Team
Richard Zhang (张紫浩）
Principal Investigator
Hometown: Melbourne, FL, USA
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2010)
M.S. and Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech (2015)
Staff Engineer, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (2015-2017)
Ken Araki
Ph.D. Candidate
Hometown: Takasaki, Japan / San Diego, CA
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Niigata University (2019)
Research Interests: Photonic gratings
Project: Radiative emission tuning using plasmonic graphene-metal gratings
Micah Vallin
Ph.D. Student
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno (2017)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, UNT (2020)
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, phonon dynamics, and computational optimization
Project: Thermal conductivity of phase transition nanomaterials
Partially funded by US AFOSR
Morgan Blankenship
Ph.D. Student
Hometown: Aubrey, TX
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of North Texas (2018)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, UNT (2020)
Research Interests: Quantum computing, nanoscale energy transfer, and drones
Project: Near-field radiative heat transfer between Hall conductance layers
Kelsa Adams
M.S. Student
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of North Texas (2018)
Research Interests: Optics, Lidar/Radar, Aerospace Detection
Project: Infrared metalensing for thermal detection
Support Staff
1. Kona, K.9. (2020)
Alumni
1. Ethan Cramer, B.S. (2020): Los Alamos National Labs
2. Anton Yorzh, M.S. (2019)
