João Vale Email & Phone Number

• Design and development of a bi-liquid fully cryogenic rocket engine of 25 kN.
• Modelling, design & development of thrust chambers.
• CFD analysis: multiple compressible fluid and solid regions, heat transfer, subsonic/supersonic flow.
• Igniter development, hot fire testing and post processing.
• Preliminary thermomechanical analysis of engine concepts.

• Aerothermodynamic analysis of an experimental rocket through numerical simulations in subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flight for more than 19 flight conditions.
• Construction of aerodynamic and thermodynamic models of the flight vehicle.
• Study of the engine plume during flight conditions and its interaction with the spacecraft external flow.

• Responsible for the propulsion subsystem of a sounding rocket to compete in the European Rocketry Challenge in the 3 km category leading a team of 6 students.
• Created a numerical tool for designing and analysing KNSB solid rocket motors, which was validated through static tests and accepted for an international conference presentation.
• Design, sizing, and testing of two solid rocket motors.

Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal

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• Design and construction of two unmanned aircraft prototypes for the AirCargoChallenge 2022 competition.
• Aerodynamic analysis, and construction of the aeromodels using composite materials.

Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal

• Integration of a 1U CubeSat on IDM-CIC.
• Health check to a reaction wheel ensuring its proper condition.
• Contributed for the development of a rotor for an Educational Ground Station.

Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal

• Development of several partnerships for AEROUBI
• Organization of AirborneWeek 2020; 11th-15th May 2020