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Materials for Extreme Environments

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Undergraduate Researchers

Zach Rahm

Undergraduate Researcher, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering

103A Doherty Building, 3123 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843

Hometown: Belton, TX
Email: zach_rahm@tamu.edu

Zach is an engineering undergraduate at Texas A&M. He joined the Hypervelocity Impact Lab in February 2026, towards the end of his freshman year. He plans to graduate in Fall 2029 and continue into a PhD. Zach is interested in composites materials and structural damage mechanics.

Mirna Taha

Undergraduate Researcher, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering

103A Doherty Building, 3123 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843

Hometown: College Station, TX
Email: mirna.taha@tamu.edu

Mirna is a mechanical engineering undergraduate at Texas A&M. She joined the Hypervelocity Impact Lab in May 2025, at the end of her freshman year. She plans to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in December 2027 and pursue a Master’s degree. Her research interests include hypervelocity impacts and materials in extreme environments.

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