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Congratulations to the 2023 graduates:

Dr. Alton Huthinson, 2023, Aerospace, Adv., Bowersox, Position: Pending.

Dr. Bryan Morreale, 2023, Aerospace, Adv., Bowersox, Position: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA.

Dr. Jack Shine  2023, Aerospace, Adv., Bowersox, Position: TAMU Bush Combat Development Center, Bryan TX.

Dr. Kate Melone, 2023, Aerospace, Adv., Bowersox, Position: NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX.

Dr. Tyler Dean, 2023, Aerospace, Adv., Bowersox, Position: Raytheon., Tucson AZ.

Dr. John Wirth (1LTAF), 2023, Aerospace, Adv., Bowersox, Position: US Air Force.

2Lt AF. John (Rocky) Pallotta, 2023, Aerospace, Adv. Bowersox, Position: US Air Force.

Mr. Caleb Bryan, 2023, Aerospace, Adv. Bowersox, Position: Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM

 

The NAHL welcomes Col. Bret VanPoppel, PhD as visiting professor on a 1-year sabbatical in Aerospace Engineering.

Col. Bret VanPoppel: Visiting Professor, Department Head of Civil and Mechanical Engineering.

Drs. Bowersox, Reed and White, with a team of students (Heather Kostak, Bryan Morreale, Daniel Mullen, Eric Swinny, and John Wirth,) served as the lead for the science mission for the Boundary layer Turbulence (BOLT II) In Memory of Mike Holden flight test. The flight successfully took place on March 21, 2022. The results will be described during a series of special sessions as part of the AIAA SCITECH 2023 Conference.

 

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Congratulations to the NAL 2021 Graduates: Dr. Heather Kostak and Dr. Casey Broslawski. We wish them the very best in their future endeavors.

Congratulations to the NAL 2021 Graduates: Dr. Farhan Siddiqui (PhD Aerospace), Dr. Zachary Buen (PhD Chemistry), 2Lt AF John Wirth (MS Aerospace), Mr. Eric Swinny (MS Aerospace), Ms. McKenna Roberts (MS Aerospace), and Mr. Trevor Blair (MS Aerospace). We wish them the very best in their future endeavors.

Congratulations to Drs. Andrew Leidy, Ian Neel, and Brianne McManamen. We wish them the best of luck in their new positions at NASA Langley and AEDC Tunnel 9.

Heather Kostak completed an internship this summer with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Her project centered on the AFOSR sponsored Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) Flight Test Project. As part of the project, she worked on wind tunnel experiments at NASA Langley Research Center, Purdue University, and Texas A&M University. For more information see the APL Press Release.

Part of the team of APL staff members and interns working on BOLT, from left to right: Dennis Berridge (APL), Brad Wheaton (APL), Heather Kostak (Texas A&M), Greg McKiernan (Purdue University) and John Thome (University of Minnesota).

Credit: APL

PhD student Brianne McManamen and Ian Neel completed a 1-month study abroad at the University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia. They were hosted by Professor Richard Morgan to gain experience with hypervelocity wind tunnel testing. 

NAL PhD Candidates Ian Neel, Andrew Leidy, and Casey Broslawski have been selected for Pathway Internships at NASA Langley Research Center (https://www.nasa.gov/langley), which can lead to permanent employment.  

Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Heather Wilson, Major General Cooley, and Dr. Ivett Leyva (AFOSR) tour the National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory as part of an Air Force 2030 initiative (https://afresearchlab.com).