Derek Dunn-Rankin, Ph.D. — Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
You may reach out to create projects directly under supervision of Dr. Chien at , as the school/department have yet to implement/integrate Dr. Chien into the MAE (Thermal and Transport Sciences) site.
Research Staff
Brandon Esquivias Rodriguez, Volunteer Researcher, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kyle Yasuo Horiuchi, Volunteer Remote Researcher, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - CH4 Capture and Conversion
Kevin Parker Gellerman, Volunteer Remote Researcher, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Modeling Ember Transport and Accumulation Patterns During Wildfires
PhD Student
Dianalaura Cueto Duenas, Environmental Engineering, MGREP, Volunteer Researcher — dcuetodu@uci.edu - Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Gas Hydrates Formation and Dissociation
Jose Santamaria Rodriguez, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering — joseales@uci.edu - CO2 Capture and Conversion
MS Student/Visiting Graduate Scholar
Nathan Aubry, M.S. Volunteer Researcher — aubryn@uci.edu - Fire Dynamics for Embers project
Ingrid Bonny, M.S. Volunteer Researcher — ibonny@uci.edu - Scaling up CH4 Cature and Conversion project
Sarah Dahbi, M.S. Volunteer Researcher — sdahbi@uci.edu - Fluid Dynamics and Optical Imaging project
Briac Le Moal, Volunteer M.S. Researcher — lemoalm@uci.edu - E-FIELD Flames project
Aya Hussam Mohamed, M.S. Student — ayahm1@uci.edu - Optical Imaging and Simulation for Flows (research participant through April/2026)
Undergraduate Student
Jenny Liang — liangm15@uci.edu - Gas Hydrate Molecular Dynamics and Mid-scale Hydrate Formation
