Austin Younger from Rochester Institute of Technology worked with Dr Kevin Nolan from the UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering on a project that analysed rocket engine nozzle flow via a 2 mirror schlieren assembly.
The primary goal of this research was to employ the use of a schlieren machine to image and catalogue supersonic flow patterns of pocket engine nozzles, while using pressurized air as the fluid medium.
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Bennett Schmitt from the University of Notre Dame worked with Dr Veronica Sofianos from the UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering on a project to Catalyze a Green Hydrogen Future: Investigating Iron-Nickel Borides as Nanocatalysts for Water Electrolysis. His work investigates the synthesis and characterization of iron nickel borides and explores their capacity as electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions in green hydrogen production.
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Eric Seng from Duke University worked with Dr Anton van Beek from the UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering on a project Using Generative AI Models to Design Novel Shapes.
In order to optimize the design of complex shapes, there can be a larger number of variables which can lead to difficult optimization problems. Simplifying to a smaller dimensional latent space can dramatically increase the efficiency of the optimization.