Faculty
Researchers
Adam Wickenheiser
amw30@cornell.edu
Position:
Post-doc
Major:
Aerospace Engineering
Project Focus:
Morphing/Perching Aircraft
Aerodynamic Modeling
Fuel-less Aircraft
Power Harvesting
Graduate Students
Tim Reissman
tr34@cornell.edu
Position:
PhD
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
MEMS/NEMS
Power Harvesting
Justin Manzojem54@cornell.edu
Position:
PhD
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Morphing Aircraft Mechanisms
Smart Joint actuation
John Dietl jmd99@cornell.edu
Position:
PhD
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Ornithopters
Power Harvesting
Edgar Cuji
eac47@cornell.edu
Position:
PhD
Major:
Aerospace Engineering
Project Focus:
Aerodynamic Modeling
Allen Hurst
ach43@cornell.edu
Position:
PhD
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Sensor Fusion for Perching Aircraft
Matt Bryant
mjb377@cornell.edu
Position:
PhD
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Flutter design for energy harvesting
Mitch Walters
mlw242@cornell.edu
Position:
PhD
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Nonlinear dynamic analysis via proper orthogonal decomposition
Alex Benckendorf
ab729@cornell.edu
Position:
M. Eng.
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Perching aircraft testing
Thomas Herrmann
tah32@cornell.edu
Position:
M. Eng.
Major:
Aerosphace Engineering
Project Focus:
Ornithopter wing design and control
Undergraduate Students
Andrew Seong
sas279@cornell.edu
Position:
Senior
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Ornithopters
Eric Wolff
emw56@cornell.edu
Position:
Senior
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Flutter design for energy harvesting
Recent Alumni
Charles Daitch
csd34@cornell.edu
Position:
M. Eng.
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Aerodynamic modeling
Nidhi Rathi
nr232@cornell.edu
Position:
Junior
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Bat wing design & fabrication
Richard Callahan rec34@cornell.edu
Position:
M. Eng.
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Bat wing design & fabrication
Rob MacCurdy
rbm7@cornell.edu
Position:
PhD
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Power Harvesting
Joe Andrews
jja22@cornell.edu
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Perching Aircraft Aerodynamics
Steve Bagg
smb92@cornell.edu
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
Rocket Valve Design
Fuel-less Aircraft
Dave Perry
dsp28@cornell.edu
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Project Focus:
SMA Fatigue Characterization


Ephrahim Garcia
Austin Fang
Megan Berry
Emily Leylek
Javier Alcazar