Nathan Strasser

Aerospace engineer

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@iamDrAli0 @sentientspeck @DrChrisCombs If you'd like a copy of the paper and can't access it, feel free to shoot me an email! [email protected]

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My first conference paper as a contributing author is out! We (@sentientspeck, @DrChrisCombs) investigated surface temperature distributions on a vehicle model in a Mach 7.2 flow using temperature-sensitive paint, focusing on two different angles of attack, 0° and 5°.

Check it out here: https://t.co/y2UlhGyrsl

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@sentientspeck @DrChrisCombs We compliment this study with the use of Schlieren images to help visualize many of the flow features that would otherwise be invisible. The first image highlights the leading-edge oblique shock clearly, while the second highlights the growing boundary layer.

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@sentientspeck @DrChrisCombs Hypersonic vehicles are known to experience extreme temperatures and pressures due to shock waves. A key observation here is that the heat transfer is higher when the AoA is increased due to the formation of a stronger shock.

[Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) @DrChrisCombs]

HYPERSONIC CYBERTRUCK

Over the break some of my students put a (scale) Tesla Cybertruck in our Mach 7 wind tunnel @UTSA

This video is “schlieren” visualization that shows the shock waves (white lines) and other flow structures

Put one on a Falcon 9 now @elonmusk? $TSLA

[Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) @DrChrisCombs]

🚨I’M HIRING ANOTHER PHD STUDENT🚨

Targeted position to work on @NSF hypersonic jet in crossflow experiments starting Jan. 2024

If you’re interested, please email me your CV/resume (w GPA and/or GRE if possible) by July 25 for full consideration

Please RT! More info below

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Update: okay so my dream path just fell right into my hands at the last moment.

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I’m graduating in a few weeks as a chem major and math minor. I trying everything I can to not to go to the chemistry master’s program and be ever confined to a biotech or pharma lab the rest of my life.

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Had to get some graduation pictures with the blood moon

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Should I try to learn to code with @freeCodeCamp or learn spanish with @duolingo?

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@ImJasonDunn Are you looking for any entry level interns?

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Oh yeah, this tweet was inspired by me having no idea what to do after I graduate.

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School isn’t too difficult; the professors give you a road map of how to succeed. When it comes to life with no road map, there’ll be more difficulties but also more potential.

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Second summer of internship completed. Now to start applying for real jobs

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@radishesonmars Advice for someone graduating with a B.S. in chemistry, minor in Mathematics in May?

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My parents just moved out of North Carolina, so at some point I saw many of my Greensboro friends for the last time and didn’t even know it.

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Unless you are the one doing the service then it’s just (cost of time)

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When you buy a product you are paying the addititive cost of all the services used to make it.

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For example, a phone. To make the phone someone needed to assemble the parts. To make the parts (ie. the battery) someone needed to mine the metals. To run the equipment needed for mining someone needed to mine the oil. The price can be traced back to (Cost of services)+(margin)

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I read today about Airbnb so I’ll use it as an example. All the technology was already there; houses, phones, internet. It was just putting it all together and no one even thought of it. Even more broadly though- the ability to communicate with a device that fits in a pocket.

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A lot of the past innovations seem obvious in hindsight. The difficult part is finding these innovations that will seem obvious in hindsight.