People

The Aeroacoustics and Flow Physics Research Group is a vibrant collection of motivated, skilled, and passionate flow physics enthusiasts who seek to improve our understanding of the science and engineering of unsteady, compressible flows using simulation and modeling.

Blue Waters Professor Daniel J. Bodony
Associate Dean of Graduate, Professional, and Online Programs

Contact informationEducation
306C Talbot Labs
104 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: +1 (217) 244-3844
Email: bodony at illinois.edu		Ph.D., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 2005
M.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Purdue University, 1999
B.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Purdue University, 1997
Click here for a detailed CV.
Dan Bodony – Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Current Post-Doctoral Scholars and Academic Professionals

  • Dr. Alberto (Alby) Padovan (Ph.D. 2022 from Princeton)
  • Dr. Chhote Lal Shah (Ph.D. 2023 from IIT Madras)

Current M.S. and Ph.D. Students

  • Mr. Fabian Dettenrieder (Ph.D.)
  • Mr. Sandeep Murthy (Ph.D.)
  • Mr. Paul Poovakulam (Ph.D.)
  • Mr. Joseph Signorelli (Ph.D.)
  • Mr. Prathamesh Sirmalla (Ph.D.; co-advised with Professor Marco Panesi)
  • Mr. Chinmay Upadhye (Ph.D.)
  • Mr. Blaine Vollmer (Ph.D.)
  • Mr. Jaywon “Jay” Woo (M.S., 2023; Ph.D.)
  • Mr. Cole Errico (Ph.D.)
  • Mr. Sam Kilduff (M.S.)

Former Post-Doctoral Scholars and Academic Professionals

Note: Those with an “XPACC” appearing after their name were part of the Illinois PSAAP2 Center and were jointly advised by more than one faculty member.

  • Dr. Robert Chiodi. Currently at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, NM.
  • Dr. Mike Campbell (XPACC). Currently with CEESD, the Center for Exascale-Enabled Scramjet Design at the University of Illinois.
  • Dr. Mike Anderson (XPACC). Currently with CEESD, the Center for Exascale-Enabled Scramjet Design at the University of Illinois.
  • Dr. Matthias Diener (XPACC). Currently with CEESD, the Center for Exascale-Enabled Scramjet Design at the University of Illinois.
  • Dr. Mohammad Mehrabadi. Currently at Illinois Rocstar LLC (Champaign, IL).
  • Dr. Shreyas Bidadi. Currently at ANSYS Fluent (Lebanon, NH).
  • Dr. John L. Larson (XPACC).
  • Dr. Jesse Capacelatro (XPACC). Currently Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan.
  • Dr. Jonathan McArt (XPACC). Currently Assistant Professor position at the University of Notre Dame.
  • Dr. David Buchta (XPACC). Currently post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University.
  • Dr. Pavel Popov (XPACC). Currently Assistant Professor at San Diego State University.
  • Dr. Pooya Movahed (XPACC). Currently at Siemens (MI).
  • Dr. Spencer Bryngleson (XPACC). Currently post-doctoral fellow at Caltech.
  • Dr. Florimond Gueniat (XPACC). Currently Lecturer at University of Birmingham (Birmingham, U.K).
  • Dr. Luca Massa (XPACC). Currently Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, VA).
  • Dr. Yu Liu. Currently at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, U.K.).
  • Dr. Asghar Afshari. Currently Associate Professor at University of Tehran (Tehran, Iran).

Former Graduate Students

  • Dr. David Fellows (Ph.D. 2023) Currently with the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University.
  • Mr. Vincent Iskandar (M.S. 2023) Currently with GE Aviation (Lyle, MA).
  • Dr. Alexandru Fikl (Ph.D. 2022) Currently research scientist at West University of Timișoara, Romania.
  • Dr. Palash Sashittal (Ph.D. 2021) Currently post-doctoral fellow at Princeton University.
  • Mr. Cory Mikida (M.S. 2017). Currently software engineer at Calspan (Buffalo, NY).
  • Dr. Yong Yi Bay (Ph.D. 2019).
  • Mr. Mike Banks (M.S. 2019). Currently Ph.D. student at University of California, Santa Barbara.
  • Dr. Shakti Saurabh (Ph.D. 2017). Currently at Cummins (Columbus, IN).
  • Dr. Mahesh Natarajan (Ph.D. 2016). Currently at NASA Ames Research Center(Mountain View, CA).
  • Dr. Nek Sharan (Ph.D. 2016). Currently an Assistant Professor at Auburn University.
  • Mr. Wentao Zhang (M.S. 2015). Currently Ph.D. student in Mathematics at UIUC.
  • Dr. Qi Zhang (Ph.D. 2014; M.S. 2009). Currently at Nielsen (New York City, NY).
  • Dr. Ramanathan V. G. Subramanian (Ph.D. 2015; Theoretical & Applied Mechanics; co-advised with Professor Jon Freund (MechSE/AE). Currently at ExxonMobil (Houston, TX).
  • Mr. Ryan Tomiyoko (M.S. 2013). Currently at Boeing (Redmund, WA).
  • Dr. Mahesh Sucheendran (Ph.D. 2013). Currently Assistant Professor at IIT Hyderabad (Hyderabad, India).
  • Dr. Chris Ostoich (Ph.D. 2013). Currently at ATA Engineering (San Diego, CA).
  • Dr. Revathi Jambunathan (M.S. 2012). Currently at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA).
  • Dr. Jeonglae Kim (Ph.D. 2012). Currently Assistant Professor at Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).
  • Dr. Adam Reichert (Ph.D. 2011). Currently at Mathworks (Boston, MA).
  • Dr. Nishan Jain (M.S. 2011). Currently at United Technology Research Center (East Hartford, CT).
  • Mr. Ashish Mishra (M.S. 2011).