Brandon Harrison Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge, MA

I worked as a software engineer and task leader across many projects at Draper, most prominently developing, testing, and managing simulation development of the Dream Chaser spacecraft. These simulations are used for verification and validation of flight software, mission operator training, and risk mitigation.

Boston, MA

I received my Master's Degree in Astronomy while focusing my research on analyzing weak gravitational lensing through physics simulations which used parallel processing via CUDA.

Baltimore, MD

This research position was with Dr. Dimitri Sverjenksy as part of the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO). I developed a program to calculate deep earth geochemical thermodynamic properties. To read more or download the program, visit the DCO's website, linked below.

Boston, MA

Worked with Dr. Theodore Fritz as part of the Center for Space Physics at Boston University. My work focused on writing programs to analyze ISEE satellite data to study particle flows in the Earths magnetosphere.

Boston, MA

Analyzed ejection rates of plasma by processing raw data received from the VLBA telescopes with the intent of studying physics and characterizations of Blazars. Used IDL, Difmap, and SuperMongo.

Master'S Degree, Astronomy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Physics And Astronomy

Activities and Societies: Boston University Astronomical SocietyGraduated with degree in Physics and Astronomy with a minor in.