Derrick is a senior at Duke who is from Peru and grew up in Miami. He is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with minors in Math and Physics. Outside of school, Derrick likes to play sports and explore nature.
Research Interests
Derrick conducts research in the field of transonic buffet. He generates airfoils with different geometries and then uses Computational Fluid Dynamics to explore the effect of airfoil geometry on transonic buffet. Derrick has been in Dr. Dowell's research group since Summer 2023.