Office: CK 216
Lab: BB145 and BB120
[1] Ascension Island
[2] V for Vendetta
[3] Astrid Lindgren
[4] Super strength
[5] Mustang 1966, V8, 289, C4...!
I often use the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius — Faster, Higher, Stronger — to describe the overall purpose of my work. I strive to expand the boundaries of my research fields to help create structures, devices, and vehicles that are stronger, lighter, faster and with improved properties. Shock waves are useful tools to generate highly dynamic and extreme conditions to study a range of such fields in fluids and solids. In particular, my research group use shock waves to study fluid-structure interaction under intense loading scenarios. Thus, our research addresses dynamic extremes in the fields of fluid and solid mechanics, including sub-disciplines such as fracture mechanics.
Postdoc, 2021-present
Undergraduate Degree: University of Kansas, Aerospace Engineering
PhD Degree: University of California, San Diego (2020)
[1] Belgium for the Tomorrowland Music Festival
[2] The Star Wars Original Trilogy or Top Gun
[3] Neil Armstrong
[4] The super soldier formula, like Captain America
[5] Lamborghini Reventon
MS Student, Fall 2021-present
Undergraduate Degree: South Dakota School of Mines, Chemical Engineering
Project: 3D printing of advanced materials
[1] I've always been interested in Japanese food and culture; I’d visit there first.
[2] Ratatouille
[3] Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau
[4] I'm stuck between teleportation and elemental control (think waterbender)
[5] I'm a sucker for a 1970 Plymouth Cuda
MS Student, Winter 2021-present
Undergraduate Degree: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Materials Science and Engineering (major), Psychology (minor)
Project: TBD
[1] Finland to visit a friend
[2] Currently: "The Last of the Mohicans", but that may be due to the music "Promentory".
[3] People who stand by their conscience like Franz Jagerstatter, the man who defied the Nazi Party during WWII and paid with his life.
[4] I would love to be able to use my right arm well and to run so just being a normally abled person would make me incredibly happy and I would feel like a superhero.
[5] If a car gets me from A to B safely and cheaply, I am satisfied. That's why I used to drive a Toyota Yaris and then I upgraded to a Toyota Corolla when I started feeling bourgeoise.
MS Student, Winter 2021-present
Undergraduate Degree: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Materials Science and Engineering (major), Psychology (minor)
Project: Interaction of Multiple Shock Waves
[1] Japan to go skiing
[2] The Devil Wears Prada
[3] Mickey Mantle - I remember reading The Quality of Courage with by dad when I was young
[4] Teleportation
[5] Audi RS 3 Avant
MS Student, Summer 2021-present
Undergraduate Degree: Colorado School of Mines, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Project: 3D printing of advanced materials
[1] Iceland
[2] Django Unchained
[3] Eliud Kipchoge (marathon runner)
[4] Flying
[5] Audi R8
Fall 2012 — | 73 Students |
Fall 2013 — | 92 Students |
Fall 2014 — | 86 Students |
Fall 2015 — | 90 Students |
Spring 2010 — | 57 Students |
Spring 2011 — | 53 Students |
Spring 2012 — | 57 Students |
Spring 2013 — | 51 Students |
Spring 2014 — | 65 Students |
Spring 2015 — | 48 Students |
Spring 2016 — | 43 Students |
Fall 2010 — | 100 Students |
Fall 2011 — | 109 Students |