Xian Shi, Ph.D.
xianshi@uci.edu

Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), 2022-present
Postdoctoral Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2017-21

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2017)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2014)
B.Eng., Automotive Engineering, Tongji University (2013)

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Dijia Liu, B.S.
dijial1@uci.edu

Graduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2022-present

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine (2022)

Research interests: Detonation dynamics and chemical kinetics, computational fluid dynamics

Thomas Westenhofer, B.S.
twestenh@uci.edu

Graduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2023-present
Undergraduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2022-2023
UCI UROP Fellow, 2022

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine (2023)

Research interests: Aerospace propulsion, detonation engines

Brian Devine, B.S.
bdevine@uci.edu

NSF GRFP Fellow, MAE, UC Irvine, 2023-present
Undergraduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2022-2023

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine (2023)

Research interests: Multi-phase reacting flows

Spencer Krock, B.S.
skrock@uci.edu

DoD NDSEG Fellow, MAE, UC Irvine, 2024-present
GAANN Fellow, MAE, UC Irvine, 2023-2024

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2023)

Research interests: Reacting flow simulations

Rio Seng
rcseng@uci.edu

Graduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2024-present
Undergraduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2023-2024

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Irvine (2024)

Research interests: Carbon nanomaterial synthesis, gas reforming

Bowen Xue
bxue4@uci.edu

Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2024-present
Undergraduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2023-2024

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Irvine (2024)

Research interests: Material synthesis, robotics

Ghazal Pirouznia
gpirouzn@uci.edu

Undergraduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2024-present

Research interests: Material synthesis, battery manufacturing and testing

Chuong Tran
chuondt1@uci.edu

Undergraduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2024-present

Research interests: Supersonic aerodynamics, structural dynamics, detonation data processing

Diego Kiyoshi Menendez
dkmenend@uci.edu

Undergraduate Student Researcher, MAE, UC Irvine, 2024-present

Research interests: Detonation dynamics, rotating detonation engines