CFSI Lab
Computational Fluid–Structure Interaction Laboratory
Current Group Members
Ashton M. Corpuz (PhD student in ME, Spring 2023–present)
“TBD”
Mehdi Saraeian (PhD student in ME, Spring 2021–present)
“Multiphysics cardiac modeling in FEniCS”
• 2022 ME Binger Symposium Award (shared with Grant Neighbor)
Monu Jaiswal (MS student in ME, Fall 2022–present)
“TBD”
Clayton F. Burkhalter (Undergraduate student in ME, Fall 2020–present)
“Parametric modeling of transcatheter heart valves”
• 2022 Posters on the Hill
• 2022 IEEE-USA Excellence in Engineering Award (shared with Caroline Crisp)
Former Graduate Students – PhD
Manoj R. Rajanna (PhD in ME, Spring 2018–Fall 2022)
“Fluid–structure interaction modeling for compressible flow applications”
• After graduation: Research Engineer at Global Engineering and Materials (Princeton, NJ)
• 2022 ISU Research Excellence Award
• 2022 ME Binger Symposium Award
Heather M. Muchowski (PhD in Applied Math/ME, Fall 2017–Summer 2021)
“Numerical investigation and application of immersogeometric and direct discontinuous Galerkin methods”
• After graduation: Assistant Professor at Westminster College (New Wilmington, PA)
• 2018 ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Emily L. Johnson (PhD in ME/WESEP, Fall 2016–Summer 2021)
“Isogeometric modeling and analysis for complex science and engineering applications”
• After graduation: Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
• 2020 IACM FRC Best Presentation Award at WCCM-ECCOMAS 2020
• 2019 ISU Research Excellence Award
Michael C.H. Wu (PhD in ME, Fall 2014–Fall 2018)
“Fluid–structure interaction modeling and simulation of transcatheter heart valves”
• After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher at Brown University (Providence, RI)
• 2018 ISU Research Excellence Award
Songzhe Xu (PhD in ME, Fall 2013–Fall 2018)
“Buoyancy driven flow and fluid–solid interaction with moving boundaries”
• After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Austin J. Herrema (PhD in ME/WESEP, Fall 2014–Spring 2018)
“A framework for isogeometric-analysis-based design and optimization of wind turbine blades”
• After graduation: Research Engineer at Envision Energy (Boulder, CO)
Fei Xu (PhD in ME, Fall 2014–Spring 2018)
“Immersogeometric analysis of compressible flows”
• After graduation: R&D Engineer II at ANSYS, Inc. (Austin, TX)
• 2018 ISU Research Excellence Award
• 2017 ISU GPSS Conference Best Oral Presentation Award
Chenglong Wang (PhD in ME, Fall 2013–Summer 2017)
“A geometric framework for immersogeometric analysis”
• After graduation: Software Developer II at ANSYS, Inc. (Lebanon, NH)
• 2016 ISU Research Excellence Award
Former Graduate Students – MS
Grant E. Neighbor (MS in ME, Fall 2020–Summer 2022)
“An open-source framework for fluid–structure interaction analysis of heart valves”
• After graduation: Hardware Engineer at Honeywell (Minneapolis, MN)
• 2022 ME Binger Symposium Award (shared with Mehdi Saraeian)
Joel Khristy (MS in ME, Fall 2019–Spring 2021)
“Immersogeometric analysis with point cloud geometry towards practical applications”
• After graduation: Computational Engineer at Illinois Rocstar (Champaign, IL)
Junghyun Ha (MS in ME, Fall 2017–Spring 2019)
“Optimizing bioprosthetic heart valves using isogeometric analysis and surrogate modeling”
• After graduation: R&D Engineer at NEXTfoam (Seoul, South Korea)
Sahiti Nallagonda (MS in ME, Fall 2016–Fall 2018)
“Deep learning for design and optimization of bioprosthetic heart valves”
• After graduation: Product Design Engineer at Molex (Detroit, MI)
Nelson M. Wiese (MS in ME, Fall 2016–Spring 2018)
“Quantification of leaflet flutter in bioprosthetic heart valves using fluid–structure interaction analysis”
• After graduation: Systems Engineer at Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, IA)
• 2018 ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Former Undergraduate Students
Caroline E. Crisp (ME, Spring 2019–Spring 2022)
“Parametric modeling and analysis of tricuspid valves”
• 2022 Posters on the Hill
• 2022 IEEE-USA Excellence in Engineering Award (shared with Clayton Burkhalter)
Nikita Kozak (ME, Fall 2017–Spring 2020)
“Computational study on gas turbine adaptive stator–rotor interaction”
• 2020 Knight–Hennessy Scholar
• 2019 Goldwater Scholar
• 2018 US ARL Summer Research Symposium 1st Place Presentation Award
• 2018 Research in the Capitol
Michael Filipowski (ME, Fall 2017–Spring 2018)
“Programmatic generation of parametric geometries for isogeometric analysis”
Carolyn N. Darling (ME, Spring 2014–Fall 2017)
“Parametric modeling of atrioventricular valves”
“Wind turbine blade design optimization using high fidelity analysis”
• 2016 Research in the Capitol
Sean A. Wasion (ME, Spring 2015–Fall 2016)
“Improving semi-truck fuel efficiency by optimizing trailer tail design”
• 2016 Research in the Capitol
Yilong Liu (ME, Fall 2015–Fall 2016)
“A design through analysis of next generation transportation hyperloop”
• 2016 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition (with Haoxiang Qin)
Haoxiang Qin (ME, Fall 2015–Fall 2016)
“A design through analysis of next generation transportation hyperloop”
• 2016 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition (with Yilong Liu)
Kai Tan (ME, Fall 2015)
“Immersogeometric analysis of turbulent flow over complex helicopter models”
Micah Easty (ME, Fall 2015)
“Efficient mesh generation of fluid domain around complex geometries”
Bryann Sotomayor-Rinaldi (ME, Spring 2015–Fall 2015)
“Parametric design of engineering applications”
Nelson M. Wiese (Central College, MoSAIc REU at ISU, Summer 2015)
“Integration of aerodynamic parameters into the optimization of wind turbine blades”
Mariama Wilson (ME at CUNY City Tech, SPIRE-EIT REU at ISU, Summer 2014)
“An isogeometric design-through-analysis tool for engineering applications”
Alexis Moreno (AERE, SPIRE-EIT REU at ISU, Summer 2014)
“An isogeometric design-through-analysis tool for engineering applications”
Matthew Getch (CS at Wells College, SPIRE-EIT REU at ISU, Summer 2014)
“An isogeometric design-through-analysis tool for engineering applications”
Ashley Dvorsky (ME, Spring 2014)
“Computational fluid dynamics analysis of wind turbine blades with active tips”
Andrew Peterson (ME, Spring 2014)
“Computational fluid dynamics analysis of wind turbine blades with active tips”
Colin Lorenz (ME, Spring 2014)
“Computational fluid dynamics analysis of wind turbine blades with trailing edge flaps”
Maytee Chantharayukhonthorn (ASE, UT Austin, Spring 2013)
“The effect of computational domain size on flow quantities of interest”