Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Fellow, Environmental Innovations Initiative
Secondary faculty, General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, & Perception (GRASP) Lab
Affiliated faculty, Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 2023
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2020
B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2017
Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Brown University, 2025
Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Dartmouth College, 2025
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Dartmouth College, 2024
B.A. in Applied Math, Vassar College, 2023
Fun fact: I was born in Philly!
M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2024
Fun fact: I swam with a wild sea lion.
M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.A. in Neuroscience and Earth & Environmental Science, Wesleyan University, 2023
VIPER '26 (MEAM, Chemistry)
VIPER '28 (MEAM, Earth & Environmental Science)
MEAM '28
MEAM '27
VIPER '29 (MEAM, Physics)
Fun fact: I love to play beach volleyball.
Physics '27 (Haverford College); MEAM MSE '28
Fun fact: I loved the Minecraft soundtrack as a kid, and despite my best efforts, I cannot juggle
Undergraduates:
Tyler Gong (VIPER '26: MEAM and Chemistry). First position after AWARE Lab: PhD student and NSF graduate fellow, Aerospace Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Jake Goell (MEAM '25). First position after AWARE Lab: PhD student and NSF graduate fellow, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
Summer 2026: Bridget Cornell, Coco Qu, Darion Lian, Leo Feng, Matthew Cacuci, Michael Yang, Ngaatendwe Manyika, Tahlia Wu, William Deng, Delta Blendea
AY 2025-2026: William Deng, Tyler Gong, Ethan Green, Zerlina Huang, Gianna Lodato, Tahlia Wu
Summer 2025: Kofi Anokye, Patrick Bullock, Hussein Elzaafarany, Suhani Gupta, Ethan Ho, Jayden Zhou, Tyler Gong, Gianna Lodato, William Deng
AY 2024-2025: Tyler Gong, Jake Goell, Ethan Green, Gianna Lodato, Tahlia Wu