Jennifer Franck
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliate Appointment in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics & Civil and Environmental Engineering
jafranck@wisc.edu
Education:
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
M.S. Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Post-Doctoral Scholars
Ben Smith
Post-Doctoral Scholar in Mechanical Engineering
Co-advised with Prof. Till Wagner, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Ph.D. Mathematics (2023), University of Leicester
M.Sc. Physics (2017) Cardiff University
B.Sc. Mathematics (2016) University of Plymouth
Research Focus: wave-ice interactions ; lake bio-physical processes
Graduate Students
Caelan Consing
M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2023) University of the Philippines Diliman
Research Focus: Marine Hydrokinetic energy ; cross-flow turbines
Trevor Dunt
Ph.D. Student in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
DoD SMART Scholar
B.S. Physics (2019) University of Northern Iowa
Research Focus: Bio-inspired flows; fluid-structure interactions; machine learning tools in hydrodynamics
Sara Hartke
Co-advised with Prof. Nimish Pujara
Ph.D. Student in Civil and Environmental Engineering
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2020) University of Texas, Dallas
Research Focus: Surface waves and turbulence in marine energy harvesting
Rithwik Kandukuri
Ph.D. Student in Engineering Mechanics
B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2022), Mahindra Ecole Centrale (India)
Research Focus: Simulations of varying kinematics within cross-flow turbines; overset mesh
Bingfei Yan
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering
M.S. Fluid Mechanics (2023), University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
B.S. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (2020), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Research Focus: aerodynamics; gust-foil interactions
Undergraduate Researchers
Austin Brey
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Engineering Mechanics (2027)
Research Focus: wake interaction and modeling
Alex Kress
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Engineering Mechanics (2026)
Research Focus: Aerodynamics of morphing, rotating and moving airfoils
Varun Nathan
Undergraduate Summer Researcher
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Purdue (2027)
Research Focus: Fluid-structure interactions among multiple oscillating foils
Scott Russell
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Engineering Mechanics (2024)
Research Focus: OpenFOAM open-source libraries
Lab Alumni
degree awarded; first position after CFPM lab
Graduate Students
Soundarya Ramasubramanian: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison (2023)
Product Engineer at Siemens, Portland OR
Bernardo Luiz Rocha Ribeiro: Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, UW-Madison (2023)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Unsteady Aerodynamics, University of Campinas, Brazil
Mukul Dave: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison (2022)
Lawrence-Berkeley National Lab, National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Postdoctoral Fellow, Berkeley, CA
Riley Bridges: M.S. Engineering Mechanics, UW-Madison (2022)
Engineer, Jacobs Space Exploration Group at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Kate Lyons: Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, UW-Madison (2021)
Thermal-Hydraulics Engineer, X-Energy, Washington, DC
Alejandro Gonzalez Calvet: Visiting Scholar UW-Madison; M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Uni. Politècnica de València (2019)
Glovo, Product Data Analyst, Barcelona, Spain
Divya Jaganathan: Sc.M. Engineering, Brown University (2018)
PhD student, International Center for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru, India
Xiaoyue Zhao: Sc.M. Engineering, Brown University (2017)
Applications Engineer, COMSOL, Shanghai City, China
Ka Ling Wu: Sc.M. Engineering, Brown University (2015)
PhD Student École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne ‐ EPFL
Alex Czulak: Sc.M. Engineering, Brown University (2015)
Mechanical Engineer, Robert Bosch LLC, Waltham, MA
Koketso Makhafola: Sc.M. Engineering, Brown University (2014)
Senior Engineer, Willdan Energy Solutions, Dallas, TX
Justin Morse: Sc.M. Biomedical Eng, Brown University (2014)
Electrical Engineer, Ximedica, Providence, RI
Undergraduate Researchers
Xinyi (Shirley) Zhang: B.S. Engineering Mechanics, UW-Madison (2024)
PhD Student at Purdue
Julia Thormann : B.S. Engineering Mechanics, UW-Madison (2024)
Lockheed Martin, New Jersey
Austin Howk: B.S. Engineering Mechanics, UW-Madison (2023)
Engineer, Nuclear Power Division, Sargent and Lundy, Chicago, IL
Vineet Pasumarti: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison (2023)
Structural Analysis Engineer, Boeing, Huntington Beach, CA
Hanqi Dong: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison (2023)
PhD Student UT-Austin
Riya Agrawal: Visiting Researcher; B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering (2023) United College of Engineering and Research
Graduate Student, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Mikihisa Yuasa: B.S. Engineering Mechanics, UW-Madison (2021)
PhD Student UIUC
Kirby Heck: B.S. Engineering Mechanics, UW-Madison (2021)
PhD Student MIT
David Burkhart: B.S. Applied Math and Engineering Physics, UW-Madison (2020)
Engineer, Oshkosh Corporation, Madison, WI
Aneesh Heintz: Sc.B. Mech Eng, Brown University (2018)
PhD Student, Cornell University
Arianne Spaulding: Sc.B. Mech Eng, Brown University (2018)
Mechanical Engineer, Amazon Robotics, Boston, MA
Noemaikealohaiku`ulei (Noe) Lum: Sc.B. Mech Eng, Brown University (2018)
Grad Student, UC-Berkeley
Matthew Shorter: Sc.B. Mechanical Engineering Brown University (2017)
PhD Student, MIT
Isabel Scherl: Sc.B. Mech Eng, Brown University (2017)
PhD Student, University of Washington
Filip Simeski: Sc.B. Mech Eng, Brown University (2017)
PhD Student, Stanford University
Aryssa Medina: Sc.B. Mech Eng, Brown University (2015)
Lead Assembly Operations Engineer, Pratt & Whitney, Hartford CT
Evan Roelke: Sc.B. Mech Eng, Brown University (2015)
PhD Student, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sarah Frank: Sc.B. Mech Eng, Brown University (2014)
PhD Student, University of California-Berkeley
Joo Yeon Jung: Sc.B. Biomedical Eng, Brown University (2014)