Amirhossein Omidi Soroor is a Ph.D. student in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He earned his M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering at Sharif University of Technology. His current research focuses on anechoic wave propagation in finite media.
William C Rogers
William C. Rogers is a Ph.D. student in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He earned his Bachelors and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville. His current research focuses on steering mechanical waves for wave-driven motion applications and structural dynamic testing.
Trevor Turner
Trevor Turner is the lab manager of the FAST Lab and a Ph.D. candidate in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University where he also obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. His current research focuses on multi-axis pyroshock testing using resonant plates and the design of a tunable resonant plate capable of accommodating a variety of shock spectra. This work is supported and funded by the Kansas City National Security Campus operated by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC.
Sarah Johnson
Sarah Johnson is a Ph.D. student in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering at Clemson University. She spent two years at Los Alamos National Laboratory working on environmental vibration testing as a post-baccalaureate student before starting graduate school at Texas A&M. Her current research focuses on characterizing nonlinear elastic materials like rocks and composites using resonance testing techniques. She aims to improve understanding of physical mechanics that lead to nonclassical nonlinear behavior in sandstone. Her work is funded by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Mennatallah Fawzy
Mennatallah Fawzy is a Ph.D. student in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She also earned her bachelor’s in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar. Her current research focuses on the manipulation of particles using ultrasonic vibrations in air, and its applications in additive manufacturing.
Walker Pierce
Walker Pierce is a Ph.D. student in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he also earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. His current research focuses on characterizing the feasibility of Direct Field Acoustic Testing (DFAT) for mission-relevant components and comparing these results with other environmental testing methods. He is currently funded by Los Alamos National Laboratory through the TALENT Program.
Nicholas Sandoval
Nicholas Sandoval is a Ph.D. student in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering at New Mexico State University. His current research is funded by Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Texas A&M University Nuclear Security Office, focusing on acoustic nondestructive testing (NDT) of additively manufactured lattice structures based on digital twins.
Joshua Bartlett
Joshua Bartlett is a Ph.D. student in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he also earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering. His current research, supported by Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Texas A&M University Nuclear Security Office, focuses on improving random vibration qualification testing by incorporating higher-order statistical characteristics to better account for non-Gaussian behavior in dynamic environments.
Blaine Byam
Blaine Byam is a Ph.D. student in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering at Trine University. He spent three years at Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division working on environmental qualification testing for maritime electronic warfare systems as a post-baccalaureate student before starting graduate school at Texas A&M. His planned research will focus on accelerated life testing and fatigue modeling of shock and random vibration. His work is funded by the DoW and Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division.