Athena Padgiotis
- Program Year: 1
- Academic Institution: Texas A&M University
- Field of Study: Aerodynamics and Propulsion
- Academic Advisor: Scott Jackson
- Residencies:
Sandia National Laboratories, California (2025) - Degree(s):
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2021
Publications
A. Padgiotis, T.J. Voorhees, T.J. Vogler, S.I. Jackson. "Dynamic Strength and Equation of State of Epon 828 and Diethanolamine (DEA) Polymer Epoxy under Shock Loading" (2025) Accepted to Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials.A. Padgiotis, S.I. Jackson, T.J Voorhees, T.J. Vogler. "Equation-of-State Measured via X-ray Phase contrast Imaging for Epon 828/DEA Epoxy" (2023) APS SCCM, Chicago, IL, June 18-23.
D.J. Lont, A.S. Venkataraman, A. Padgiotis, M. Martin, E.S. Oran. S.I. Jackson, Y. Huang, H.A. Farah. "Detonation Cell Size and DDT Distance for Ethylene-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixtures" (2024) AIAA SciTech, Orlando, FL, January 8-12.
A. Padgiotis and S.I. Jackson. "Comparison of Velocity-Adjusted Detonation Product Equation of State Methods to a Data-Driven Model" (2023) AIAA SciTech, National Harbor, MD, January 23-27.
A. Padgiotis, S.I. Jackson, T.J Voorhees, T.J. Vogler. "The Dynamic Strength of Epon 828/DEA Epoxy Under Shock Loading" (2024). Oral Presentation for the DMM Seminar, Albuquerque, NM, February 13.
A. Padgiotis, S.I. Jackson, T.J Voorhees, T.J. Vogler. "Characterization of Dynamic Strength of Alumina-Epoxy Formulations Under Shock Loading" (2023). Oral Presentation for the ESSI Seminar, Livermore, CA, August 24.
A. Padgiotis, S.I. Jackson, T.J Voorhees, T.J. Vogler. "The Dynamic Strength Response of Alumina-Epoxy Formulations to Shock Loading" (2023). Oral Presentation at APS SCCM, Chicago, IL, June 18-23.
T.J. Voorhees, A. Padgiotis, B. Zusmann, S. Guo, V. Garcia, T.J. Vogler. "Molybdenum dynamic yield strength measured via the tamped Richtmyer-Meshkov instability method" (2023). Oral Presentation at APS SCCM, Chicago, IL, June 18-23.
A. Padgiotis and S.I. Jackson. "Evaluation of Velocity-Adjusted Detonation Product Equation of State Methods with a Data-Driven Model" (2022). Oral Presentation at the Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES).
Awards
Stanger Endowed Graduate Fellowship, Fall 2023- Spring 2025Advanced Photon Source Dynamic Compression Sector Beam Time Awarded based on proposal, Argonne National Lab, February 2023
Outstanding Undergraduate in Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Spring 2021
Dean's list, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fall 2017, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Honor Roll, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2019
Sunshine State Conference Honor Roll, Spring 2018, 2019, 2021
Presidential Scholarship, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fall 2017 - Spring 2021
Women of Excellence Scholarship, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fall 2017 - Spring 2021