Research Projects
Research Portfolio
Research and course projects in stellar evolution, numerical fluid dynamics, and computational physics.
Featured Research
Progenitors of Magnetars and Core-collapse Supernovae in Binary Systems
NSTC-supported MESA study of how mass transfer and post-common-envelope tidal spin-up change core rotation before collapse.
Core-collapse Supernova Progenitors from Binary Systems
Compared MESA models with different binary mass ratios and examined their pre-collapse structures. Awarded Best Presentation at the NCTS-TCA Summer Student Program.
Coursework & Independent Projects
Modeling and Analysis of KHI & RTI Fluid Phenomena
Numerical study of Kelvin-Helmholtz and Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities using a 2D Euler solver with HLLC fluxes and CFL-based time steps.
2D N-Body Thermodynamics Simulation
Exploring ideal-gas behavior and compression through particle trajectories and numerical analysis.
Solar System & Halley's Comet 3D Orbit Simulation
Python visualization of approximate 3D orbits for the eight planets and Halley's Comet, with sampled positions and planet-to-planet distance lookups.