Senior Associate at Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC.
Cody Long
M.Sc., 2020
Y-12 National Security Complex
Dr. Trevor Cannon
Ph.D., 2024
Postdoctoral Researcher at Tennessee Technological University
Devin Roland
M.Sc., 2023
Ph.D. Student at the University of South Florida
Hollee Sadler
M.Sc., 2021
Launch Operations Engineer at NASA
Ryan Nash
M.Sc., 2020
Arnold Air Force Base Wind Tunnel Facility
Dr. Reza Nouri
Ph.D., 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Memphis
Warren Sims
M.Sc., 2024
Senior Associate at Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC.
Madison Dittner
M.Sc., 2020
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Undergraduate
Ryan Medlin
2023-2024
Studying Condensation Trails of Hydrogen versus Kerosene
Nathaniel Lee
2022 – 2023
Wind Tunnel Traverse Maintenance and Collaborating with the
GSET R&D Team
Yixing Wang
2021 – 2022
Exploring the Aerodynamics of a Scaled Aircraft Under
Damage Conditions
Ty Hagan
2020-2021
Generating CAD Files and 3D Printing Essential Components for
Various Projects
Joshua Nichols
2019 – 2020
Developing an Algorithm to Identify, Curve-fit,
and Calculate Area under Peaks within Irregular Signals
Stephen Foltz
2020
Engineering an Underwater Energy Storage System
Spencer Meeks
2023-2024
Studying Condensation Trails of Hydrogen versus Kerosene
Jordan Frerichs
2022-2023
Contributing to the Design of a Vertical Traverse System
Taylor McCarty
2021
Designing an Interface for Simultaneous Visualization of
CFD Simulations Conducted on an HPC Cluster
Wesley Upshur
2020-2021
Harvesting Electricity from a Vehicle's Suspension System
Adam Becklehimer
2019 – 2020
Developing an AI-based Signal Classifier using Python
Henry Pace
2020
Modeling Linear-to-Rotary Conversion Mechanism using ANSYS
Luke Olson
2021 – 2023
Designing and Fabricating a Wind Turbine Speed Controller
Brian Hawkins
2021 & 2022
Wind Tunnel Laboratory Maintenance
Benjamin Cooper
2018 & 2021
Wind Turbine Speed Control
Christophe Blair
2020-2021
Harvesting Electricity from a Vehicle's Suspension System
Logan Unser
2019 – 2020
Scaling Wind Turbines for Wind Tunnel Testing
John Stephenson
2018
Fabricating TN Tech's Open-loop Wind Tunnel's Traverse
System
Pierce Wooten
2021 – 2023
Investigating the Impact of Turbulence and Humidity on
Infrared Beam Power Transmission: A Literature Review
Koltar Houser
2021 & 2022
Constructing a Steam Engine Setup for Investigating the First
Law of Thermodynamics
Olivia Cline
2021
Designing a Wind Turbine Speed Controller
Caleb Dunlap
2020-2021
Harvesting Electricity from a Vehicle's Suspension System
Andrew Davis
2019 – 2020
Performing a Comprehensive Literature Review on the
Aerodynamics of Damaged Wings
Trenton Preston
2018
Designing and Fabricating a Vortex Gun