first void collapse papers out
Our collaborator, Arianna Gleason (SLAC), has been leading a campaign on ultrafast imaging of the collapse of small voids. Small voids are found as material defects in ablator layer of…
Jessica is awarded NSF CAREER
This was actually awarded in December 2021, but the University press release is officially out! We are excited to continue working on reduced-order model development to simulate coupling between the…
Nitish wins a Horton Fellowship
The Frank J. Horton Graduate Research Fellowships are awarded to U of R students whose research supports the program at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE). Nitish has been working…
congratulations to our graduating seniors
A fond farewell and best wishes to our seniors, Umar, Savannah, and Charles, as they take on the next stage of their careers! Umar and Charles are heading to gainful…
scholarships and fellowships
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Amidst the COVID crisis, we have some good news — Caroline Cardinale ’20, who has been with our lab group for a while, won…
opening in bluff-body flows
Seeking a motivated undergraduate or graduate student to conduct research in bluff body flows at low to moderate Reynolds number. Experience with machining and fabrication strongly preferred; experience with particle…
Jeong-Hyun to join Seoultech
Jeong-Hyun was a postdoc in our group and recently accepted a faculty position at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, aka Seoultech. I can’t think of anyone who deserves…
LBS shot kickoff
Yesterday we kicked off XPIV platform development on OMEGA-EP with Laboratory for Basic Science (LBS) experiments headed by Arianna Gleason (SLAC) and Danae Polsin (LLE). It was a long day…
comings and goings
Summer brings changes. Congratulations to Deok-Hoon, Jack, and Leo on graduating from our Mechanical Engineering program! Deok-Hoon and Leo will be joining PhD programs at UC-Santa Barbara and University of…