Focus: My research is concerned with highlighting the instabilities caused by the release of a high pressure fluid into a multiphase terrain. Using a specialized combination code of Rocflu and ppiclF, a program developed by Dr. Balachandar's group, simulations can be ran to display the resulting instabilities, which have applications related to hypersonic flight, volcanic eruptions, and spreading of particulate matter.

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Responsibilities: Within my research group, my research focused on simulating a 1 degree slice of a spherical body. The simulation is focused on exploring how these instabilities develop within such a small material section. With proper implemented effects of periodicity, these results can be applied to a wide range of particulate release problems.