KN
Khoi Nguyen
Undergraduate Researcher
AE@UIUC
Team
Meet the Group
Our group brings together researchers with backgrounds in fluid mechanics, applied mathematics, computer science, and aerospace engineering.
Principal Investigator 
Faculty
Prof. Andres Goza
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Education
Assistant Professor, UIUC Aerospace Engineering (2019–present)
Postdoctoral Research Associate — Princeton University
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering — Caltech (2017)
MSc., Mechanical Engineering — Caltech (2013)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering — Rice University (2011)
Graduate 
Graduate Students
Srikumar Balasubramanian
PhD Student
Srikumar is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at UIUC.
Arturo Machado Burgos
PhD Student
Arturo is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at UIUC. His research focuses on computational fluid–structure interaction, with particular interest in mechanical metamaterials, immersed boundary methods, and unsteady aerodynamic flows. He also has broader interests in scientific machine learning and data-driven modeling for fluid mechanics.
Zoey Flynn
PhD Student
Zoey is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at UIUC. Their research focuses on the development of analysis techniques for various near-periodic fluid flows incorporating dynamic systems and statistical tools. Problems of interest include high speed flows, shock structures, and turbulent wakes.
Elyse Jones
PhD Student
Elyse is a 3rd year Ph.D. Student in the Aerospace Engineering Department at UIUC. Focusing on reduced order methods for computational modeling of fluid-metamaterial interaction, her research combines resolvent analysis and immersed boundary methods to create a computationally inexpensive and versatile tool for complex structures in turbulent channel flow.
Azzurra Meo
PhD Student
Azzurra is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at UIUC. Her research focuses on numerical methods for fluid–structure interaction, with particular interest in preconditioning techniques for immersed boundary formulations. Her work aims to improve the efficiency and robustness of simulations involving complex moving boundaries and unsteady aerodynamic flows.
Undergraduate
Undergraduate Researchers
Undergraduate Alumni
- Zavar Abidi (AE @UIUC)
- Emily Williams (AE @UIUC)
- Avery Moore (AE @UIUC)
- Hemang Dama (AE @UIUC)
- Avantika Murali (AE @UIUC)
- Kevin Triner (AE @UIUC)
- Wesley Warton (AE @UIUC)
- Robert Zajac (AE @UIUC)
Join Us
Prospective Students
We are always looking for curious, driven students interested in computational fluid dynamics, numerical methods, or related areas. Prospective PhD applicants should apply through the UIUC Aerospace Engineering graduate program and mention the NUF Group in their statement of purpose.
Contact Prof. Goza