Benjamin Bloom Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

• Facilitated satellite structural preliminary design, drawing release, manufacturing, integration, and test
• Conducted cost, schedule, and risk assessments
• Optimized and monitored spacecraft component delivery schedule to meet integration dates
• Communicated with other subsystems to ensure efficient component layout
• Wrote various design reports to ensure spacecraft compatibility in integration, test, and shipping fixtures
• Coordinated with external suppliers to produce new machined parts and hardware

Dulles, Virginia, United States

University Of Michigan Ann Arbor

• Redesigned landing gear to accommodate 40% payload increase resulting in a more competitive aircraft
• Optimized landing gear structure using ANSYS FEA minimizing deflection and mass
• Integrated fuselage and empennage of high lift aircraft in Solidworks keeping in mind stress concentrations and manufacturability
• Mentored new members on manufacturing and testing various aircraft structures and developed new manufacturing procedures emphasizing efficiency, safety, and to-spec construction
• Qualitatively analyzed prototype aircraft components and iterated to manufacture optimal design, leading to 100% in-flight component success rate

University Of Michigan

• Manages team of engineers to structurally design and manufacture autonomous plane for AUVSI autonomous aircraft competition
• Integrated fuselage, wing, motor and empennage of aircraft in Solidworks keeping in mind stress concentrations and manufacturability
• Mentors new members on manufacturing and testing various aircraft structures and developed new manufacturing procedures emphasizing efficiency, safety, and to-spec construction

Clearfield, Utah, United States

• Modeled large carbon-epoxy laminate structures using CATIA
• Deconstructed structural design and created manufacturing drawings for machinable, preformed parts
• Developed procedure to bond carbon panel to external protective material (EPM) for rocket body tube
• Conducted notched lap shear tests on EPM to determine failure modes within material
• Analyzed previous test results to establish strongest thermal layer within EPM and compiled professional presentation for material research and development team

Moldwin Magnetics Lab, Ann Arbor, MI

• Designed magnetometer electronics housing for NASA, SWRI, and Boston University CubeSat
• Redeveloped geometry of housing to reduce mass by 35% and create a more testable product
• Tested design using Catia thermal and frequency FEA, resulting in flight-ready product
• Optimized thermal shielding for housing, dissipating heat, and protecting electronics from solar radiation

Highland Park, IL

• Managed lifeguards, maintenance workers and parking attendants at both pool and beach facilities
• Handled customer service issues in a friendly and effective manner