Maren Hatch
- Program Years: 2022-2024
- Academic Institution: University of New Mexico
- Field of Study: Electrical Engineering
- Academic Advisor: Mark Gilmore
- Residencies:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (2022)
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico (2023) - Degree(s):
Ph.D. Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2024. M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2021; B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2018; A.S. Physics, and A.S. Mathematics, Central New Mexico Community College, 2018
Current Status
- Status: Maxwell Postdoctoral Fellow
- Research Area: Electrical Engineering
Publications
PublicationsT. J. Awe, E. P. Yu, M. W. Hatch, T. M. Hutchinson, K. Tomlinson, W. D. Tatum, K. C. Yates, B. T. Hutsel, and B. S. Bauer, Seeding the explosion of a high-current-density conductor in a controlled manner through the addition of micron-scale surface defects Phys. Plasmas 28, 072104 (2021).
T. M. Hutchinson, T. J. Awe, B. S. Bauer, B. T. Hutsel, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, K. C. Yates, A. Klemmer, M. W. Hatch, S. Kreher, E. P. Yu, and M. Gilmore, On the relative importance of the different initial conditions that seed the electrothermal instability, Manuscript submitted for publication (2021).
E. P. Yu, T. J. Awe, K. R. Cochrane, K. J. Peterson, K.C. Yates, T. M. Hutchinson, M. W. Hatch, B. S. Bauer, and K. Tomlinson, Three-dimensional feedback processes in current-driven metal, Manuscript submitted for publication (2021).
E. P. Yu, T. J. Awe, K. R. Cochrane, K. J. Peterson, K.C. Yates, T. M. Hutchinson, M. W. Hatch, B. S. Bauer, and K. Tomlinson, Metal deformation and plasma initiation driven by current redistribution around a three-dimensional perturbation, Manuscript submitted for publication (2021).
Contributed Presentations
M. W. Hatch, T. J. Awe, E. P. Yu, T. M. Hutchinson, K. Yates, W. Tatum, K. Tomlinson, B. S. Bauer, and M. Gilmore, Plasma formation from micron-scale defects on ultra-pure aluminum rods, Poster, 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics (2021)
M. W. Hatch, T. J. Awe, E. P. Yu, T. M. Hutchinson, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, K. Yates, B. S. Bauer, W. Tatum, K. Tomlinson, and M. Gilmore, Fundamental studies on the electrothermal instability on the 1 MA Mykonos driver, Poster, 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics (2020)
M. W. Hatch, T. J. Awe, E. P. Yu, T. M. Hutchinson, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, K. Yates, B. S. Bauer, W. Tatum, K. Tomlinson, and M. Gilmore, Development of a novel dual view, four frame imaging system and other diagnostics to study electrothermal instabilities on Mykonos, Poster, Stewardship Science Academic Programs Conference (2020)
M. W. Hatch, T. J. Awe, E. P. Yu, T. M. Hutchinson, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, B. S. Bauer, K. Tomlinson, and M. Gilmore, Diagnostics to study electrothermal instabilities on Mykonos, Poster, IEEE Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference (2019)
Awards
Graduated Magna Cum Laude in Jazz Studies, University of New Mexico, 2011Graduated Cum Laude in Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2018
Designation in Honors College, 2018
Dean's list 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018
Graduated with Honors in the following AS degrees, Central New Mexico Community College: Mathematics (2017), Physics (2017), Engineering (2017), Biology (2018), Liberal Arts (2018)
Invited talk at the International Dense Z-Pinch Conference (2023)
Invited talk at the University of California San Diego (2023)
Invited talk at the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Conference (2024)