Arturo Rodriguez

Arturo Rodriguez‪University of Texas at El Paso‬ - ‪‪Cited by 118‬‬ - ‪Fluid Mechanics‬ - ‪Numerical Simulation‬ - ‪Turbulence‬ - ‪Artificial Intelligence‬ - ‪Scientific Computing‬

Arturo Rodriguez

- Ph.D. Candidate 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 (Expected: Fall 2024)

Advisor: Prof. Vinod Kumar

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, UTEP, El Paso, TX (Spring 2020)

Summa Cum Laude, Honors Degree
Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Simulation, Turbulence, Artificial Intelligence, and Scientific Computing

Experience

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) | Researcher | Scientific Machine Learning Department | Partition of Unity Physics-Informed Neural Networks (POU-PINNs) | SNL Mentors: Drs. Mauro Perego and Jonas Actor | UPENN Mentor: Prof. Nat Trask | Aug 2023 - Oct 2023
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) | Visiting Researcher | Computational Mathematics Department | Partition of Unity Physics-informed Neural Networks (POU-PINNs) | Mentors: Drs. Nat Trask, Mauro Perego, and Jonas Actor | May 2023 - Aug 2023
Purdue University (Purdue) | Joint Project Researcher | School of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Computational Hypersonic Boundary-layer Transition on Blunt Ogives | Mentor: Prof. Steven P. Schneider | Feb 2022 - Sept 2023
Air Force Research Laboratory, Holloman High-Speed Test Track (AFRL-HHSTT) | Joint Project | Project Management | Program Manager Mentor: Jinhee F. Byun | March 2022 - Sept 2023
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) | Research Assistant | Advanced Modeling and Simulation Research Laboratory | Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence, Artificial Intelligence, and High-Performance Computing | UTEP Mentors: Vinod Kumar, V M Krushnarao Kotteda, Jorge A. Munoz and Ashesh Chattopadhyay | Imperial College Mentor: Christopher Harris | May 2015 - Sept 2023
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) | Consultant | Oscillating Heat Pipes, Computational Analysis, and Theory | POCs: Cesar Diaz-Caraveo (UTEP), Drs. Takuro Daimaru (NASA JPL) and Scott N. Roberts (NASA JPL) | October 2022 - May 2023
U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Headquarters (DOE NNSA HQs) | DOE NNSA NGFP Fellow | Facilities Studies and Management | Mentor: Andrew P. Trotta, P.E. | June 2021 - June 2022
Air Force Research Laboratory - Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (AFRL - AMOS) | AFRL Scholar | Solving approximations of Maxwell's Equations coupled with Turbulence Intermittency Effects | Mentor: Dr. Venkata S.R. Gudimetla | January 2021 - April 2021
Brown University (Brown) | Research Collaborator | Division of Applied Mathematics | Learning Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) | Mentor: Prof. George Em Karniadakis | Sept 2020 - Feb 2021
California State University, Northridge (CSUN) | Research Collaborator| Department of Mechanical Engineering | Aerodynamics at Low Reynolds numbers using XFOIL and in-house pre and post-processing code for XFOIL developed by me | Mentor: Dr. Hamid Johari | Sept 2020 - Jan 2021
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) | Undergraduate Research & Development Intern | Aerosciences Department | Validation and Verification, Ablation, Mesh Generation, Aerodynamics, Compressible Flows, Re-Entry, and Aero-Thermal Analysis | Mentor: Dr. Paul M. Delgado | May 2020 - Aug 2020
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) | Technical Aide |Oceanic, Atmospheric, and Remote Sensing Sciences Group | Propulsion, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Simulation Post-Processing, Overlapping Meshing, Fast Fourier Transform, and Mode Decomposition | Mentor: Dr. Jay H. Phelps | May 2019 - Aug 2019
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) | Undergraduate Research & Development Intern | Fire Science and Technology Department | Computational Fluid Dynamics Coding, Plume Combustion, Urban Contaminant Dispersion, Mesh Convergence, Post-Processing, and Validation | Mentors: Drs. Alexander L. Brown and John C. Hewson | May 2018 - Aug 2018
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) | High School SIEMENS Researcher | Department of Civil Engineering | Time Domain Retroreflector (TDR) Method for Soil Permittivity and Soil Grain Distribution using Sieve Analysis | Mentors: Drs. Xinbao Yu, Nan Zhang, and Asheesh Pradhan | Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

Honors & Awards

AJKFED 2023 - Computational Fluid Dynamics Session Chair (Selected)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP Fellow)
The U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NNSA NGFP Fellow)
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Performance Award
Houston Endowment Scholarship
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics UTEP Alumni Employees Endowed Scholarship in Engineering
AFOSR/UTEP Research Assistantship
UTEP MERITUS Research Program Scholarship / Assistantship
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Scholarship
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges
The Boeing Company Scholarship

Sandia science and technology researchers to mentor minority students ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A government-funded consortium offering science and technology learning opportunities to student minorities aims to, over time, equalize workforce demographics

About

Arturo Rodriguez

Ph.D. Student

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

University of Texas at El Paso

UTEP Students, Alumni Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

UTEP students and alumni awarded Science Foundation Graduate FellowshipFour students and two alumni from The University of Texas at El Paso were awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The competitive program provides funds for individuals who pursue master’s and doctoral degrees in NSF- supported STEM disciplines. John Wiebe, UTEP Provost says, “These have competed with the best in the nation for this highly prestigious prize.

Coordinates

Advanced Modeling and Simulation Research Laboratory, UT El Paso

Interdisciplinary Research Building

910 W University Ave, El Paso, TX 79902

Labs mentor program engages minority students, aims to attract STEM hiresThe Rio Grande Consortium for Advanced Research on Exascale Simulation, known as Grande CARES, offers science and technology learning to student minorities.