About me: I am currently a PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering Program in the Mechanical Engineering Department here at Texas A&M University.
Interests: The application of computational methods to evaluate complex data sets for simulation initialization and to develop holistic materials science and engineering focused models; use atomistic scale information to tailor continuum level phase-field-models to timely and accurately simulate microstructural evolution for a given system, that can in-turn be used to drive experimental research and process and design cycles.
Education:
2009 • MS in Applied Mathematics
Naval Postgraduate School, (Monterey, CA)
Title of Thesis: Impacts of Sigma Coordinates on the Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations using Continuous
Galerkin Methods
Advisor: Francis X. Giraldo
2009 • MS in Numerical Weather Prediction
Naval Postgraduate School, (Monterey, CA)
Title of Thesis: Impacts of Sigma Coordinates on the Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations using Continuous Galerkin Methods
Advisor: Tony Eckel
2003 • BS in Materials Sciences
United States Air Force Academy, (Colorado Springs, CO)
1999 • USAF Academy Preparatory School
United States Air Force Academy, (Colorado Springs, CO)
Current Research Areas:
Multi-scale Modeling:
– Evolution of U-Zr Metallic Nuclear Fuels
Phase Field Modeling
– Transient Liquid Phase Lead Free Soldering
– Microelasticity
First Principle Calculations:
– Ni-Ti-X based Shape Memory Alloys
Parallel Algorithm Design:
– Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) Algorithms
– Genetic Algorithms