People
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THE TEAM
Frank Tricouros
Graduate (Ph.D.)
Frank joined the lab in August 2020 after graduating from Hofstra University. He is pursuing a Ph.D. studying vortex dynamics in wall-bounded flows.
David Yudin
Graduate (Ph.D.)
David joined the lab in August 2020 after graduating from the University of Delaware. He is pursuing a Ph.D. studying actively flexible bioinspired propulsors.
Parker Grobe
Graduate (Ph.D.)
Parker joined the lab in January 2023, an alumn of UD. He is pursuing a Ph.D. studying bioinspired foil shapes and fin-fin interactions.
Dr. Tony Liang
Postdoctoral
A Ph.D. graduate of UD. Tony leads the NASA turbulence sediment transport project and also studies high speed flows using CFD.
Chinoye Agadi
Graduate (Ph.D.)
Chinoye joined the lab as a rotations student in Fall 2024, an alumni Nigeria Maritime University. She is pursuing a Ph.D. and exploring her research options.
Sam Meyer
Graduate (Ph.D.)
Sam joined the lab in 2024, an alumn of Temple University. He is pursuing a Ph.D. studying the role of biomorphology in animal swimming.
Valerie Moore
Graduate (M.S.)
Pioneered the fluids experiment design for the NASA ISS turbulence project.
Isaac Chandler
Undergraduate
Mechatronics expert who helps build bioinspired UUVs and space-bound flow experiments.
Russell Perdue
Undergraduate
Studying and developing a special form of Couette flow to develop novel accessible fluid education activities.
Marko Putnik
Undergraduate
Specializes in hands-on fabrication and mechanical assembly. Assists with carbon fiber design/layup procedures for underwater vehicles.
Alex Croce
Undergraduate
The comp-sci specialist of the team. Codes our NASA ISS-bound experiment and leads the GUI development for underwater platforms.
