Kimberley Mac Donald

PhD Student in #MechanicalEngineering @Caltech studying heterogeneous #FractureMechanics and digital image correlation methods

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

My awesome friend is setting out on this trip tonight!!!

[NASA @NASA]

A research team from @NASAEarth, @NSF_GEO + more are about to set sail to the northeastern Pacific Ocean with advanced robotics and other instruments, heading into the ocean’s twilight zone to probe the ocean’s smallest organisms for climate answers. More: https://t.co/4qdOnQlmAE

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And we are back in business! Volmetric image analysis gets HUGE fast. #ImageCorrelation

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Oops... I think I just used my whole RAM. Hopefully my images still process. #DigitalImageCorrelation

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"Phenomenological" is such a satisfyingly wonderful word! Greek root word for "Phenomenon" refers to the verbs "appear" and "show" #writing

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

Bit late but here is a partial #SolarEclipse2017 photo I took during the peak. The reflected image was an unexpected treat!

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Trying to wrap my head around #Matlab matrix coordinates vs. physical coordinates. At least it seems to follow a right hand rule!

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Older video but still super cool! Slug slime is a #LiquidCrystal !?! The #mechanics of this are really neat: https://t.co/fO8rfTawo2

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

As someone who uses bicycles for transportation I have to admit it never occured to me that self-driving cars might not predict my motion https://t.co/qfqnxef1WE

[NPR @NPR]

One reason autonomous cars could be good for cyclists: "they don't get angry, they don't have road rage." https://t.co/YnhevA7M0e

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

12+ hours later and almost all my RAM used at one point: Well that's not right! That big cloud of blue to the right should not be there...

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

Not even 10am yet and I'm already using almost 40 Gigs of RAM! And now to wait since this volume correlation code takes 6+ hours to run...

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

@Caltech This artichoke flower looks like a massive thistle flower!

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

First Society of #ExperimentalMechanics (SEM) #conference presentation done!

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

@3M has some pretty awesome retroreflective road signs! #Science for #transportation #safety https://t.co/DaKG5dFndH

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Hmm... I'll have to take a look at this! If I were not studying #Engineering I would want to study #Archaeology aka #HistoryOfEngineering https://t.co/zIWTIzVT93

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

Rainy winter -> pretty cactus flowers in one of the #CommunityGardens @Caltech

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

This is a very thoughtful point. I'm not sure what to say except if any veterans want to share their stories, don't be afraid! #MemorialDay https://t.co/TOMwDaysoi

[NPR @NPR]

Memorial Day is not the same as Veterans Day. https://t.co/EOWSwt692v

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

The squirrels decided raw eggplants would make a great snack... good thing I have more than I know what to do with! #CommunityGarden

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

Someone grew some beautiful artichokes in one of our #CommunityGardens @Caltech !

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

Apparently there are only 2 weeks of classes left in the term... Where, oh where did the time go!

[Kimberley Mac Donald @MechKimberley]

Grateful for my @NSFGRFP fellowship and other government sourced funding that allows me to do the research I do! #NSFbday #FundScience! https://t.co/wWsduCu2Me

[U.S. National Science Foundation @NSF]

Today is a great day! Today, we celebrate 67 years of funding groundbreaking science and engineering. 🎂🎉 To many more!! #NSFbday