Daniel Farinha Email & Phone Number

Noordwijk

• Performed similar analyses to those carried out during the internship on other instruments

• Performed detailed FEM modelling and analysis of a scientific instrument;
• Defeatured and meshed parts using FEMAP;
• Carried out analyses using MSC Nastran and MSC Patran;

• Provided technical support to the structures departments of both projects, mainly on FEA topics;
• Organized workshops on relevant theory, such as testing or spacecraft mechanical loads analysis, and on software such as FEMAP;
• Formalized the design process by introducing ECSS standards;
• Proposed and supervised the development of a tool for fastener analysis;
• Achieved 1st place in the 3k Solid Flight Award and 2nd place overall at the EuRoC 2022 competition with the rocket Baltasar. Achieved 10th place overall in the Air Cargo Challenge 2022 competition.

• Coordinated the Electronics & Telecommunications Team (8 people), responsible for the preliminary design of the "Blimunda" rocket's (3km apogee) avionics.
• Developed the ignition segment of the ground station.

• Coordinated the Cargo Bay design and manufacturing team (6 people);
• Redesigned the landing gear, making it more rigid and stable on irregular pavements, which were the main problems identified with the previous design.
• Reduced total assembly weight and increased manufacturing precision by using jigs;
• Prepared 15 recruitment assignments;

• Assembled and tested the circuits for the avionics system of the "Aurora 2.0" rocket (1km apogee).
• Successful performance of the avionics during launch. It allowed, despite the parachute deployment failure, a quick tracking of the landing position of the rocket from the telemetry data, something that had never been.

• Manufactured GFRP and CFRP composite parts for the wing structure;
• Developed a new method for manufacturing the front-rod, a CFRP bottle-shaped component, as a single part;
• Designed and 3D printed parts in ABS and PLA;
• Competed as part of the "ACC Lisboa" team in Air Cargo Challenge 2019, held in Stuttgart, Germany. Achieved 11th out of 27 teams;

Lisboa E Região, Portugal

• Contacted companies and presented them the various opportunities at IST, such as the Career Weeks or the Summer Internships Program.

M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Structures And Materials Track

Profile: Structures Electives: - Non-Linear Modelling; - Design of Launcher Structures; - Stability and Analysis of Structures II.

B.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, 17/20

The first year (2017/2018) was completed in Mechanical Engineering, transferring to Aerospace Engineering at the end of it.

High School Diploma, Sciences And Technologies, 18.1/20