Portrait of Mario Hernandez Jr.

Mechanical Engineering · UT Austin · Class of 2028

Mario
Hernandez Jr.

Mechanical engineering student at The University of Texas at Austin building flight hardware, actuation systems, and manufacturing drawings for real vehicles — on the ground and off it.

Rocket airbrakes, fin-tab roll control, thrust vector control, Mars penetrator drop tests, UAV fixturing and autonomous maritime platforms.

Airbrake mechanism prototype · LRA

Countdown to graduation
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University Commencement · May 13, 2028
Roles on file
11
Assemblies on file
7
Robot certs
4
Shear strain density visualizations across three impact simulation cases in an alumina particle

UT Austin ECE · Additive manufacturing research

From the atom
to the airframe.

Shear strain density across three simulated impact cases in an Al₂O₃ particle — the banded high-strain regions trace deformation paths through the particle.