Nandeesh Hiremath
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Faculty advisor and author on all five published reports, spanning experimental aerodynamics, propulsion, and thermal systems.
Team
People
Meet the Pod — highly trained, barely supervised.
Every name on this page is credited in the byline or acknowledgments of one of our published reports — see Publications for the source. This roster is maintained by hand in people.html; see the comment in that file for how to add or update an entry.
Faculty
Advisors
Chintu
Distinguished Professor of Applied Napping, Chief Morale Officer
Professor Hiremath's dog. Attends every lab meeting, reviews no manuscripts, naps through every seminar, and remains the most highly credentialed member of the pod by sheer seniority.
Student Researchers
Report authors
Kanan Thummar
Graduate Researcher, M.S. Aerospace Engineering
Author, VortexField Modular Open-Jet Wind Wall. Also credited for mentorship on the Red Raptor control system and CAD work, and support on the BEMT test campaign and the heat transfer forced-convection setup.
Nathan J. Guerra
Undergraduate Researcher
Author, Red Raptor Tabletop Wind Tunnel. Also credited for manufacturing and testing support on VortexField.
Jalees I. Malik
Undergraduate Researcher
Author, Red Raptor Tabletop Wind Tunnel.
Stefanos A. D. Rosenbaum
Undergraduate Researcher
Author, BEMT Models for Low Reynolds Number Propellers, completed through SEAL's Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP).
Metztli Singha
Undergraduate Researcher
Author, Introductory Heat Transfer Experiments.
Yusuf Kothambawala
Undergraduate Researcher
Author, Tabletop Ludwieg Tube Acoustic Wave Study.
Additional Contributors
Credited in acknowledgments
Not on the author byline, but named in a report's acknowledgments section for hands-on help building, testing, or mentoring.
Michael Fragala
M.S. Aerospace Engineering Candidate
Mentored Arduino and wireless MEMS pressure sensor programming for the Ludwieg tube apparatus.
Ella Blaney
Contributor
Assisted with manufacturing, testing, and documentation of the VortexField apparatus.
Olivia Carey
Contributor
Assisted with manufacturing, testing, and documentation of the VortexField apparatus.
Cody Thompson
Contributor
Credited in acknowledgments for the BEMT propeller modeling study.
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Prospective Researchers
Interested students, alumni, and collaborators can reach out via the contact page to be added here.