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Michael was a Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science department at Duke University. Under the advisement of Dr. Earl Dowell, Michael worked on researching the nonlinear dynamics of turbulent fluid flows. Since beginning his study at Duke in 2016, his work was funded through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP).
Michael received his B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering with a minor in philosophy from Clarkson University in 2016 and his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University in 2017. While at Clarkson, Michael interned at GE Aviation for one semester and NASA Langley Research Center for one summer. His work at GE involved low-cycle fatigue analyses of critical rotating parts in long-haul engine cycles. While at Langley, Michael worked on the implementation of a detached-eddy simulation analytical framework for the Space Launch System at liftoff. His research at Clarkson, which culminated in his Honors Thesis, involved the development of a novel nonplanar wing design strategy inspired by the cambered wings of cruising birds like the albatross.
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Michael was a Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science department at Duke University. Under the advisement of Dr. Earl Dowell, Michael worked on researching the nonlinear dynamics of turbulent fluid flows. Since beginning his study at Duke in 2016, his work was funded through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP).
Michael received his B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering with a minor in philosophy from Clarkson University in 2016 and his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University in 2017. While at Clarkson, Michael interned at GE Aviation for one semester and NASA Langley Research Center for one summer. His work at GE involved low-cycle fatigue analyses of critical rotating parts in long-haul engine cycles. While at Langley, Michael worked on the implementation of a detached-eddy simulation analytical framework for the Space Launch System at liftoff. His research at Clarkson, which culminated in his Honors Thesis, involved the development of a novel nonplanar wing design strategy inspired by the cambered wings of cruising birds like the albatross.