Biography
Scott’s research primarily focuses on the detonation physics of gaseous and condensed-phase explosives with the intent to provide improved models and novel measurements of shock and detonation processes. Scott is also on the board of directors and leadership team for IDERS, the Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, which is an international group that organizes the ICDERS conference and is interested in the scientific study of the non-steady coupling that occurs between the fluid flow system and the exothermic reactions associated with high-speed combustion.
Education
- Ph.D. in Aeronautics with minor in Geophysics. California Institute of Technology, 2005
- M.S. in Aeronautics. California Institute of Technology, 2000
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with honors and Magna Cum Laude. Brown University, 1999
Awards
- 2021 Artistic Merit Award, Central States Section Combustion Art Competition, 12th US National Combustion Meeting.
- 2017 LANL Distinguished Performance Award, Hot Composition B Performance Team.
- 2016 Distinguished Paper for “Detonations, Explosions, and Supersonic Combustion” Colloquium, 36th International Symposium on Combustion.
- 2014 NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence, Barrier for Detonation Attenuation Team.
- 2012 NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence, Gemini Experiment Series Team.
- 2012 LANL Distinguished Performance Award, Project GREENSKY Team.
- 2010 NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence, Advanced Insensitive Explosives Development.
- 2008 Distinguished Paper for “Detonations, Explosions, and Supersonic Combustion” Colloquium, 32nd International Symposium on Combustion.
- 2005 Harold Agnew National Security Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- 2003 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) Graduate Fellow with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
- 1999 National Defense Science and Engineering (NDSEG) Graduate Fellow through Army Research Office.
Experience
- Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University (2021-Present)
- Project Leader for High Explosives Project under the NNSA Science Campaign 2: Dynamic Materials Properties Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2016-2021)
- Team leader of the Detonation Physics Team at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2011-2017)
- Research Scientist in Shock and Detonation Physics Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2007-2021)
- Agnew Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Shock and Detonation Physics Group (2005-2007)