Brandon Jackson Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Co-owner of the design and development of very high-power electron beam target system. Led the thermal and mechanical analyses of these components using ANSYS Mechanical and Fluent.
• Worked closely with an international supplier, which included multiweek international travel, to assist with the development of components within their scope.
• Developed prototype and factory/site acceptance criteria for both internal and vendor developed components.
• Mentored junior level engineers on performing thermal and mechanical analyses as well as communicating findings.
• Served as a subject matter expert for thermal, fluids, mechanical, and particle accelerator related topics.

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, United States

• Led the designed, constructed, and operated a test stand to support R&D testing and product quality assurance.
• Supported the R&D, commissioning, and service teams with Python based analysis of accelerator data logs.
• Topical expert for thermal/fluid and electromagnetic FEA analysis (COMSOL & Python).
• PI/PM for a 6-month study on a low-SWaP neutron generator for energetic detection for the Office of Naval Research.

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, United States

Merged with Shine to become a division of Shine Technologies

Houghton, MI

• Developed and validated a computational model to simulate the surface deformation of an ion source under magnetic and electric stresses.
• Utilized the university’s high performance computing cluster to run CFD simulations and optimization analyses.
• Performed long duration studies to characterize the emission behavior of an electrospray micro-thruster for nanosatellites.
• Developed expertise with testing in high vacuum facilities, high voltage power supplies, plasma diagnostic tools, and data acquisition.
• Prototyped a B-dot detumble controller and unscented Kalman filter for microsatellite attitude determination.

Houghton Michigan

• Individually taught and graded sections of the mechanical engineering energy laboratory.
• Responsible for lecturing, supervising, grading, and holding office hours.
• Lab coordinator responsibilities included managing four teaching assistants, developing coursework, revising the lab manual, and reporting to the course director.

Waukesha Wisconsin

• Instrumented a skid-steer loader for hydraulic efficiency analysis, performed testing, and wrote final report of analysis.
• Developed a package of MATLAB code to semi-automate visualization of standardized data files.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: MSOE Sound Engineers, Rowing Crew, AIAA