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Research Group

Fall 2025

Brooke, Danielle, Raudel, Yulin, Pei, Sagidolla
Catherine, Komal, Victoria, Ritika, Sherry, Elena, Lily

Fall 2024

Ritika, Mert, Yulin, Elena, Komal, Catherine, Raudel, Pei, Owen, and Lily

Spring 2024

Cadan, Jair, Kirubel, Elena, Komal, Vedha, and Raudel

Principal Investigator

Raudel Avila

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. - Northwestern University, 2023
B.S. - The University of Texas at El Paso, 2017

Group Members

Dr. Ritika Menghani (Rice University Academy of Fellows)

Dr. Sagidolla Batay (Bolashak Scholar, Nazarbayev University)

Pei Liu (PhD Student in MECH)

Chihtong (Lily) Lee
(PhD Student in MECH)

Yulin Zhou (PhD Student in MECH)

Victoria Manjarrez Rivera
(MS Student in MECH)

Elena Carusetta (Undergraduate MECH)

Peiyan (Amy) Li
(Undergraduate, MECH)

Komal Talloo
(Undergraduate BioE)

Sherry Choi
(Undergraduate, MECH)

Mert Culcu
(Undergraduate MECH, SURF)

Catherine Stidham
(Undergraduate BioE)

Alexis (Ella) Lopez
(Undergraduate, MECH)

Brooke Barksdale (Undergraduate, MECH)

Danielle Hedvig (Undergraduate, MECH)

Former Members

Kirubel Ghebreab
(BSME - Spring 2024)

Cadan Hanson
(BSME - Spring 2024)

Jair Gonzalez
(MSBE - Spring 2024)

Vedha Penmetcha
(BSBiosciences - Spring 2025)

Owen Baenen
(BSME - Spring 2025)

Alyssa Andersson
(Undergraduate MECH at Yale University, RAMI Fellowship)

Stenio Alves de Assis
(SURFN- Summer 2024)

Joyce Shi
(Undergraduate, MECH)

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