Joseph Heston is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame. In May 2020, he graduated cum laude from Gonzaga University. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering with minors in applied mathematics, mathematics, and physics.
In 2024, he received a Master of Science in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame in recognition of his work on deconvolution for the stress-wave force balance. His other research interests include hydrodynamic stability and transition to turbulence in hypersonic flows, specifically nonlinear stability theories (energy method and energy gradient theory). His present work involves development and applications of the stress-wave force balance technique in ground testing facilities for hypersonic systems development.
Recent publications can be found at my ResearchGate.
Education
M.S., University of Notre Dame, 2024
B.S., Gonzaga University, 2020
Research Interests
- Mach 10 Quiet Tunnel
- Dynamic Force Reconstruction
- Discrete Inverse Problems
- Waves in Viscoelastic Solids
- Hypersonic Stability Theory
- Jet in Hypersonic Crossflow
- Applications of Fractional Calculus
- Engineering Ethics
Professional Membership
- Sorin Fellow, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture (dCEC)
- Student Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Member, University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH)
- Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
- Member, International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry (ISME)