Research group
Questions
[1] If you have a chance to travel around the world, which place would be your first choice?[2] What is your favorite movie?
[3] What is your favorite restaurant in LA?
[4] If you were a superhero, what power would you have?
[5] What is your favorite car?
Head of the Group
Veronica Eliasson
Assistant Professor
Office: RRB 220
Lab: RRB 107
[1] The base camp of Mount Everest
[2] V for Vendetta
[3] Daisy Mint
[4] Super strong
[5] Mustang 1966, V8, 289, C4...!
Graduate students
Daniel Gally
[PhD Student]
Project: Blast wave induced brain damage
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Barcelona
[2] Terminator II
[3] Haven't found it yet, but I love the Calbi truck
[4] Super speed
[5] Ariel Atom 500
Chuanxi Wang
[PhD Candidate]
Project: Converging shocks in water
Lab: RRB 107
[1] UK
[2] Big fish
[3] Yunnan Garden (No wonder, Chinese food....)
[4] Teleportation
[5] Jeep...
Gauri Khanolkar
[PhD Student]
Project: Shock testing of bulk metallic glasses.
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Mt. Kailash - Lake Mansarovar, Tibet
[2] The Sound of Music
[3] Yi Ssi Hwa Ro (Korean BBQ)
[4] Teleportation
[5] Honda City
Orlando Delpino Gonzáles
[Graduate student]
Project: TBD
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Brazil
[2] Good Will Hunting
[3] Still looking, but I like Rock and Fish
[4] Definitely teleportation
[5] BMW series 3
Master students
Sayeed Ahmed
[USC Master Student. Directed Research.]
Project: UNDEX, Design of high-pressure underwater shock sensors
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Italy
[2] The Empire Strikes Back
[3] Alegria on Sunset Blvd--the best mexican food EVER
[4] Telepathy
[5] BMW M3/M5
Kaushik Balasubramanian
[USC Master Student. Directed Research.]
Project: Converging shocks in air.
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Greece
[2] The Shawshank Redemption
[3] The search is still on!
[4] Omnipotence
[5] Bugatti Veyron
Prithachakaran Renganathan
[USC Master Student. Directed Research.]
Project: Hydro Shock tube design.
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Paris, France
[2] The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
[3] Still hunting
[4] Telekinesis
[5] Lamborghini
Undergraduate students
Felipe Figueroa
Project: Shock propagation in a hydro shock tube, design of gas gun
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Alaska
[2] The Matrix
[3] Genove's (Small Italian Restaurant in Alhambra)
[4] Invisible
[5] Toyota Supra or Subaru WRX STI
Catherina Ticksay
Project: Crack propagation
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Japan
[2] Ferris Bueller's Day Off
[3] Palm's Thai Restaurant
[4] Generate force fields
[5] Lexus IS 350
Previous students
Brennan Barker
[USC Master Student. In our group fall 2010]
Project: Shock focusing
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Australia
[2] Full Metal Jacket
[3] Wurstküche
[4] Flight
[5] Tesla Roadster
James Tamashiro
[USC Master Student. In our group fall 2009-spring 2010]
Project: Shock focusing in fiber composite structures
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Hawaii
[2] Top Gun
[3] Curry House
[4] Flight
[5] The 1985 Toyota 4x4 from Back to the Future.
Kevin Brashear
[USC Master Student. In our group spring & fall 2010 and spring 2011]
Project: Shock propagation in a hydro shock tube
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Japan
[2] Back to the Future
[3] Izzy's Deli
[4] Time Travel
[5] Mini Cooper
Sahil Kabra
[USC Master Student. In our group spring 2010]
Project: Shock focusing [Directed Research]
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Top of Mount K2
[2] Topgun
[3] Still looking!!!
[4] Invincibility or a really cool spaceship
[5] Confused between Lamborghini Murcielago and Rolls Royce Ghost
Martina Troesch
[USC Master Student. In our group summer & fall 2010 and spring 2011]
Project: Shock propagation in a hydro shock tube
Lab: RRB 107
[1] New Zealand
[2] The Boondock Saints
[3] Fogo de Chao
[4] Mind-reading
[5] I like motorcycles. Can I put down a motorcycle? Anything made by Ducati. But if I must pick a car, the VW Beetle.
Louie Sloss
[USC Undergraduate Student. In our group spring 2010]
Project: Quantitative Color Schlieren [Directed research]
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Tokyo
[2] The Truman Show
[3] PMendocino Farms
[4] Clairvoyance
[5] Jaguar C-X75
Haitham Cheaib
[Visiting Student from The American University of Beirut, summer/fall 2010.]
Project: Shock focusing in "giant" cells
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Grenoble, France
[2] Lord of the Rings (3 parts)
[3] Bubba Gump Shrimp
[4] Invisibility and walking through walls
[5] My 2004 Toyota Corolla
Lydia Froemelt
[USC undergraduate student. In our group spring 2010]
Project: Blast wave induced brain damage
Lab: RRB 107
[1] Thailand
[2] About A Boy
[3] Panevinola
[4] The power to fly
[5] VW MiniBus