Group members

Principal Investigator:

• Prof. Simone Marras
  Sept 2025-May 2026: On sabbatical leave at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Working on mixed precision arithmentic with Dr. Erin Carson
  2024-current Associate Professor (with tenure), NJIT
  2019-2021 Visiting Associate Scientist, Climate Modeling Alliance @ Caltech
  2017-2024 Assistant Professor, NJIT
  2015-2017 Research Scientist, Stanford University
  2013-2015 Research Associate of the National Research Council of the National Academies. Mentor: Prof. Frank X. Giraldo, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
  2012 Ph.D. in scientific computing and environmental engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain. Advisors: Dr. Mariano Vazquez and Dr. Oriol Jorba, Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
  2005 M.S. in aerospace engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Thesis developed at AIRBUS Deutschland, Hamburg, Germany.

Current post-doctoral scientists:

• Dr. Hang Wang, April 2024 - current

Current students:

• Martina Albarelli, Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering. Topic: Decision making and marketing (Starting January 2025)

Previous:

Post-doctoral scientists:

• Dr. Margarida Moragues, funded by a Marie-Slodowska Curie fellowship. 2019-2021.

Ph.D. students

• Yassine Tissaoui, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, NJIT, defended in May 2024.
• Abhishek Mukherjee, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, NJIT, defended in May 2023.

M.S. students

• Umberto Neviani, M.S. (Sept 2023 - May 2024). Jexpresso. Double degree with Uni. Parma, Italy
• Lorenzo Fendillo, M.S. (Sept 2023 - May 2024). Jexpresso. Double degree with Uni. Parma, Italy
• Harrison Tracy, B.S. (March 2024 - April 2024). Flow visualization.
• Teresa Tarulli, M.S. Industrial Engineering. Double degree with Univerity of Bari, Italy.
• Gianluca Palu, M.S.Mechanical Engineering. Double degree with Univerity of Parma,Italy.
• Matteo Fabbri, M.S.Mechanical Engineering. Double degree with Univerity of Parma,Italy.
• Luca Gandolfi, M.S.Mechanical Engineering. Double degree with Univerity of Parma,Italy.
• Alice Ragni, M.S. Mechanical engineering.
• Kevin Klein, M.S. Mechanical engineering.
• Abhinav Goel, M.S. Mechanical engineering.
• Songze Li, graduated, Stanford University, Co-advisor (with Prof. Jenny Suckale, Stanford University)
• Brent Lunghino M.S. Stanford University, Co-advisor (with Prof. Jenny Suckale, Stanford University

B.S. students

• Akhilesh Kootala, B.S. Honors Student, Mechanical Engineering.
• Arick Iglesias, B.S. Honors Student, Mechanical Engineering.
• Eric Dougert, B.S.Mechanical Engineering.
• Geovani Baaklini, B.S.Mechanical Engineering.
• Ted Chang, B.S.Mechanical Engineering.
• Mohammad Shahid, B.S.Mechanical Engineering.
• Victor Rodriguez, B.S. Mechanical engineering.
• Sarah Gross, B.S. Mechanical engineering.
• Kevin Klein, B.S. Mechanical engineering.

High School students

• Noah Stanford, Bergen County High School. (May 2023 - current) Now student at Stanford University. B.S. Physics and Computer Science.
• Rhea Rawat, Jihn P. Stevens High School (Sept 2023 - current).