Benjamin Carr Email & Phone Number

Brownsville, Tx, Us

Plymouth Meeting, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Pittsburgh, Pa

• Overseeing new member recruitment at club fairs and university events.• Managing club funds, sponsorships, and donations.

Pittsburgh, Pa

• Leading a team of student engineers that specializes in the design, manufacturing, and optimization of the injection manifold and ignition system of a student-made liquid rocket engine.• Characterizing injector spray pattern through Ansys CFX modeling and scaled water spray tests.• Defined the geometry of the diverging nozzle section using a method of characteristics solver

Pittsburgh, Pa

• Designed and modeled the ignition system and nozzle sections for a student-built solid rocket motor capable of reaching 10,000 ft.• Performed post-processing of the motor casing and assembly of the test stand for static fire.• Co-authored a paper describing the design and decision-making process for components of the solid rocket motor, winning a SEDS chapter award and grant

Pittsburgh, Pa

Perform research in theoretical fluid modeling under Dr. Giovanni Galdi.• Creating mathematical models of fluid-mechanical systems including the motion of a pendulum in a vacuum when containing incompressible and compressible fluids.• Designing and 3d modeling a mechanism to test and record the effects of a fluid-filled pendulum in vacuum conditions.• Authored an experiment grant proposal that was awarded more than $5,000.

Shelocta, Pennsylvania, United States

Engineering intern performing operations and analysis of 4 natural gas combustion turbines • Created a thermodynamic Excel solver to model the effects of inlet cooling on various stages of the BraytonCycle.• Learned, operated, and maintained electrical and mechanical systems for the GE 7FA combustion turbine.• Facilitated daily professional communication with regional transmission organizations and combustion tuningspecialists.