Current Graduate Fellow: Royce Pokela

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Royce Pokela

Hometown: Boca Raton, FL

Fall 2020 – present

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

McKnight Doctoral Fellowship

 

Educational/Professional Background

I graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in the spring of 2020.

 

Research and Teaching Interests, or Professional Field

I am working in an experimental aerodynamics research group interested in studying three-dimensional interactions in high speed flows.

 

Future Plans/Aspirations

I hope to form a career in research, eventually transitioning to become a full time professor to both teach in a classroom setting and in an experimental lab. I hope to work in partnership with engineers and researchers at organizations such as NASA to continue to build upon the published knowledge available to the entire aerospace community.