Lab Members

Jennifer Franck

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliate Appointment in 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

Graduate Students


Trevor Dunt

Ph.D. Student in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics 
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 
B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2020) University of Texas, Dallas

Research Focus: Surface waves and turbulence in marine energy harvesting


Rithwik Kandukuri

M.S. 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

Soundarya Ramasubramanian

M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering 
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering (2021), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore India

Research Focus: Bio-inspired flow around seal whiskers and undulated cylinders; wake dynamics


Bernardo Luiz Rocha Ribeiro

Ph.D. Student in Engineering Mechanics 
B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2017), Federal Fluminense University

Research Focus: Hydrokinetic energy with oscillating foils; wake and vortex dynamics; multi-body cooperation via machine learning

Undergraduate Researchers


Austin Howk

Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Engineering Mechanics (2023)

Research Focus: Hydrodynamics of wave energy converters


Julia Thormann

Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Engineering Mechanics (2024)

Research Focus: Fluid-structure interactions among multiple oscillating foils

Lab Alumni

degree awarded; first position after CFPM lab

Graduate Students

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, Universitat 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

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;

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)