Responsibilities include:

• Assess the applicability of stability theories for the cut-cell method being developed at LANL.
• Perform optimization procedures and obtain a novel set of higher-order, stable cut-cell stencils for solving the Navier-Stokes equation.
• Performing Large scale optimization runs using high-performance computing resources.

Responsibilities include:

• Researching and developing novel computational models to increase simulation fidelity for multi-phase flows while keeping the computational cost low.
• Investigating the role of particle modulation within turbulent flows using cases such as the particle-laden channel flow.
• Performing Large scale simulations of CFD codes using the MPI and OpenMP framework within a supercomputing environment.
• Generating novel visualization techniques using tools within a virtual reality environment to picture flows like never before, as computational resources and visualization tools have increased.

Responsibilities include:

• Performing comparative studies between the Immersed boundary method and the cut-cell approach for multi-phase flows using canonical test cases.
• Running supercomputing simulations using both approaches and performing error analysis for solution verification.
• Performing optimization processes on the cut-cell approach to obtain higher order accuracy.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading a team of 10 students, to design and manufacture a liquid-liquid propulstion system.
• Completing my personal honors research thesis by researching and developing an efficient co-axial swirl injector for rocket combustion chambers and validating using high speed optical imaging techniques.
• Utilizing computational fluid analysis to efficiently design piping fixtures leading from pressurized chambers to the engine for combustion.
• Performing thermal analysis on the combustion chamber and nozzle analysis for optimum design safety factors and maximum performance.

Responsibilities include:

• Holding recitation and office hours to teach Solidworkds to a class of undergraduate students majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering.
• Grading homework and projects for all sections of the class.
• Giving lectures on certain topics within solidworks to students.