School of Engineering
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Tony Zahtila
Postdoctoral Scholar, Mechanical Engineering
BioI am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Turbulence Research.
I received my PhD in Australia from the University of Melbourne in 2023.
My PhD research focused on the physics and computing strategies of multiphase flows. More recently, my interests are in multi-fidelity simulation ensembles and uncertainty quantification. -
Rozie Zangeneh
Physical Science Research Scientist
BioDr. Rozie Zangeneh is a physical science research scientist working with Prof. Ali Mani at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She was formerly a research scientist at the Center for Hybrid Rocket Exascale Simulation Technology at the University at Buffalo (UB), where she worked with Prof. Desjardin on the development of a wall model for turbulent reacting flows with strong surface mass transfer pertaining to liquifying fuels of hybrid rockets.
Rozie received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maine. Her primary research interests are high-performance computing of turbulent boundary layers and high-speed aerothermodynamics. -
Hanfeng Zhai
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, admitted Autumn 2023
BioWorking on combining multiscale and multiphysics computational modeling with scientific machine learning and design optimization for mechanical and materials design in various engineering fields in biomedicine, semiconductors, and manufacturing. Previous works include Bayesian optimization for antibiofilm surfaces, porous metamaterials, physics-informed learning for bubble dynamics, molecular dynamics of graphene, etc. Have industrial experience in multiscale modeling for semiconductor manufacturing at Tokyo Electron.
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Renee Zhao
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering
BioRuike Renee Zhao is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University where she directs the Soft Intelligent Materials Laboratory. Renee received her BS degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2012, and her MS and PhD degrees from Brown University in 2014 and 2016, respectively. She was a postdoc associate at MIT during 2016-2018 prior to her appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University from 2018 to 2021.
Renee’s research focuses on the development of stimuli-responsive soft composites for multifunctional robotic systems with integrated shape-changing, assembling, sensing, and navigation. By combining mechanics, polymer engineering, and advanced material manufacturing techniques, the functional soft composites enable applications in soft robotics, miniaturized biomedical devices, flexible electronics, and deployable and morphing structures.
Renee is a recipient of the ARO Early Career Program (ECP) Award (2023), AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award (2023), Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty (2022), ASME Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award (2022), ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal (2022), ASME Applied Mechanics Division Journal of Applied Mechanics Award (2021), NSF Career Award (2020), and ASME Applied Mechanics Division Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Award (2018).
