People
Principal Investigator
Jonathan F. MacArt
- Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Office: 369 Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering
- Email: jmacart@nd.edu
- Phone: +1 (574) 631-6676
- Curriculum Vitae
- Google Scholar
Postdoctoral Scholars
None currently
Graduate Students
Mikolaj Kryger
Project: Second-order continuum modeling of hypersonic flows
- B.E. Aerospace Engineering, University College of Swansea, UK (2023)
Joined: Winter 2024
J. Jacobowitz
Project: High-speed turbulent combustion modeling and control
- B.E. Mechanical Engineering/Computer Science, The Cooper Union (2022)
Joined: Winter 2023
Undergraduate Students
Mary Titterton, Aerospace Engineering (Class of 2027)
Edward Couri, Aerospace Engineering (Class of 2027)
Postdoctoral Alumni
Yue Hao, 2025-2026
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Associate, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA
Katherine Pielemeier, 2023-2024
Currently: Los Alamos National Lab SPARC, Ann Arbor, MI
Graduate Alumni
Ashish S. Nair, PhD 2026
Dissertation Title: Physics-Constrained Machine Learning Closures for Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Flows
Currently: Research Engineer, Siemens Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Nathan Ziems, MS 2025
Currently: Research Engineer, Raytheon, Tucson, AZ
Priyesh Kakka, PhD 2025
Dissertation Title: Deep Learning Augmentation of Turbulent Premixed Flame Simulations
Currently: AI Research Engineer, General Electric, Niskayuna, NY
Xuemin Liu, PhD 2024
Dissertation Title: Active Control of Laminar and Turbulent Flows using Adjoint-based Machine Learning
Currently: AI Research Engineer, Shanghai, China
Matthew McHugh, MS 2022
Currently: Mechanical Engineer, Applied Materials Inc., Kalispell, MT
Undergraduate Alumni
Jonah Ikeda, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Class of 2026)
Project: Embedded Optimization of Machine Learning Manifolds
Liam Wood, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Class of 2026)
Project: Simulation and Control of Flapping Airfoils
Saif Elmaleh, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Class of 2026)
Project: AMR-based Embedded DNS
Conrad Delgado, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2023-2024
Project: Adjoint-based data assimilation in shock-tube ignition simulations
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Katherine Fink, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2021-2022
Project: LES modeling for turbulent wake flows
Current Position: Energy & Propulsion Research Engineer, Boeing
Visiting Alumni
Tom Hickling, Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar (University of Oxford), 2025
Den Waidmann, Visiting Student Researcher (University of Oxford), 2025
Temistocle Grenga, Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar (RWTH Aachen University), 2022
Ludovico Nista, Visiting Student Researcher (RWTH Aachen University), 2022