I went into Aeronautics because I have always been fascinated by airplanes and spacecraft.  My undergraduate school, Renssealaer Polytechnic Institute, had a top notch program in Aeronautics that allowed me to not only take courses from excellent professors, but also to do graduate-level research as an undergraduate.  That experience prepared me for going to Caltech, which is my favorite place in the world.  As a graduate student at Caltech, I was able to do so many things, including befriending the smartest people I have ever known, finding myself as a person, starting a web business, and finally, doing excellent research that I can be proud of to this day.  

Research Papers and Publications

On the two-dimensional stability of the axisymmetric Burgers vortex303.74 KB Physics of Fluids, v7 (7) : pp1788-1790 (July 1995)

Structure and stability of non-symmetric Burgers vortices1.89 MB Journal of Fluid Mechanics, v363 : pp199-228 (25 May 1998)

Stability and Structure of Stretched Vortices2.61 MB Caltech Thesis (January 1997)

My master's work was on the aerodynamic stability of the F117A stealth fighter.