Vasco is a Ph.D. student working as a lead experimentalist in our shock tube facility. His current project utilizes advanced flow field diagnostics to study the microscale of shock-driven multiphase systems involving measurements to understand the simultaneous breakup, evaporation, and mixing of droplets behind a shock wave. His last work was on quantifying the macroscale hydrodynamics physics titled, “A method for measuring droplet evaporation in a shock-driven multiphase instability.”
Vasco is from Panama, Panama City. He holds a Bachelor’s in Aeronautical Engineering, a Master’s in Business Administration from the Technological University of Panama, and a Master of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Contact
Office: Doherty Bldg. Room 110A
email: vasco.duke@tamu.edu
phone (720) 589-4203
Benjamin J. Musick
Ben is a MSME student working on reactive, multiphase flow simulations. His current project is to simulate detonations propagating through fields of liquid fuel droplets. Past projects include various simulations and an internship with the Naval Research Laboratory.
Ben holds a BSME from the University of Missouri, he is from St. Louis, Missouri.
Contact
Office: JCAIN 426
email: musick_bj@tamu.edu
Ryan J. Myers
Ryan is a PhD student working on ejecta modeling and simulations. He collaborates with Los Alamos National Laboratory in creating ejecta models for further use in simulations. After graduate school, Ryan would like to pursue a career at a national laboratory then later become a professor in Oklahoma. Outside of his work, Ryan enjoys keeping up with college sports (Gig ‘Em Aggies and Boomer Sooner!), watching movies, and poorly cooking new dishes.
Ryan holds a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He is from Moore, Oklahoma.
Contact
Office: Doherty Building (DRTY), Room 301NA
email: ryanmyers@tamu.edu
website: https://rjzf.github.io/
Manoj Paudel
Calvin Young
Calvin is a PhD student working on multi-phase detonation experiments. His current project investigating droplet breakup and reaction in the Multiphase Detonation Tube Facility. Past projects include diagnosis of the lab’s atmospheric plasma torch facility, investigations into novel nano-thermite energetics, and internships with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Calvin holds a MS ME from Texas A&M and BS ME from the University of Missouri, and was previously with the lab group there. He is from Kansas City, Missouri.
Contact
Office: Doherty Bldg. Room 110A
email: young_c@tamu.edu
phone (816) 835-5034
Hanif Zargarnezhad
Hanif is a PhD student working on multiphase simulations of dust processing and hydrodynamics in planetary nebulae. His current project is to simulate dust and gas behavior effected by radiation pressure and stellar pulsation in real length scale.
Hanif holds his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering in university of Chamran, Ahwaz, and his Master in Mechanical Engineering from Rajaie teacher training university in Tehran, Iran. He is from Iran, Tehran.
Contact
Office: Doherty Bldg. Room 110A
email: hanif@tamu.edu
phone (573) 529-2321