Daniel Poe Email & Phone Number

Thermal analysis owner of Super Heavy booster fwd end.

Brownsville, Texas, United States

- Responsible engineer for v1 Super Heavy booster propellant feed system.- Manufacturing owner of v2 ship aft propellant feed system.

Boca Chica, Texas

Drove reliability, simplicity, and rapid manufacturability of Starship/Super Heavy propellant distribution and storage systems.

Studied aerodynamics and impact mechanics of an air-dropped ice penetrator, meant to provide sensing capability in otherwise hard-to-access Antarctic ice shelves.

Pasadena, California, United States

Supported the EMIT team responsible for a mass spectrometer that flew to the ISS on SpaceX CRS-25 on 15 July 2022.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Overhauled the calibration process for the onboard propellant-measuring system on Stage 1, cutting several hours of pad-clear time each launch.Augmented automation of Stage 1 post-flight data review to reduce operator workload following launch.Performed hardware testing to investigate a Stage 2 sensor anomaly and to qualify a Stage 1 component for 10-flight reuse.

Vehicle, systems, propulsion, and ground support equipment (GSE) engineering

Mcgregor, Texas

Designed and implemented various upgrades for Falcon 9 first stage testing ground support equipment (GSE)

Boston, Ma

Microfluidics research on bubble interfaces and fuel injector cavitation.

Rovaniemi, Finland

Master Of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Thesis in aerodynamics and impact simulation, Teaching Assistant for various control theory courses

Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group