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  • Nicolas Lee

    Nicolas Lee

    Senior Lecturer of Aeronautics and Astronautics

    BioNicolas Lee is currently a Senior Lecturer in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University and specializes in teaching hands-on design skills. Previously, Nicolas was a research engineer studying hypervelocity impact plasma, meteor radar observations, and mission concepts using deployable structures and CubeSat technologies. Nicolas was a Ph.D. student at Stanford focused on meteoroid impact effects on spacecraft, and a W. M. Keck Institute for Space Studies postdoctoral scholar in aerospace at Caltech researching technologies for robotically assembled space telecopes, membrane structures for space solar power applications, and small satellite high voltage electronics.

  • Tonghun Lee

    Tonghun Lee

    Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

    BioProfessor Lee's research group is focused on investigating the fundamental physics relevant to next generation aerospace propulsion systems and space entry technologies. Areas of interest include hypersonic propulsion systems, next-generation compact UAV propulsion technologies, integration of sustainable aviation fuels, and application of advanced laser & optical diagnostics. His work aims to improve fundamental understanding of high-speed reacting flows while advancing technologies for more efficient and environmentally responsible aerospace systems.

  • Sanjiva Lele

    Sanjiva Lele

    Edward C. Wells Professor of the School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering

    BioProfessor Lele's research combines numerical simulations with modeling to study fundamental unsteady flow phemonema, turbulence, flow instabilities, and flow-generated sound. Recent projects include shock-turbulent boundary layer interactions, supersonic jet noise, wind turbine aeroacoustics, wind farm modeling, aircraft contrails, multi-material mixing and multi-phase flows involving cavitation. He is also interested in developing high-fidelity computational methods for engineering applications.