Tuhin Das
Professor
Office: ENG I, Room 218, HySES Lab: ENG I, Room 267
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-2450
Phone: 407-823-5792, Email: tdas@ucf.edu
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Tri D. Ngo
Research Assistant Professor
Office: ENG I, Room 267A, HySES Lab: ENG I, Room 267
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-2450
Phone: , Email: tri.ngo@ucf.edu
Tasnia Noboni
Pursuing PhD
Research: Aerodynamics and control of tethered autogyros. Fluid structure interactions in and control of underwater autonomous vehicles.
Nathan Singhal
Pursuing PhD
Research: Modeling and simulation of floating offshore wind turbines in acausal modeling platforms.
Dung Quoc-Tien Tran
Pursuing PhD
Research: Multivariable control of floating offshore wind turbines. Acausal modeling and simulation. Cross platform portability of acausal models.
Saad Rahman
Pursuing PhD
Research: Dynamic modeling of floating offshore wind turbines with emphasis on aero-elasticity and aerodynamics.
Doyal Kumar Sarker
Pursuing PhD
Research: Fluid structure interactions with applications to floating offshore wind turbines. Hydrodynamics of Tension Leg Platform structures.
Kazi Mohsin
Pursuing PhD
Research: Dynamic modeling and control strategies for floating offshore wind turbines.
Md Rafid-Ul Haque Sakif
Pursuing PhD
Research: Dynamic modeling of floating offshore wind turbines with emphasis on hydrodynamics of platform and mooring system.
Samuel Pabon
BS, Fall 2024
Research: Acausal modeling of wind turbines. Model organization and testing.
Mohammad Odeh
PhD, 2024
Research: Modeling and simulation of floating offshore wind turbines in acausal modeling platforms, with emphasis of aerodynamics. Control designs for load attenuation in wind turbines using Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT). Multi-platform simulation and co-simulation of wind turbine models.
Position after graduation: Siemens Energy
Kazi Mohsin
MS, Fall 2023
Research: Acausal modeling of wind turbines with validation and control studies.
Position after graduation: Pursuing PhD at UCF.
Tajnuba Hasan
MS, Fall 2023
Research: Fluid structure interactions with applications to floating offshore wind turbines. Hydrodynamics of floating offshore wind turbines.
Sree Vellanki
MS, Course Opt.
Research: Real-Time implementation of Siemens HRSG system on SIMATIC real-time target.
Jonathan McConnell
PhD, Fall 2022
Research: Dynamic characteristics of autorotation and control of tethered autogyros. Use of autorotation for energy efficient flight. Simulation of multi-stage steam generators. Dynamics and transients.
Position after graduation: Oak Ridge National Lab.
Richard Perman
MS, Summer 2022
Research: Dynamic modeling of Siemens HRSG system on MATLAB/Simulink. Simulation on SIMATIC real-time target. Dynamics of boiler swell and shrink.
Position: Siemens Energy, Inc.
Jose Chalarca
MS, Summer 2022
Research: Modeling and simulation of steam turbines. Model integration and development of a comprehensive Siemens HRSG simulation.
Mohammad Odeh
MS, 2020
Research: Modeling and simulation of condensers used in Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) systems. Model development on Siemens T3000 platform.
Position after graduation: Pursuing PhD at UCF.
Sun Kim
PhD, 2020
Research: Robust flight control design with parameter space method enhanced by neural network adaptive control.
Position: Lockheed Martin
Farzad Aalipour-Hafshejani
PhD, 2021
Research: Distributed Power Systems. Agent-based consensus control of power grids. Nonlinear systems, Lyapunov stability.
Position after graduation: Caterpillar, Inc.
Bilal Salih
PhD, 2019
Research: Dynamic characteristics and response of hybrid energy systems. Nature of transient response of power sources in hybrid energy systems. Transient response under integral constraints.
Position after graduation:
Jonathan McConnell
MS, 2019
Research: Dynamic Modeling and Transient Simulation of Steam-Power Systems, Boiler Simulation and Boiler Dynamics. Dynamic simulation of a Siemens three stage HRSG system.
Position after graduation: Pursuing PhD at UCF.
Lietsel Richardson
MS, 2019
Research: Robotics, Bio-mimetics. Fabrication of a Shape Memory Alloy based circular mobile robot with diamterically translating legs.
Position after graduation: Pursuing PhD at UCF.
Singith Abeysiriwardena
(PhD, 2018)
Research: Nonlinear Observers, Nonlinear Dynamics, Optimal and Robust Guidance and Navigation. Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems, Energy Optimal Guidance in Uncertain Flow Fields.
Position after graduation: Employed at Micronix USA
Andres Caesar
(MS, 2018)
Research: Dynamic Modeling and Transient Simulation of Steam-Power Systems on Siemens T3000 platform. Focus on boiler modeling.
Position after graduation: Employed at Siemens Energy, Inc.
Vaahini Ganesan
(PhD, 2017 & MS, 2014)
Research: Compressive Sensing with Applications to Mechanical Vibrations, Structural Health Monitoring.
Position after graduation: Employed at Qualcomm-TDK.
Patricia Coronado Domenge
(PhD, 2016)
Research: Fluid Structure Interactions, Large Eddy Simuations, Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Position after graduation: Employed at Everix Optical Filters.
Sadaf Mackertich
(MS, 2016)
Research: Airborne Wind Energy. Aerodynamic modeling and dynamic simulation of autorotation for application in energy efficient flight.
Position after graduation: PhD program at UCF from Fall 2016.
S. Omid Madani
(PhD, 2014)
Research: Decentralized control paradigms for power networks. Transient control for classes of linear and non-linear systems. Emphasis on hybrid fuel cell ultracapacitor systems.
Position after graduation: Employed at CD-adapco
Amit Bhattacharjee
(MS, 2014)
Research: Power electronics, Power grids, Power converter control, Hardware-in-the-loop simulations
Position after graduation: Pursuing PhD in Electrical Engineering at UCF
Sigitas Rimkus
(MS, 2014)
Research: Wind turbines, Wind energy harvesting using kite-type devices. Experimental test-stand for studying the characteristics of autorotation.
Position after graduation: Employed at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Bilal Salih
(MS, 2014)
Research: Wind Energy harvesting from high altitudes. Preliminary dynamic modeling of an autogyro.
Position after graduation: PhD program at HySES lab from Fall 2014.
Sophie Su
Graduated: 2011
Research: Charcterization of Li-Ion batteries and their integration into hybrid energy systems.
Position after graduation: Employed at Shusaku Yamamoto, Japan.
Steven Snyder
Graduated: 2011
Research: Robust control of hybrid fuel cell systems.
Position after graduation: Pursuing PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
William Nowak
Graduated: 2011
Research: Addressing transient response of SOFCs. Developing generalized control structure for hybrid SOFCs to study their performance.
Position after graduation: Pursuing PhD at North Carolina State University
Jeff Swing
Graduated: 2011
Research: Optimal control of thermal transients in printing processes. Application of model predictive control approach.
Employment: Employed at Xerox Research Center, Webster, NY
Kalyan Nishtala
Graduated: 2010
Research: Modeling and simulation of plasma based fuel reformers. Modeling of integrated reformer and boiler based solid oxide fuel cell systems with JP8 fuels.
Position after graduation: Employed at Novus Engineering, Delmar, NY
Greg Semrau
Graduated: 2010
Research: Modeling, characterization and control of wind turbine systems.
Position after graduation: Employed at Southwest Windpower, Flagstaff, AZ.
Tahar Allag
Graduated: 2011
Research: Robust nonlinear control of fuel cell based hybrid power systems. Hardware-In-the-Loop test stand development.
Position after graduation: Employed at Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX.
Eric Steffan
Graduated: 2010
Research: Design, analysis and fabrication of a circular mobile robot with diametrically translating legs.
Position after graduation: Pursuing PhD in microsystems at RIT with concentration in Biomedical engineering. Recipient of GAANN fellowship provided by US department of Education.
Andrew Slippey
Graduated: 2009
Research: Model development and characterization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems.Generalized approaches and methods for analysis.
Ryan Weisman
Research: Battery model development and simulation based studies of load regulation in hybrid fuel cell systems.
Tejeshwar Chandra Sekhar
Research: Plasma reformer model development and simulations.
Richard Perman
Research: Dynamic modeling of Siemens HRSG system on MATLAB/Simulink. Simulation on SIMATIC real-time target.
Raul Quintana
Research: Experimental aerodynamics, controller implementation and lab testing of quadcopters.
Yasmeen Elsheikh
Research: Design of mechatronics experimental setup for fluid-structure interaction. Energy systems simulations.
Caroline Anderson
Research: Experimental aerodynamics, Dynamics of Autorotation.
Richard Carrillo
Research: Design of experiments and data acquisition for autorotation.
Position after graduation: Doctoral studies at the University of Florida.
James Mussi
Dynamic model development and simulation of partial oxidation reformer. Simulation based characterization of planar SOFC systems.
Dylan Rider
Survey of portable SOFC systems and reformers. Pressure dynamics implementation in steam reformer based SOFC system models.
Tony Burnette
Fuel cell power electronics component model development. Battery and DC/DC converter modeling and simulation.Simulation based characterization of fuel cell. Hybrid fuel cell simulation and Hardware-In-the-Loop test stand development.
John Zeffer
Fuel cell power electronics component model development. Ultra-capacitor and DC/DC converter modeling.Modeling of balance-of-plant turbo-machinery components for fuel cell systems. Hardware-In-the-Loop test stand development.