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Principal Investigators

Dr. Mirmilad Mirsayar
(Lab Director), Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
mmirsayar@fit.edu
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Dr. Ratneshwar (Ratan) Jha
L3Harris Chair Professor of Aerospace Engineering Department Head of Aerospace, Physics, and Space Sciences
rjha@fit.edu
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Ph.D. Students

Victor Manuel Bautista Katsalukha
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Behnam Shahbazian
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Niall Harris
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Navid Omidvar
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Mostafa Ghorbany
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Mehrdad Farajzadeh Ahari
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Master's Students

Daniel Longo
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Sainath Bavapuram
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Shelby Beddard
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Undergraduate Students

Nathan Mulford
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Former Students

  • Victor Bautista (PhD) - Graduated December 2024 (last known employment: CTO, TerraSpace) [Chair: Dr. Mirsayar]
  • Behnam Shahbazian (PhD) - Graduated May 2025 [Chair: Dr. Mirsayar]
  • Daniel Longo (MS) - Graduated May 2025 (last known employment: Wabash) [Chair: Dr. Mirsayar]
  • Sainath Bavapuram (MS) - Graduated May 2025 [Chair: Dr. Mirsayar]
  • Shelby Beddard (MS) - Graduated May 2025 [Chair: Dr. Mirsayar]
  • Claire Mechmann - Graduated December 2022 - (MS, last known employment: Northrop Grumman) [Chair: Dr. Mirsayar]
  • Angelo Lucciola (MS, last known employment: Blue Origin) [Chair: Dr. Mirsayar]