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“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor in Hypersonics and Scientific Computing
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Arturo Rodriguez
- Ph.D. Graduate in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at El Paso- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (NSF GRFP Fellow)- U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Fellow (DOE NNSA NGFP Fellow)EDUCATION
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, UTEP, El Paso, TX (Fall 2024)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, UTEP, El Paso, TX (Spring 2020)
Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Hypersonics, Boundary-Layer Transition, and Scientific Computing
CV, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, Email: arturo.rodriguez@tamuk.edu
Graduate Research Assistants
Avinash Potluri, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, TAMUK
Finite Differences and Shock Waves
Gopishwar Sharma Palepu, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, TAMUK
Deep Learning
Katrina I. Sanchez, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, TAMUK
Aeroacoustics
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Andrew R. Ybarra, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TAMUK
Robotics
Noah L. Estrada, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, TAMUK
Verification and Validation of C-D Nozzles
Chelsea M. Caballero, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, TAMUK
Dow Undergraduate Research Scholar
Aeroacoustics
High School Researchers
Vyom Kumar
Computer Vision and Image Processing
Aryan Singh
Computational Fluid Dynamics for Biological Flows
Laila Ali
Optimization
Benay Ozcelik
Computational Fluid Dynamics for Biological Flows
Alumni
Alan M. Hernandez, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, TAMUK
Hypersonics and Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Fall 2025
Taylor N. Garcia, B.S. in Computer Science, TAMUK
High-Performance Computing and Small Language Models
Fall 2025
David L. Heinsler, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, TAMUK
Robotics
Fall 2025
Kate Reza, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UTEP, Grad Date: Dec 2026
Heat Transfer and Finite Differences
Rene D. Reza, B.S. in Computer Science, UTEP, Grad Date: Dec 2027
Phase Field Modeling and Finite Differences
Marc A. Cantu, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, TAMUK, Grad Date: Dec 2025
Propulsion
Collaborators
Prof. Vinod Kumar | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Prof. Selahattin Ozcelik | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Prof. Xue Yang | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Prof. Jose Espiritu | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Prof. Hua Li | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Mariee F. Cruz Mendoza | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Dr. Vineeth Vijaya Kumar | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Dr. Mohamed G. Elkhateeb | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Prof. Francisco O. Aguirre Ortega | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Prof. Marietta D. Saenz | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Prof. Venugopal Mendu | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Prof. Nuri Yilmazer | Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Prof. George Em Karniadakis | Brown University
Prof. Jorge A. Munoz | The University of Texas at El Paso
Prof. Omar Cedillos Barraza | The University of Texas at El Paso
Prof. Beverley Argus-Calvo | The University of Texas at El Paso
Jesus F. De Haro | The University of Texas at El Paso
Prof. Pablo Rangel | Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi
Prof. Jose Baca | Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi
Prof. Debjyoti Banerjee | Texas A&M University at College Station
Prof. Romit Maulik | Pennsylvania State University
Prof. Ashesh Chattopadhyay | University of California at Santa Cruz
Dr. Christopher Harris | DeepVein Inc
Payal Helambe | Cranfield University
Laura Sandoval | California State University, Long Beach
Jon Binner | University of Birmingham
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