John Ottander Email & Phone Number

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Working undisclosed projects.

Huntsville, Alabama

NASA SLS Ascent Flight Controls Lead- Design and analysis of the ascent flight control system for the SLS Block1 and Block1B vehicles.- Team tasking and integration with external dependencies and stakeholders for mixed civil servant/contractor team.- Development of flight control end-to-end test on integrated vehicle.- Development of the use of non-linear.

- NASA Launch Abort System attitude control motor analysis. - NASA Solar Electric Propulsion BAA mission analysis and technology trades.- NASA Pad Abort 1 post flight flight control analysis. - NASA Heavy Lift Propulsion Technologies BAA mission analysis and trades.

- Advisor: Dr. Eric N Johnson- Helicopter slung load control and delivery to a moving platform. Flight tested with 200 lbm RMax helicopter and a pickup truck.- Control and estimation development for an autonomous low-cost coaxial helicopter without inertial sensors. Flight tested. Flew in the AUVIS Aerial Robotics competition.

- Guidance algorithm, flight control design, and estimator design for a variety of projects. - Six-degree-of-freedom simulation development and Monte Carlo analysis.- Trade studies of required inertial sensor and radar system accuracy.

Ms, Aerospace Engineering

Ba, Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: Boston University Rocket Team (BURT)