Daksh Rana wins Best Student Poster Award at APS DPP

Daksh Rana was recognized with the Best Student Poster award at the APS DPP 2026 meeting in Chicago, Illinois, for his poster "Simulation study of enhanced laser-driven proton acceleration from pre-expanded liquid water jets". Daksh joined HEDS this summer through the IFE-SURE internship program, working with Jhonnatan Gama Vazquez on PIC and hydrodynamics simulations of proton acceleration from water jets. Congratulations to him!