Alex Simon

“History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Education helps, but it is never enough. You must also run.”

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (1981)

Graduate Student

-Engineering Mechanics PhD Program, Virginia Tech, In Progress
-BS Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 2019
-AS Engineering, John Tyler Community College, 2016

Research Interests

-Acoustics
-Cavitation dynamics
-Viscoelasticity
-Histotripsy for fibrous tissue ablation
-Rapid prototype fabrication of focused ultrasound transducers