{"id":122,"date":"2023-03-22T12:58:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T16:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/mechanical\/?post_type=person&#038;p=122"},"modified":"2025-06-11T10:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:19:16","slug":"nathan-washuta","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/mechanical\/faculty-staff\/nathan-washuta\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Nathan Washuta, PE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joined The Citadel Faculty: August 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bio\">Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Nathan Washuta earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, where he studied flow in the turbulent boundary layer that occurs along the hulls of large naval ships. His current research interests include Hydrodynamics, Turbulence, Experimental Methods, Optical Measurement Techniques, and Image Processing. 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