PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Dr. Arvind Santhanakrishnan
Dr. Arvind Santhanakrishnan

Associate Professor

School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University

E-mail: askrish@okstate.edu

Dr. Santhanakrishnan (pronounced “Sun - thAH - nuh - krISH - nun”) directs the Applied Fluid Mechanics Lab. His research interests include biofluid mechanics, fluid-structure interaction, and flow control.

Biosketch (updated July 2021).

GRADUATE STUDENTS

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Mitchell Ford
Mitchell Ford

Ph.D. student

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

E-mail: mitchell.ford@okstate.edu

Mitch is a Ph.D. candidate with research interests in biomechanics and bio-fluid dynamics. He is currently studying metachronal swimming using self-propelled robotic models and live crustaceans.

Adetokunbo Awonusi
Adetokunbo Awonusi

PhD Student

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

E-mail: adetokunbo.awonusi@okstate.edu

Adetokunbo is a PhD student with a master’s in Mechanical Engineering. His interests are in computational fluid dynamics and biofluid mechanics. He is currently investigating the flow physics involved in particle capture by suspension feeders.

Noel Rajive
Noel Rajive

PhD Student

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

E-mail: noel.mammen.rajive@okstate.edu

Noel is a PhD student with a Master's in Thermal and Fluids. He is currently working on studying the physical mechanisms involved in the locomotion, feeding and hydrodynamic sensing of marine organisms.

Jacqueline Nwamaka Esimike
Jacqueline Nwamaka Esimike

Master’s student

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

E-mail: jacqueline.esimike@okstate.edu

Jacqueline is a Master’s student currently working on projects involving respiratory aerosols and soft corals.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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Sam Glenn
Sam Glenn

B.S. Student

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Sam is a Niblack Undergraduate Research Scholar studying wing shape effects on tiny insect flight.

ALUMNI

Graduate Students

  • Vishwa Teja Kasoju (Ph.D., July 2021; M.S., May 2017)

  • Manikantam Gaddam (Ph.D., July 2021; M.S., December 2016)

  • Milad Samaee (Ph.D., December 2019; currently postdoctoral researcher at Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering)

  • Aaron Alexander (Ph.D., July 2018; currently faculty member in School of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Oklahoma State Univ.)

  • Hong Kuan Lai (M.S., December 2016)

  • Farzana Rouf (co-advised Ph.D., December 2016)

  • Pritam Mekala (M.S., August 2015)

  • Damir Kolasinac (M.S., May 2014)

  • Mst. Sarmin Sultana (co-advised M.S., December 2013)

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

  • Yasaman Farsiani (2020; currently postdoctoral researcher at Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering)

Undergraduate Students

  • Erika DiLuca (Wentz Research Scholar, 2020-2021)

  • Ricardo Roopnarinesingh (Wentz Research Scholar, 2020-2021)

  • Tyler Blackshare (Wentz Research Scholar, 2019-2020 & 2020-2021)

  • C. Tanner Price (CEAT Undergraduate Research Scholar, 2020-2021)

  • Nicole Hackler (Preservice Science Teacher, OSUTeach Program, 2020)

  • Spencer Jones (Preservice Science Teacher, OSUTeach Program, 2020)

  • Truc Ngo (Wentz Research Scholar, 2019-2020)

  • Trevor Anderson (Wentz Research Scholar, 2019-2020)

  • Nicholas Ford (CEAT Undergraduate Research Scholar, 2018-2019)

  • Hannah Lancaster (2018-2019)

  • Abdalrahman Mansy (CEAT Undergraduate Research Scholar, 2018-2019)

  • Ethan Conrad (2018)

  • Adrian Macias (OK-LSAMP Research Scholar, 2017-2018)

  • Skyler Jacob (Wentz Research Scholar, 2016-2018)

  • Nicholas Nelsen (Wentz Research Scholar & Niblack Research Scholar, 2016-2018)—awarded 2018 NSF GRFP & 2017 Goldwater Scholarship

  • Mitchell Ford (Wentz Research Scholar, 2016-2018; currently pursuing Ph.D. in the lab)

  • Blake Baber (Wentz Research Scholar, 2016-2018)

  • Rachael Indah Merkel (Niblack Research Scholar, 2015-2017)

  • Alice Montague (2015-2017)

  • Austin Hamlett (2016-2017)

  • Maoyu Wang (2017)

  • Javier Altamirano (2016)

  • Julia Dabboussi (Preservice Science Teacher, 2016)

  • Bryan Brison (2016)

  • Joseph Schovanec (Wentz Research Scholar, 2015-2016)

  • Colton Sullivan (2015-2016)

  • Julian Fields (2015-2016)

  • Monica Chidurala (2016)

  • Lydia Bunting (Freshman Research Scholar, 2015-2016)

  • Naman Mathur (2014-2016)

  • Emily Gallaway (Preservice Science Teacher, 2015)

  • Geoffrey Donnell (2015)

  • Nickolas James (2014-2015)

  • Matthew Takyi-Micah (OK-LSAMP Research Scholar, 2013-2015)

  • Elisa Mercado (OK-LSAMP Research Scholar, summer intern 2014)

  • Milecia Matthews (OK-LSAMP Research Scholar, 2013-2014)

High School Students

  • Audrey Pope (2015-2016, Stillwater High School)

  • Allison Biddinger (2016-2017, Bartlesville High School)