Yuanzhe joined MSEAS in the fall of 2022 as a 4^th year undergraduate majoring in applied mathematics with a broad interest in both theory and application. He is a transfer student from Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) to MIT in the Special Student Program. He is now doing a UROP project in MSEAS using Hamilton-Jacobi Equation to solve optimal path planning problems in the ocean. Before coming to MIT, he was doing research on Hyperbolic Conservation Laws and stability analysis of Runge-Kutta Methods. Outside academia, he is a good violin player and enjoys sketching.

Andrew is an undergraduate student in the class of 2023 from Dover, Massachusetts. He is currently studying Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. Joining the MSEAS Lab during the summer of 2020, Andrew is currently working with HDG adaptive mesh refinement. Outside of academia, he is a part of the MIT Men’s Lacrosse Team and Club Golf Team, and enjoys woodworking, fantasy football and skiing.

Ben is a fourth year mechanical engineering undergraduate. He is excited to work this summer on the plastic pollution modeling and offshore algae farming projects with the MSEAS group. He spent his last two summers working at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in Bethesda, Maryland, and is a recipient of the American Society of Naval Engineers Tidewater Section Admiral David Donohue Scholarship. Outside of academics, he enjoys rowing with the MIT Heavyweight Men’s Crew.

Dylan is a freshman undergraduate student from Oviedo, Florida, currently studying Mechanical Engineering. He started working in the lab in January of 2020, working with HDG adaptive mesh refinement, with an interest in efficiency with high performance computing. In his spare time, he plays on the MIT Men’s Volleyball Team and enjoys reading, playing smash ultimate, and the piano.

Alan is a sophmore at MIT from Rapid City, South Dakota, hoping to major in Mathematics with Computer Science and Writing. His first experience working in the lab was as a high school student in the 2018 Research Science Institute, where he worked on path planning methods for vehicles with energy collection. He returned to continue this research in the fall of 2019 as part of MIT’s UROP program. Outside of schoolwork and research, Alan enjoys reading, writing, and singing.