Founder and Director
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Dr. Nesrin Sarigul-KlijnThe DynaaTECC Research Lab is under the directorship of Dr. Sarigul-Klijn. She directs M.S. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation research of 4-6 students each year. Her research areas are in minimum weight design with aeroelastic and acoustic constraints; landing recovery system studies: winged, rotor, or parachute recovery system trades and scaled flight testing; development of advanced finite element methods to solve steep gradient problems of high temperature due to aerodynamic heating or shock loading; environmental noise control; flow induced vibrations; innovative power generation systems; and long duration space flight effects on the human spine. Dr. Sarigul-Klijn’s complete biography can be found here. Phone: (530) 752-0682 |
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Dr. Tim MarchelliTim’s Ph.D. dissertation research focused on flow and flexible structure interactions of aerospace systems via finite element based high order formulations involving gradient adaptive transfinite elements. |
Graduate Researchers
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Michael Buonarati, Ph.D. CandidateMichael received his Master’s degree in 2020 from UC Davis. Michael’s PhD research focus is experimental aspects of airframe acoustic noise reduction using tail-tabs.
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Noah Derita, M.S. Degree StudentNoah’s research is in acoustic noise control using experimental and computational methods.
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Alex Chemali, M.S. Degree StudentAlex is a Mechanical Engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where he develops optics processing equipment and processes for the National Ignition Facility (NIF). His work involves designing and deploying multi-disciplinary machines in a fast-paced production environment to support NIF’s critical optics needs. As an M.S. student in the DynaaTECC Lab, Alex is focusing on expanding his expertise in high-fidelity computational modeling and acoustics/vibration noise control. |
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Dylan Clinton, M.S. Degree StudentDylan’s research is in dynamic separation aspects of air launched vehicles via simulations and flight tests. |
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Gregory Mellos, Ph.D. StudentGregory Mellos is a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where he currently works on designing and testing complex mechanical designs. Greg joined the DynaaTECC lab as a MS student focusing on validation of a higher order finite element code, receiving his degree in Summer 2024. He is now pursuing a PhD, with his research focusing on compressible flows.
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Alex Laurence, M.S. Degree StudentAlex Laurence is a mechanical test engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories where he works on flight tests and test requirement development. In the DynaaTECC Lab, Alex is working on characterizing and qualifying an exoatmospheric sensor package design through shock, vibrational, thermal, and contact testing.
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DynaaTECC Recent Alumni
Aashay Vartak, M.S.Matthew Gabel, Ph.D.Peter Lee, Ph.D.Tim Marchelli, Ph.D.Sreejith Ravichandran, M.S.Gregory Mellos, M.S.Blake Hannah, M.S. |
Parakh Vyas, M.S. Parakh’s master’s degree research was in design and testing of in-flight deployable acoustic noise control devices
Jonathan Boyd, M.S. Jonathan’s research was focused on power generation from an oscillating delta wing. |
Megna Hari, Ph.D. with research focus on flow structure interactions and slosh dynamics.Joe Barthel, Ph.D. with a research focus on the design optimization of radiation shielding for human space missions. Joe was the recipient of the 2015 N&M Sarigul-Klijn Flight Research/Space Engineering Award. |
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Matthew Mills, M.S. with research was focus on determining the effect of long duration space flight on the human spine through the use of mathematical and computational models. Matthew was the recipient of the 2017 N&M Sarigul-Klijn Flight Research/Space Engineering Award Molly Townsend, Ph.D.Her Ph.D. is in Biomedical Engineering. Her dissertation research focused on the Finite Element Simulation of Spaceflight-Induced Gravitational Unloading of the Whole Spine |
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Alex Pensado, M.S.with research focus on Scalability of a Tension Cone Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators. |