Sometime in late 2021, my neglected beloved website was unscrupulously stricken from the face of the internet by my very dodgy, cut-rate [former] web hosting service. Amazingly, I didn’t notice for almost a year. In my defense, I was busy – I was planning my wedding, getting married, finishing up Read more…
I am pleased to be presenting this poster on my current research at Purdue University’s Hypersonics 2.0 Summit. If you are interested in learning more, check out my latest paper (from AIAA’s Aviation conference): Effects of Freestream Acoustic Disturbances on Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability
This spring, I elected to participate in Purdue’s Three Minute Thesis competition. The Three Minute Thesis concept originated in Australia, but competitions are held around the world; as someone who places immense value on effective science communication, I’ve always wanted to participate. This year, I’m glad to say that I Read more…
Earlier this month I concluded a short work rotation at NASA Glenn as part of my participation in the Pathways internship program. Of course, thanks to COVID-19, I wasn’t actually at NASA Glenn; I worked from my home here at Purdue – NASA Purdue, so to speak. My task for Read more…
As always, it is hard to believe just how resolutely time continues its unsporting march towards oblivion, but it appears that I have been back in the United States for exactly a month. As such, it seems high time for me to review my experiences working at the von Karman Read more…
A few weeks ago (or is it a few months? It’s hard to tell when you’ve been working at home under lockdown), I concluded an outreach and engagement project I led last year – designing, building, and launching a high-altitude balloon payload with a group of local high-schoolers. In truth, Read more…
When I arrived in Belgium about two months ago, I scarcely could have imagined the tumultuous events that have since transpired – the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have cast a spell over the entire world, and it has certainly been an interesting and highly unusual time to be living abroad. Read more…
I’m delighted to announce that next week, I will begin working at the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Belgium as a short-term research fellow! Over the past few months, my doctoral advisor and I have worked with the VKI faculty to arrange a position for me that will Read more…
I’ve been very lax on the updates recently (‘recently’ meaning… the last 7 months, apparently) but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention a few highlights from the tail end of 2019. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 – here at Purdue, the alma mater of Neil Armstrong, Read more…
It’s been a busy year so far here at Purdue’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as 2019 marks not only the 150th anniversary of our university but also the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing (and the Apollo 12 moon landing, for that matter, though nobody seems to Read more…