Michael Hargather

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico Tech

[Michael Hargather @mjhargather]

PhD Candidate Kyle Winter will be defending his PhD Dissertation today!

He has investigated "Irregular reflections of unsteady shock waves" where he has explored the evolution of complex shock wave structures like Mach stems that form in explosions above a reflecting surface.

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High speed shadowgraphy of sphere sabot-launched from 0.55” caliber gun system

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Projectile testing doesn’t always go the way you plan! A schlieren image of a tumbling 0.22” bullet. Tumbling because of too tight of a sabot fit. Traveling about Mach 2. https://t.co/YNeilGRJM4

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First PhD defended successfully today! Frank Austin Mier, the first PhD graduate from @newmexicotech Mechanical Engineering!

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A new publication by my PhD student Kyle Winter in three dimensional shock wave tracking https://t.co/0xhylikapV

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News article about our ⁦@newmexicotech⁩ student rocket launch https://t.co/EjDXAQoEZO

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A great launch by @newmexicotech rocket design team! About 23k feet apogee. Launched from Spaceport America.

[Dr. Bala Chaudhary @BalaChaudhary]

First lab meeting for the quarter and we tried something new: I asked my UG students: "What does it take to be a successful researcher? i.e. What do you want to learn?" Here's what they said:

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New combustion gun is operational! 0.25-inch steel cubes to >1280 m/s (4200 ft/s).

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Looks like I will have to update my Thermodynamics teaching notes next semester! https://t.co/KSLY6GxUca via @engadget

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Intelligent Energetic Systems Engineering (INTENSE) REU @newmexicotech is sponsored by NSF and will begin accepting applications Dec 1 https://t.co/ZIi9d7uUaZ

[Photron @Photron_HSV]

A review of recent developments in schlieren and shadowgraph techniques
https://t.co/Z7PAygImDw

[Sandia National Labs @SandiaLabs]

Using synthetic schlieren #photography and a 120-ft long blast tube, Sandia scientists are capturing images of shock waves to better understand their effects https://t.co/Es8PZxPCW9 #physics

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Good morning from the @newmexicotech @NMTech_Pres President’s Golf Tournament

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A thunderstorm is rumbling and M Mountain currently looks like a volcano!

[Megs H. @megsylhydrazine]

Captured the #bowshock of @blueorigin #NewShepard’s supersonic re-entry 🚀 ICYMI here’s the recap of the in-flight escape test: https://t.co/OzjZFia8pO and the full webcast: https://t.co/xAP3X3ITnm #M9

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

Scott Kelly writes that he was a terrible student with attention problems. Then he read Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" and his path in life became clear: join the Navy, become a pilot and rocket into space as an astronaut. https://t.co/FE1x37SrkM

[SPACE.com @SPACEdotcom]

Watch a Student-Built Rocket Go Supersonic! https://t.co/4Cgup9gu0M

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Another article about awesome @newmexicotech students! Watch a Student-Built Rocket Go Supersonic! https://t.co/S5JG7YaMA9 via @SPACEdotcom