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