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Faculty:
Chengyu Li
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Office: Glennan Building 613
Email: cxl1692@case.edu
Phone: (216) 368-6838
Ph.D. Students:
Seth Lionetti
Graduate Research Assistant (2021 - present)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019 - 2021)
Research topic: Data-driven reduced order modeling for odor-guided navigation.
Zhipeng Lou
Graduate Research Assistant
(2021 - present)
Research topic: Fluid-structure interaction of metachronal paddling.
Naeem Haider
Graduate Research Assistant
(2023 - present)
Research topic: Fluid-structure interaction of flapping flight.
Yiding Feng
Graduate Research Assistant
(2024 - present)
Research topic: Large-Eddy Simulation of odor-guided flapping flight.
Alumni:
PhD Students:
Dr. Menglong Lei
(May 2019 - Aug. 2023)
Dissertation: Unsteady aerodynamics and odor transport in odor-guided flapping flights.
Post-Grad: Postdoc at University of Virginia
Master Students:
Paul Bakare
Graduate Research Assistant (2022 - present)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021 - 2022)
Research topic: Reconstruction of free-flying insects and CFD simulation.
Undergraduate Students:
Julia Lamparello, Class of 2025
(Fall 2022 - Spring 2023)
Michael Gillin, Class of 2025
(Fall 2022 - Spring 2023)
Kaya Robinson, Class of 2024
(Spring 2021)
Karoline Menze, Class of 2023
(Spring 2020 - Fall 2020)
Sebastian DiStefano, Class of 2023
(Spring 2020)
Michael Corbi, Class of 2022
(Summer 2019)
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