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I graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2017, spent a year at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany as a Fulbright fellow, and then obtained a master's in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2020 before moving with my advisor, Prof. John Dabiri, to the California Institute of Technology. I completed my Ph.D. in Aeronautics in 2023 on the unsteady aerodynamics of wind-energy systems, and was a Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University for one year. I joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics as an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania in August 2024.I seek to push the frontiers of experimental fluid-mechanics research at lab and field scales to answer pressing questions regarding how humans can live more harmoniously with the air we breathe. My interests span the intersection of unsteady aerodynamics, climate science, and wind-energy technologies, as well as their ecological, environmental, and societal implications.I also love capturing the imaginations of students from grade school to grad school with the fascinating nature of the world we share, and empowering them to serve those in need through empathetic engineering design.
Mechanical Engineering And Applied Mechanics, University Of Pennsylvania
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Assistant ProfessorMechanical Engineering And Applied Mechanics, University Of Pennsylvania Aug 2024 - PresentPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States -
Distinguished Postdoctoral FellowAndlinger Center For Energy And The Environment Sep 2023 - Aug 2024Advisor: Prof. Marcus Hultmark (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering).Projects: Unsteady wake dynamics of wind turbines at high Reynolds numbers; volumetric field measurements of the atmospheric surface layer with Lagrangian particle tracking; use of drones as smart Lagrangian particles for flow sensing. -
Graduate Student ResearcherCaltech Sep 2020 - Aug 2023Advisor: Prof. John Dabiri (Graduate Aerospace Laboratories).Dissertation title: Dynamics and performance of wind-energy systems in unsteady flow conditions. -
Charles H. Kruger Graduate FellowStanford University Sep 2018 - Aug 2020Stanford, California, United StatesAdvisor: Prof. John Dabiri (Department of Mechanical Engineering).Projects: Vortex models for the wake dynamics of vertical-axis wind turbines; effect of streamwise unsteadiness on the Betz efficiency. -
Fulbright FellowTechnische Universität Darmstadt Sep 2017 - Jul 2018Darmstadt, GermanyAdvisor: Prof. Dr. Cameron Tropea (Fachgebiet Strömungslehre und Aerodynamik / Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics). Projects: Validation of transfer functions for the unsteady gust response of airfoils; generation of periodic gusts with an oscillating airfoil; shear-layer measurements on an airfoil in dynamic stall.Funding for the 10-month fellowship was provided by the Fulbright Program as an Open Research Grant for 2017-2018. -
ResearcherUniversity Of Nebraska-Lincoln Jun 2017 - Sep 2017Lincoln, NebraskaAdvisor: Prof. Timothy Wei (Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering).Project: Simultaneous pressure and velocity measurements in a scaled-up model of human vocal folds. -
Undergraduate ResearcherPrinceton University Jun 2016 - Jun 2017Princeton, NjSenior Thesis Advisor: Prof. Alexander Smits (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering).Project: Cyber-physical control of swimming kinematics for a bio-inspired propulsor. -
Research InternMax Planck Institute For Dynamics And Self-Organization Jul 2015 - Aug 2015Göttingen Area, GermanyAdvisor: Dr. Gregory Bewley (Laboratory for Fluid Mechanics, Pattern Formation, and Biocomplexity).Project: Control of velocity correlation functions in turbulence with an active grid.
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Software Engineering InternNebraska Global May 2014 - Aug 2014Lincoln, NeWebsite development, architecture, programming in C#, HTML, and JavaScript (AngularJS), planning iteration goals, testing software, collaborative development, meeting with clients and reacting to feedback -
LifeguardWoods Pool May 2012 - Aug 2013Pool surveillance, saving distressed swimmers, administering first-aid treatment, cleaning pool area, patron service and discipline, regular safety checks and in-service training exercises, collaboration with other guards during training and emergencies, miscellaneous small tasks
Nathaniel Wei Education Details
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Nathaniel Wei works for Mechanical Engineering And Applied Mechanics, University Of Pennsylvania
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Nathaniel Wei's current role is Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics).
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Nathaniel Wei attended Caltech, Stanford University, Princeton University, Lincoln East High School.
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