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Current Members

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Director
Chitrarth Prasad

c.prasad@okstate.edu

Dr. Chitrarth Prasad is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. His current research interests involve using advanced mathematical techniques to study turbulent flow behavior in engineering applications.
 

Outside of work, Dr. Prasad trains in multiple martial arts, enjoys cheering for Penn State football, and loves spending time outdoors with his wife and two dogs.

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PhD Student
Shishir Gautam

shishir.gautam@okstate.edu

Shishir is a Ph.D. student in the MAE Department of Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on intermittent dynamics in compressible airfoil flows using physics-based and data-driven algorithms.

In his free time, he loves playing guitar, making sketches, exploring supercars, and learning about space and the universe.

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PhD Student
Saahith Velivolu

saahith.velivolu@okstate.edu

Saahith Velivolu is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. His research focusses on noise reduction techniques from supersonic jets from non-uniform nozzles. He’s also interested in supersonic shear layers, shock–boundary layer interactions, and machine learning methods in CFD.

Besides work, Saahith enjoys playing guitar, soccer, hiking, and taking his motorbike off-road.

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PhD Student
Vincent Le

vincent.le11@okstate.edu

Vincent Le will be joining FPSL in Fall 2026. His research will focus on vortex -wall interactions.

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MS Student
Caroline King

caroline.king@okstate.edu

Caroline King is a Master’s student at Oklahoma State University studying mechanical and aerospace engineering.  Her current research focuses on cavity-induced heating in hypersonic flow. 

 

Along with school, Caroline enjoys spending time outside, running, and reading.

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MS Student
Tyler Zeringue

tyler.zeringue@okstate.edu

Tyler Zeringue is a Master's student studying Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. His current research focuses on cyclo-stationary energy dynamics in hypersonic flows.

 

Beyond research, Tyler enjoys playing card games, reading, and traveling.

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MS Student
Zach Lohmar

zlohmar@okstate.edu

Zach Lohmar will be joining FPSL in Fall 2026. His research will focus on force modeling in multi-body aerodynamics.

Outside of school, Zach enjoys time playing piano, going to the gym, reading, watching YouTube, and going for walks.

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Undergraduate Research Assistant & Wentz Research Scholar
Kalie Khayami

kalie.khayami@okstate.edu

Kalie is a junior in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. Her research focuses on unsteady separation control for internal and external aerodynamic configurations.

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Undergraduate Research Assistant & Wentz Research Scholar
Henry Haslam

henry.haslam@okstate.edu

Henry is a senior in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on particle laden supersonic jets.

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Alumni

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Sagar Srivastava

PhD Student at the Ohio State University

Former MS Student (2024-26)

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Nathan Baber

Senior Associate Software Engineer at L3 Harris

Former MS Student (2023-25)

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Sam Glenn

PhD Student at CalTech

Former Goldwater Scholar & Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023-25)

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Mason Biliske

Project Engineer at Pratt & Whitney

Former Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023-24)

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Lena James

PhD Student at University of Michigan

Former Undergraduate Research Assistant & Wentz Research Scholar (2023-26)

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Charles Olsen

Field Engineer at Captiveair

Former Undergraduate Research Assistant (2025-26)

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Caden Adams

Project Engineer at Regulus Group

Former Undergraduate Research Assistant & Wentz Research Scholar (2025-26)

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School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK 74078

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