Alumni
See the alumni list here.
Faculty
Herschel C. Pangborn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Herschel Pangborn joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State in January 2020. His research focuses on the dynamic modeling, design, and control of energy systems. Before earning his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019, he received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State in 2013 and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Illinois in 2015. During the second half of 2019, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Illinois. In 2020, he was an Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellow. Dr. Pangborn is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, the University of Illinois MechSE Graduate Teaching Fellowship, and the ASME Energy Systems Technical Committee Best Paper Award.
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Ph.D. Students
The PAC Lab is often seeking graduate students to join our team. Successful candidates should be self-motivated, curious, hard-working, and have a record of academic achievement. Please see the "join" page for more information about how to apply.
Jacob Siefert
Degree in Progress:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topic:
Verification and Validation of Aircraft Electro-Thermal Systems
jas7031 (at) psu (dot) edu
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Seho Park
Degree in Progress:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topic:
Power and Thermal Management of Electrified Vehicles
sehopark (at) psu (dot) edu
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Andrew Thompson
Degree in Progress:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topic:
Optimal Control of Hypersonic Vehicles (co-advised with Puneet Singla)
aft5212 (at) psu (dot) edu
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Jonah Glunt
Degree in Progress:
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation Date:
May 2024
Research Topic:
Autonomous Vehicle Planning and Control
jjg57 (at) psu (dot) edu
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Joshua Robbins
Degree in Progress:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topic:
Path Planning, Control, and Estimation for Autonomous Vehicles
jar653 (at) psu (dot) edu
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M.S. Students
The PAC Lab is often seeking graduate students to join our team. Successful candidates should be self-motivated, curious, hard-working, and have a record of academic achievement. Please see the "join" page for more information about how to apply.
Adim Seeler
Degree in Progress:
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation Date:
May 2024
Research Topic:
Modeling and Optimization of Unmanned Vehicles
aas6086 (at) psu (dot) edu
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Michael Williams
Degree in Progress:
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation Date:
May 2025
Research Topic:
Modeling and Optimization of Advanced Thermal Cycles for Sustainable Aviation
maw6801 (at) psu (dot) edu
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Jacob Sichlau
Degree in Progress:
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation Date:
May 2025
Research Topic:
Hybrid-electric Testbed and Predictive Controls
jas9615 (at) psu (dot) edu
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Undergraduate Students
The PAC Lab is often seeking undergraduate students to join our team, including but not limited to Schreyer Honors Scholars interested in completing their honors thesis on a topic relevant to our research areas. Please see the "join" page for more information about how to apply.
Joseph Broniszewski
Degree in Progress:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation Date:
December 2023
Research Topic:
Use of Phase-change Materials for Thermal Management
jpb6292 (at) psu (dot) edu
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Bhavya Jain
Degree in Progress:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation Date:
May 2024
Research Topic:
Reconfigurable Testbed for Single phase Thermal Management
bpj5164 (at) psu (dot) edu
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Kaelea Hayes
Degree in Progress:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation Date:
May 2025
Research Topic:
Modeling and Analysis of an Elastocaloric Cooling Shape Memory Alloy Device
Courtney Proulx
Degree in Progress:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation Date:
May 2025
Research Topic:
Hybrid-electric Testbed Development
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Conner Lawler
Degree in Progress:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation Date:
May 2025
Research Topic:
Robotic Testbed for Validation of Path Planning and Control Algorithms
ckl5613 (at) psu (dot) edu
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Henry Pangborn
Research Topic:
Trajectory Optimization for Pursuit-Evasion Games Involving High-elasticity Spheres
(i.e., fetch with tennis balls)
