PRC Staff

Dr. Robert A. Frederick

Dr. Robert A. Frederick, Jr.

Propulsion Research Center Director Professor

OKT S226
256.824.7200
robert.frederick@uah.edu

Dr. L. Dale Thomas

Dr. L. Dale Thomas

Propulsion Research Center Deputy Director ASGC Director CSIL Director Eminent Scholar in Systems Engineering Professor

OKT N151
256.824.4243
dale.thomas@uah.edu

Dr. Jason Cassibry

Dr. Jason Cassibry

Professor

OKT N267
256.824.5107
jason.cassibry@uah.edu

Raj Dave

Raj Dave

Research Engineer

rtd0009@uah.edu

Anthony Edmondson

Anthony Edmondson

Research Program Administrator/budget Analyst

OKT S227
256.824.7209
anthony.edmondson@uah.edu

Tony Hall

Tony Hall

Research Engineer

JRC
256.824.2887
tony.hall@uah.edu

Dr. Saroj Kumar

Dr. Saroj Kumar

Research Engineer

saroj.kumar@uah.edu

Dr. David Lineberry

Dr. David Lineberry

Principal Research Engineer

JRC
256.824.2888
david.lineberry@uah.edu

Jessica Loving

Jessica Loving

Senior Resource Manager

OKT S225
256.824.5113
jessica.loving@uah.edu

Logan Towers

Logan Towers

Research Engineer

lat0019@uah.edu

Zachary White

Zachary White

Research Engineer I

zw0015@uah.edu

Dr. Gabriel Xu

Dr. Gabriel Xu

Professor

OKT S234
256.824.5083
gabe.xu@uah.edu


PRC Associated Faculty & Staff

James Baird

James Baird, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry, Physics, & Chemical Engineering

MSB 115
256.824.6441
james.baird@uah.edu

Dr. John Bennewitz

Dr. John Bennewitz

Assistant Professor

OKT S232
256.824.5089
john.bennewitz@uah.edu

Dr. James Blackmon

Dr. James Blackmon

Principal Research Scientist

OKT S233
256.824.5106
james.blackmon@uah.edu

Dr. Kirk Boehm

Dr. Kirk Boehm

Research Engineer I

OKT S231
256.824.5112
kirk.boehm@uah.edu

Dr. Kader Frendi

Dr. Kader Frendi

Professor

OKT N354
256.824.7206
kader.frendi@uah.edu

Dr. Chang-kwon Kang

Dr. Chang-kwon Kang

Associate Professor

OKT N266
256.824.6612
chang-kwon.kang@uah.edu

Dr. Phillip Ligrani

Dr. Phillip Ligrani

Professor

OKT S236
256.824.5173
phillip.ligrani@uah.edu

Dr. Shankar Mahalingam

Dr. Shankar Mahalingam

Dean, College of Engineering Distinguished Professor

ENG 102B
256.824.6474
shankar.mahalingam@uah.edu

Dr. George Nelson

Dr. George Nelson

Department Chair and Professor Ashok K. Singhal Endowed Chair in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

OKT N274
256.824.5082
george.nelson@uah.edu

Dr. Sarma Rani

Dr. Sarma Rani

Professor

OKT N350
256.824.5703
sarma.rani@uah.edu

Sivaguru S. Ravindran

Sivaguru S. Ravindran, Ph.D.

Professor of Control Systems & Computational Fluid Dynamics

SST 201M
256.824.6611
ravinds@uah.edu

Dr. Judy Schneider

Dr. Judy Schneider

Materials Science Program Director Adjunct Professor of Chemical & Materials Engineering Professor of MAE

OKT N272A
256.824.5186
judith.schneider@uah.edu

Carmen Scholz

Carmen Scholz, Ph.D

Professor Fellow of ACS POLY Division

MSB 221
256.824.6188
carmen.scholz@uah.edu

Dr. Babak Shotorban

Dr. Babak Shotorban

Professor

OKT N261
256.824.2821
babak.shotorban@uah.edu

Dr. Nathan Spulak

Dr. Nathan Spulak

Assistant Professor

OKT N262
256.824.2257
nathan.spulak@uah.edu

Bernhard Vogler

Bernhard Vogler, Ph.D.

Department Chair Director, NMR Lab Associate Professor

MSB 217
256.824.6267
chemchair@uah.edu

Aalap Vyas

Aalap Vyas

Research Associate II

av0036@uah.edu

Gang Wang

Gang Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor UAH Campus Director of ASGC

OKT N269
256.824.6209
gang.wang@uah.edu


On-Call Employees

Alexander Bendoyro

Alexander Bendoyro

Research Engineer I

alexander.bendoyro@uah.edu

Pongkrit Darakorn

Pongkrit Darakorn

Research Engineer

pn0009@uah.edu

Kaitlyn Judd

Kaitlyn Judd

Research Aide

krj0011@uah.edu

Dr.  William H. Knuth

Dr. William H. Knuth

Research Scientiest

OKT S225
whk0001@uah.edu

Matthew Maybee

Matthew Maybee

Research Engineer

mam0108@uah.edu

Jacobie Robertson

Jacobie Robertson

Research Aide

jar0058@uah.edu

Dr.  William A. Seidler

Dr. William A. Seidler, II

Research Scientist

OKT N247
256.824.5104
william.seidler@uah.edu


Full-Time Graduate Students

Aaron Applegate

Aaron Applegate

Graduate Research Assistant

aaa0054@uah.edu

Noah Barrineau

Noah Barrineau

Graduate Research Assistant

ngb0004@uah.edu

Paige Berg

Paige Berg

Graduate Research Assistant

pmb0018@uah.edu

Timothy Blackman

Timothy Blackman

Graduate Research Assistant

tab0047@uah.edu

Justin Byers

Justin Byers

Graduate Research Assistant

jmb0104@uah.edu

Benjamin Campbell

Benjamin Campbell

Graduate Research Assistant

bac0038@uah.edu

Garrett Cobb

Garrett Cobb

Graduate Research Assistant

grc0011@uah.edu

Ethan Cummins

Ethan Cummins

Graduate Research Assistant

ec0224@uah.edu

Kaito Durkee

Kaito Durkee

Graduate Research Assistant

kaito.durkee@uah.edu

Elias Gerstein

Elias Gerstein

Graduate Research Assistant

ejg0017@uah.edu

Andrew Girgis

Andrew Girgis

Graduate Research Assistant

awg0012@uah.edu

Michael Halvorson

Michael Halvorson

Graduate Research Assistant

mch0043@uah.edu

Michaela Hemming

Michaela Hemming

Graduate Research Assistant

michaela.spaulding@uah.edu

Hamilton Johnson

Hamilton Johnson

Graduate Research Assistant

hej0009@uah.edu

Ameya Tushar Khirwadkar

Ameya Tushar Khirwadkar

Graduate Research Assistant

atk0008@uah.edu

Jacob John Kinsey

Jacob John Kinsey

Graduate Research Assistant

jjk0006@uah.edu

Julia Kondrat'yev

Julia Kondrat'yev

Graduate Teaching Assistant

jk0216@uah.edu

Neil Laya

Neil Laya

Graduated Research Assistant

npl0004@uah.edu

Stephanie Manasterski

Stephanie Manasterski

Graduate Research Assistant

sm1286@uah.edu

Ward Manneschmidt

Ward Manneschmidt

Graduate Research Assistant

whm0002@uah.edu

Nageshwar Nagarajan

Nageshwar Nagarajan

Graduate Research Assistant

nn0036@uah.edu

Tamia Neal

Tamia Neal

Graduate Research Assistant

tln0006@uah.edu

Yash Patel

Yash Patel

Graduate Research Assistant

yp0014@uah.edu

Ronak Pereira

Ronak Pereira

Research Aide

rap0017@uah.edu

Daniel Prado

Daniel Prado

Graduate Research Assistant

dbp0018@uah.edu

Shreyas Raghu

Shreyas Raghu

Graduate Research Assistant

sr0101@uah.edu

Rachel Reuben

Rachel Reuben

Graduate Research Assistant

rr1422@uah.edu

Monica Salunkhe

Monica Salunkhe

Graduate Research Assistant

monica.salunkhe@uah.edu

Dakota Santana

Dakota Santana

Graduate Research Assistant

djs0057@uah.edu

Mitchell Schroll

Mitchell Schroll

Graduate Research Assistant

ms0246@uah.edu

Harrison Smith

Harrison Smith

Graduate Research Assistant

hs0132@uah.edu

Ian Wagner

Ian Wagner

Graduate Research Assistant

irw0004@uah.edu

Tanner Watkins

Tanner Watkins

Graduate Research Assistant

tw0879@uah.edu

Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams

Graduate Research Assistant

oca0001@uah.edu

Khlood Yafai

Khlood Yafai

Graduate Teaching Assistant

ksy0006@uah.edu


Part-Time Graduate Students


Undergraduate Students

James Bautista

James Bautista

Undergraduate Research Assistant

jy0003@uah.edu

Hannah Beezie

Hannah Beezie

Research Aide

heb0019@uah.edu

Zachary Blowers

Zachary Blowers

Research Assistant

zwb0001@uah.edu

Christa Cartwright

Christa Cartwright

Research Aide

cc0236@uah.edu

Grant Gates

Grant Gates

Undergraduate Research Assistant

grg0014@uah.edu

Hannah Good

Hannah Good

Student Specialist

hcg0010@uah.edu

Mauro Guevara-Ramon

Mauro Guevara-Ramon

Student Specialist

mg0205@uah.edu

Max Hailer

Max Hailer

Research Aide

mh0181@uah.edu

Mason Hancock

Mason Hancock

Student Specialist

mlh0081@uah.edu

Nicholas Hawse

Nicholas Hawse

Student Specialist

ndh0012@uah.edu

Arianna Jackson

Arianna Jackson

Research Aide

aj0182@uah.edu

Lora Johnson

Lora Johnson

Research Aide

erj0010@uah.edu

Samuel Joyner

Samuel Joyner

Student Specialist

sbj0011@uah.edu

Jeffrey King

Jeffrey King

Research Aide

jk0224@uah.edu

Emmy LeBaron

Emmy LeBaron

Research Aide

egl0012@uah.edu

Jaden Lueders

Jaden Lueders

Student Specialist

jaden.lueders@uah.edu

Nathan Mead

Nathan Mead

Research Aide

ncm0015@uah.edu

Emily Mecklenburg

Emily Mecklenburg

Research Aide

ecm0027@uah.edu

Elijah Phillips

Elijah Phillips

Student Specialist

ep0085@uah.edu

Connor Porthouse

Connor Porthouse

Student Specialist

cwp0008@uah.edu

Ursula Rice

Ursula Rice

Research Aide

uer0001@uah.edu

Margaret Roberts

Margaret Roberts

Student Specialist

mkr0020@uah.edu

Isaac Stewart

Isaac Stewart

Research Aide

iss0007@uah.edu

Joseph Thaggard

Joseph Thaggard

Research Aide

joseph.thaggard@uah.edu


Student Launch Team


Past Faculty & Staff

Dr. Michael Banish

Dr. Michael Banish

Associate Professor
Dr. Hugh W. Coleman

Dr. Hugh W. Coleman

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1991 - 2008 UAH Eminent Scholar in Propulsion, 1991 - 2001
Gabriele Cromartie

Gabriele Cromartie

Program & Proposal Coordinator 2018-2025
Dr. Clark W. Hawk

Dr. Clark W. Hawk

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1991 - 2008 Director, UAH Propulsion Research Center, 1991 - 2008
Dr. Brian Landrum

Dr. Brian Landrum

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Associate Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James L. Sanders

James L. Sanders

PRC Student/Faculty Mentor, 1992 - 2005