Meet Our Team
Jerry Hamilton
​Jerry Hamilton is married with four children. He served 20 years in the US Army as a helicopter instructor pilot with multiple combat tours. He was medically retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 after receiving a Purple Heart in Afghanistan in 2012. Jerry has two bachelors degrees in Professional Aeronautics and Mathematics. Currently he is working towards a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama.
Vamsi Krishna Undavalli
Mr. Vamsi Krishna is currently adoctoral student at The University of Alabama. Prior to this Mr. Vamsi receivedhis M. Tech from Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) in the field of Aircraft Propulsion and B. Techfrom Amity Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Amity University in the field of Aerospace Engineering. He also had work experiencesasTechnical and Business consultant for different firms and start-ups. His research focuses on low emission gas turbine technology compromising combustion systems, alternative fuels, fuel-elastomer compatibility, and combustion processes. He also investigates novel combustion methods such as premix, pre-vapourised, micro mix and bubble combustion.He isan active member of global engineering communities such as American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). He recentlybeenrecipient of ASME Turbo expo Student Advisory Committee (SAC) travel award for Turbo expo 2021, also for the ASME TurboExpo 2022 hehas been appointed asSecretary. He is aeromodeller, book reader and traveller.
Chuming Wei
Chuming holds M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering and Fire Protection Engineering both from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA. Bachelor’s in safety engineering from Shenyang Aerospace University, China. Chuming joined the group as a Ph.D. student in August 2021 at The University of Alabama. As a Ph.D. student, Chuming work focuses on Alternative Fuels. Chuming is very interested in calligraphy.
Gbadamosi-Olatunde Olanrewaju Bilikis
Postdoctoral research fellow at University of Alabama, US (2021-Present).
Lecturer/research fellow at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Iboguncampus, Nigeria (2019 Present)
Lecturer at Osun State Polytechnic, Iree Mechanical and Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering, Nigeria (2013-2019).
Seyed Amin Ghorashi
Amin Ghorashi has received his master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2017. During his master’s degree, his research was on the novel design of conventional porous burner namely combined porous-free flame burner. His research led to a cleaner and more stable porous burner. Amin joined the University of Alabama as a Ph.D. student in January 2022 for combustion and emissions. Prior to this position, he was working as a research assistant at the University of Kashan.