Principal Investigator
Yinuo “Noah” Yao is an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University and leads the MSCE Lab. His research combines modeling, simulations, and experiments to study water treatment, resource recovery, and energy storage across multiple scales. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and his B.Eng. from the National University of Singapore.
Ph.D. Student
Soyoung Kim joined the lab in Fall 2023 as a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Seoul. Her research focuses on interactions between flow, transport, and biofilm growth, using computational methods to study environmental systems.
Ph.D. Student
Yichen Shen is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, co-advised with Dr. Chengling Wu. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering from Nanjing Tech University and her master’s degree at the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research combines sensors and mathematical modeling to study transport and interface processes in plant, soil, and environmental systems.
Ph.D. Student
Zhongyu Shi is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Soochow University and his master’s degree from Lehigh University, where he studied direct air capture of carbon dioxide. His research uses microfluidic experiments to investigate biofilms and particle transport in porous media.
Undergraduate Student
Vincent Chuo is a senior undergraduate student at Texas A&M University and a current member of the MSCE Lab.
Future Lab Member
This could be you! We welcome students and researchers interested in flow, transport, and environmental and energy systems. Explore our funded research opportunities or other ways to join the lab, and get in touch to discuss your interests.
Undergraduate Researcher
Abelino Garcia joined the lab through the Costa Rica Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Summer 2025. He participated as a student from College of the Sequoias.
Undergraduate Researcher
Alexander Jefferson joined the lab through the Costa Rica Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Summer 2024 as a student from Lone Star College. He later continued his studies at Rice University.
Undergraduate Researcher
Connor Stephens was an undergraduate researcher in the MSCE Lab at Texas A&M University.