Naser Ashknani Email & Phone Number

Kuwait

Ahmadi, Kuwait

Kuwait

• The Kuwait Space Rocket project is an ambitious initiative aimed at launching the first suborbital rocket from the Arab world to reach an altitude of up to 100 km. Led by a team of engineers, including myself, Naser.
• Development of both liquid and solid propellant rockets, including KSR 1A with 9 static tests, and the launch of Ambition 1 and Pioneer based on sucrose and potassium nitrate.
• Performed stress analysis on the airframe, aerodynamic analysis to determine drag coefficients, and futter velocity of the fins using MATLAB.
• Utilized various manufacturing techni9ues, including milling, lathe machine, laser cutting, TIG and stick welding, 3D printing, and composite materials like fiberglass and carbon fiber.
• Performed nozzle material tests implemented graphite insert near the throat to reduce heat transfer and prevent melting.
• Analyzed and tested different nose cone materials and thicknesses using an oxyacetylene torch and COMSOL for thermal resistance prevented deformation and melting during flight.

Kuwait

• Designed and marketed an educational water rocket kit, selling 300 units to Abdullah AlSalem Cultural Center, covering the basics of rocket flight.
• Developed 20 additional educational kit ideas, including a small radio telescope kit for teaching radio astronomy and a modular optical telescope kit for sky observation.
• Led a team of 6, coordinating meetings and overseeing the project's direction.
• Participated in various expos, including Maker Faire Kuwait in January 2018 and Space Generation Kuwait in March 2018.

Kuwait

Focused on water rocket workshops, teaching the basics of rocket science to the general public.

Kuwait

• Collected soil samples from various areas in Kuwait's desert as part of a collaborative research project with NASA and Dr. Hala AlJassar.
• Analyzed soil samples to verify the moisture readings on NASA's SMAP satellite, contributing to the accuracy and reliability of satellite data.