Stephan is a first year graduate student from St. Louis, Missouri. He obtained his Bachelor’s of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri. Stephan is currently working on multiphase detonation experiments as a lead detonationist. He enjoys sports, an active lifestyle, and video games.
Stephan intends to get his Ph.D. and work at a national laboratory after graduation.
Contact
Office: Doherty Building (DRTY), Room 110A
Email: sagee@tamu.edu
Vasco O. Duke-Walker
Vasco Duke-Walker is a Ph.D. candidate 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 droplet break up and evaporation titled, ” Experiments on the breakup and evaporation of small droplets at high Weber number”
Vasco is from Panama. 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
Jacob M. Keltz
Contact
Office: Doherty Building (DRTY), Room 110A
Email: jacobkeltz@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, poorly cooking new dishes, and tinkering on his home server.
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
Contact
Office: James J. Cain ’51 Building (JCAIN), Room 426
Email: manojpdl@tamu.edu
Calvin Young
Calvin is a PhD student working on multi-phase detonation experiments. Current projects include investigating droplet breakup and reaction in the Multiphase Detonation Tube Facility and simulations of hypersonic shock-droplet interactions with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Interests include shock & detonations physics and laser-optical diagnostics. 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 candidate 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 received his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, and his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Tehran, Iran. He is from Tehran, Iran.
Contact
Office: James J. Cain ’51 Building (JCAIN), Room 426
email: hanif@tamu.edu