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Matthew Armbrust

Headshot of Matthew Armbrust
Program Year:
2
University:
University of Nevada, Reno
Field of Study:
Physics
Advisor:
Richard Kraus
Degree(s):
B.S. Physics, and B.A. Mathematics, University of Nevada, Reno, 2023

Annual Program Review Abstracts

Fellow Poster
: Photonic Doppler Velocimetry System for Shock Physics at UNR (
2025
)

Publications

Publications:
Eric Dutra, Aaron Covington, Showera Haque, Jeremy Iratcabal, Benjamin King, James Tinsley, Matthew Wallace, Piotr Wiewior, and Matthew Armbrust, "Z-Pinch and Laser-Ablation-Driven High-Yield Neutron Source", in preparation for Applied Physics Letters

Posters:
Matthew Armbrust, Bradley Pattengale, Jeremy Iratcabal, Aaron Covington, "Spectroscopic Measurement and Analysis of Laser-Ablated Energetic Material Surrogates". University of Nevada, Reno, Wolf Pack Discoveries research symposium, oral presentation, 2021

Matthew A. Armbrust, Jeremy J. Iratcabal, Brianna B. Blazek, Jason R. Desjardin,
Connor Q. McPhail, Richard G. Kraus. (2025, June 22). "Development of a Multi-Channel Photonic Doppler Velocimetry (PDV) System" [Poster Presentation]. APS SCCM Early Career and Student Symposium.

Awards

Undergraduate Honors/Awards (by semester awarded):
Dean's List in College of Science, Fall 2019-Fall 2022
H & S Leifson Physics Scholarship, Fall 2022
MSTS Undergraduate Research Award, University of Nevada, Reno, Fall 2021
Ben & Beatrice Edwards Physics Scholarship, Fall 2021
Vernon Frazier Physics Scholarship, Fall 2020
Presidential Scholarship, Fall 2019-Spring 2023
Millennium Scholarship, Fall 2019-Spring 2023