Personnel

Joseph E. Shepherd Principal Investigator C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Dean of Graduate Studies B.S., University of South Florida, 1976 Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1981 1200 East California Boulevard, MS 105-50 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA tel (626) 395-3283 fax (626) 449-2677 shepherd.caltech.edu jeshep@caltech.edu

 

Joanna Austin Principal Investigator Professor of Aerospace Engineering B.E.,B.S., University of Queensland, 1996 M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1998 Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2003 1200 East California Boulevard, MS 105-50 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA joanna@galcit.caltech.edu

 

Hans G. Hornung T5 Chieftain, Emeritus C. L. “Kelly” Johnson Professor of Aeronautics, Emeritus Director of GALCIT, Emeritus B.S., University of Melbourne, 1960 M.S., University of Melbourne, 1962 Ph.D., University of London (Imperial College), 1965 1200 East California Boulevard, MS 105-50 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA (626) 395-4551 hans@caltech.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bahram Valiferdowsi Research Engineer B.S., Tehran University, 1975 B.S., Cal State, Los Angeles, 1988 1200 East California Boulevard, MS 105-50 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA (626) 395-8311 bahram@caltech.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ilan Grossman Postdoctoral Scholar B.S., Arizona State University, 2007 M.S., Stanford University, 2009 Ph.D., Imperial College London, 2017 1200 East California Boulevard, MS 105-50 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA (626) 395-8534 ilan@caltech.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew Leibowitz Ph.D. candidate B.S., University at Buffalo, 2013 M.S., California Institute of Technology, 2015 1200 East California Boulevard, MS 205-45 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA (626) 395-8311 mgleibow@caltech.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nelson Yanes Ph.D. candidate B.S., University of Maryland, 2014 M.S., California Institute of Technology, 2015 1200 East California Boulevard, MS 205-45 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA (626) 395-8311 (T5) nyanes@caltech.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mallory Neet Ph.D. student B.S.E., Purdue University, 2015 M.S., California Institute of Technology, 2016 1200 East California Boulevard, MS 205-45 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA (626) 395-8311 mneet@caltech.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joel Lawson Ph.D. student B.S.,B.E., University of Auckland, 2015 M.S., California Institute of Technology, 2016 1200 East California Boulevard, MS 205-45 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA (626) 395-8311 jmlawson@caltech.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumni (Post graduation job)

2010-2016 - Andrew Knisely (Postdoc, Innovative Science Solutions)

2011-2016 - Bryan Schmidt (Postdoc, Ohio State University)

2010-2015 - Neal Bitter (Postdoc, Sandia National Laboratories)

2008-2014 - Joseph Jewell (Postdoc, Airforce Research Laboratories)

2009-2013 - Nick Parziale (Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology)

Visiting Students

Spring 2016 - M. Taguchi (Nagoya University)

Spring 2016 - M. Kalomeni (Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne)

Summer Students

Summer 2015 - N. Mejia (San Mateo Community College)

Summer 2014 - A. Bhattaru (Caltech)

Summer 2012 - A. Lavin (Caltech)

Summer 2011 - A. Mitrea (Caltech)

Summer 2010 - Todd S. C. Davidson (Cambridge)