People

Principal Investigator 

Yingchao Yang, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of Missouri

416 S. 6th Street, Lafferre Hall E3414

Columbia, Missouri 65211

Email: yingchao.yang@missouri.edu

Phone: (573) 882-3396

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Xiahua Zhong

B.S. in Chemistry

Jilin Normal University, 2014

M.S. in Physics

Northeast Normal University, 2018

Ph.D. in Physics

Northeast Normal University, 2023

Ph.D. Students

Manish Neupane

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tribhuvan University, 2015

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

University of Toledo, 2020

Olugbenga Ogunbiyi 

B.E. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 

Federal University of Technology at Akure, Nigeria, 2012 

M.E. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

University of Lagos, South Africa, 2014

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

University of Lagos, South Africa, 2020

Chen Zhang

B.E. in Electronic Information 

Shandong Normal University, China, 2020 

M.E. in Electronic Science and Technology

Shandong University, China, 2023 


Yuhao Tan

B.E. in Textile Engineering 

Zhongyuan University of Technology, China, 2021 

M.E. in Textile Engineering

Zhongyuan University of Technology, China, 2024 


Undergraduate Students

Miguel Najera

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of Missouri


Research Interest: 

Advanced materials for CO2 capture


Natalie Noonan

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of Missouri


Research Interest: 

MOFs/biomass for energy storage

High School Student

Michelle Wei

Green Hope High School


Research Interest: 

Biomass for CO2 adsorption

Alumni

Graduate Students

Min Wang, Ph.D. June 2018-July 2023; Current: Postdoc in Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Akhter Zia, Ph.D. Jan. 2021-May 2023; Current: Ph.D. student in University of Maine

Zoe Benedict, M.S. July 2021-Aug. 2023; Current: Ph.D. student in University of Colorado Boulder

Nuzhat Maisha, M.S. Jan. 2021-July 2023; Current: Ph.D. student in University of Virginia

Karrar Al-Quraishi, Ph.D. June 2018-July 2021; Current: Postdoc in School of Forest Resources at UMaine

Undergraduate Students

Mr. Simon Brooks, Mar. 2022 – Dec. 2022

Ms. Meghan Boos, Jun. 2021 – Aug. 2022

Mr. Miao Hu, Jan. 2021 – Oct. 2021

Ms. Lara Chern, Jan. 2021 – Aug. 2021

Mr. William Stuart, Jan. 2019 – May 2019

Mr. Peter Neff, Sept. 2018 – May 2020

Mr. Ethan Poland, Sept. 2018 – May 2019

Mr. Cole Lemelin, Sept. 2018 – Dec. 2020