Nathan Hirsch Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, LA, US

Stennis

Assisted the team in safely conducting various high pressure cryogenic testing procedures including cold flows, timing tests, and a single hot fire of the HODOR test stand and Mike's Fury rocket engine. Duties included day of assistance, proof reading and writing of procedures, running DAQ systems, ensuring hardware readiness, and pre-test briefings.

Leading a team of 30+ undergraduate and graduate students in the various projects the lab conducts, including research with the Aerospace Corporation, engine and feed system development, and the building of a new liquid/liquid flight vehicle.Also acting as the Lead Responsible and Design Engineer for our flight vehicle engine, a LOx/Kerosene engine with.

Lead the testing and maintenance of our Hydra feed system, capable of producing 750 lbf on our Jessie and James engines. It is a GOx/Kerosene system capable of providing a mass flow of 1.15 kg/s with an MR of 1.875 at a chamber pressure of 1000 psi.Calculated main line and component pressure losses using the Darcy-Welbach formulas as well as the 2K.

Worked as the media lead for our hot fire campaign throughout the spring semester as well as documentation. Made multiple iterations of a P&ID of our various configurations of the Hydra test stand, as well as worked on writing procedures for operating the stand.Also worked on the development of a test article for our coaxial swirl research project.

Function as a coach to entering freshman engineers about the ethics and unspoken responsibilities of being an engineer in the modern-day through various class activities, presentations, and panel discussions, with added focus on how to be a successful collegiate engineer.

USC Viterbi

Take courses on storytelling to learn how to properly communicate ideas and personal issues to peers and professors. Work with Viterbi students and staff leadership to create a tighter-knit community that accepts those from all backgrounds and perspectives.

Stennis Space Center

Worked interchangeable between Stennis Space Center and Cape Canaveral to support test operations. Edited stage and ground GUI's to optimize for an easier work flow as well as making it easier to check for vehicle health. Additionally, wrote various automations for the stage and vehicle to allowing for simplified operations with more repeatability. I also.

Designed a manufactured interface between the Griffin engine and the thrust measurement system which is integrated onto the feed system. Operates by piping the propellants and pressurants through a rigid system which the engine is bolted to. The internal piping was designed to be easily manufactured and result in minimal disturbance to the thrust.

NASA L'Space Academy

A concept proposal academy designed by NASA to provide students with technical skills and the ability to design an entire space mission, as well as write a PDR explaining it. Designed a lunar orbiter and lander with penetrator probes that detect and characterize the ice in the permanently shadowed region of the Moon's South Pole. Worked as a science.

Worked as the software subteam lead working to develop an autonomous, genderless docking system for CubeSats. Learned to use Arduino, centroid, and TriDAR technology to create a fully autonomous procedure for docking.

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace Engineering - Propulsion

-Progressive Degree Program, Master's degree in Aerospace engineering with a propulsion specification earned without adding the.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: USC Liquid Propulsion Lab, USC Climbing Team, Freshman Academy Coach-Astronautical Engineering BS -GPA: 3.91

Education record