People

Meet members of SUNWater Research Group


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University of Maryland

College Park, MD

Xudong (Andrew) Fan, PhD

Xudong (Andrew) Fan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). Before joining UMD, he was an Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo and a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. Xudong received his PhD degree from Case Western Reserve University at 2022.

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Linyue Luo

Linyue Luo is a PhD student in the Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at SUNY Buffalo (UB). She received her Master’s degree in Urban Design from Carnegie Mellon University in 2023 and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture.


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Yuyao Huang

Yuyao Huang is a PhD student in the Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at SUNY Buffalo (UB). He received his Master of Science in Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2025 and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Water and Wastewater Engineering (traditionally referred to as Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering in China).


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Alison Lara

Alison Lara is a junior undergraduate student in the Department of Environmental Engineering. She’s dedicated in eventual obtaining higher education in Energy Engineering.


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Jacob Wills

Jacob Wills is a sophomore undergraduate student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at SUNY Buffalo. He is a member of the School’s Honors College and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Club.