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Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

401-874-4249
yanglin@uri.edu

Graduate Students

PhD Student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

erfan.eskandari@uri.edu

PhD Student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

mdiftakhar.khan@uri.edu

PhD Student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

bryan_varela@uri.edu

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

haleigh_wagner@uri.edu

Undergraduate student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

cal.mahoney@uri.edu

Undergraduate student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

cjham@uri.edu

Undergraduate student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

dylan.cardoso@uri.edu

Undergraduate student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

ayendry.lopez@uri.edu

Undergraduate student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

jmickel26@uri.edu

Undergraduate student

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

hamzeh.tanbakji@uri.edu

Lab Alumni

StudentDegreeGraduation Date
Dr. Liyuan GongPh.D. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2025
Pedro MesquitaM.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2023
Nareg MkrtschjanM.S. in Mechanical EngineeringDecember 2022
Helen LyB.S. in Computer EngineeringMay 2028
Hamzeh TanbakjiB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2027
Landin LessardB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2026
Michael RietzeB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2026
Isaiah SmithB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2026
Sam KipperB.S. in Ocean EngineeringMay 2026
Olin ThompsonB.S. in Ocean EngineeringMay 2026
Juan Zubieta LombanaB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2026
Nathan SegarB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2025
Nick McKeownB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2025
Ryan mcsweeneyB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2025
Bobby HartmanB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2024
Mitchell FarahB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2024
Samuel GreeneB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2024
Omar MartinezB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2024
Nicholas CaitoB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2024
Drew CretellaB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2023
Julia KarlbergB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2023
Eric ZimmermannB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2023
Jeivet KenelakB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2023
Dan SchwartzB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2023
Evan VazquezB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2023
Morgan O’ConnorB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2022
Honghao ZhenB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2022
Anthony BartolottaB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2021
Joshua KangB.S. in Mechanical EngineeringMay 2021
Maria GeidelVisiting ScholarSeptember 2025
Chloe Anzalone-EvansVisiting ScholarAugust 2025
Takeshi MatsuoVisiting ScholarAugust 2023

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