Eric Fritz Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Drove design of test setup for lab-scale rotating detonation rocket engine to be fired indoors at on-campus facilities. • Designed feed system, thrust structure, pneumatic control system, DAQ setup, and product exhaust removal strategy. • Writing research paper as first author discussing the design process and upcoming testing campaigns. • Leading test campaign planning and injector/combustion chamber design to make use of test setup. • Wrote custom CFD program to calculate transient radial heat transfer through tank wall in exhaust investigation.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Working to implement R&D solutions to Ares and Prometheus rockets, significantly boost performance of both rockets• Current projects include a turbopump, recovery testing for Ares system, and rolleron-based control systems

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Led design, construction, and integration of liquid bipropellant ground systems including a fill plumbing propulsion tray, a 12-solenoid pneumatics control hub, and three quick disconnects.• Created first ever cryogenically-rated, fully remote fill system, complete with fully custom cryogenic ball valves and a cryogenic LOX quick disconnect (roughly 100x cheaper than COTS solutions).

Los Angeles County, California, United States

• Implemented first fully student researched and designed hybrid engine system in Prometheus's history; including an impinging injector, pre- and post-combustion regions to maximize mixing, and more reliable ignition.• Experienced over 2000 lbf-s of total thrust and 95% C* efficiency, both the highest ever seen from the Prometheus project.

Hawthorne, California, United States

• Designed solutions in stage propulsion onboard Starship’s Super Heavy booster. • Gained practical experience using structural analysis, heat transfer analysis, bolt calcs, etc. to drive design choices. • Ran structural simulations that drove design updates to critical propulsion systems using nonlinear analysis software. • Coordinated with build/integration engineers to install my designed hardware on Boosters, flew in orbital test launch. • Helmed R&D project to increase critical component’s pressure ratings; fully designed and built test stand, wrote all procedures, and ran all tests personally; campaign results used to overhaul launch countdown procedure.

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Rocket Project at UCLA: Aurora (R&D team) project lead; Ares (liquid team) ground support lead; Prometheus.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: STEM Club, Physics Club, varsity track team, Strength Over Silence, Future Problem Solvers ClubI attained my.