Noah Andersen Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Thermal Analysis Engineer supporting the NASA JETS & JETS II contract. I have been conducting thermal/fluid analysis on various NASA projects critical to sustaining current space operations and expanding exploration beyond low earth orbit to the moon and eventually Mars.Supported investigation into the current spacesuits (Extravehicular Mobility Unit, EMU) to ensure they are safe to use after water was reported in the helmet during US EVA 80. Work included (1) extensive research into the history of the EMU, (2) detailed modeling of the astronaut and various systems, and (3) presentation of analysis results to numerous review boards.Supported the development of the next generation space suits that will be used to walk on the moon. Collaborated with mechanical, electrical, chemical, and systems engineers to ensure the next generation spacesuits provide a safe, versatile, and effective vessel for exploring the lunar surface and beyond. Primary tools used for these analysis were ANSYS FLUENT (Computation Fluid Dynamics), Thermal Desktop (Thermal/Fluid Modeling), and Matlab (for custom scripting).Supported the development of Orion, the spacecraft that will take astronauts to lunar orbit. Used test data to correlate the systems model of the Orion Life Support System. Supported the development of various lunar tools through thermal analysis. Worked to ensure that lunar samples taken from permanently shaded regions on the moon can be safely transported back to the lunar lander.

I worked in the Fluid Mechanics Lab with Prof. Lian Shen. I worked on Wind-Ocean-Wave (WOW), a computational framework capable of simulating various fluid systems (waves, sea spray, atmosphere, particles). Specifically, I worked on developing the module WOW-Terrain, to allow for the simulation of air flow over realistic terrains. During this time I added scalar transport capabilities, implemented new methodologies for modeling near wall turbulence, developed a method of transferring 'real-world' topographic data into the simulation, and implemented a tool to generate and input synthetic turbulent flow fields into the simulation as boundary conditions.

I served as a Teaching Assistant for ME 4054W, the mechanical engineering senior design course. During this TA, I oversaw the progress of 15 groups as they worked with engineers from various companies to develop novel solutions to a wide array of problems. I was responsible for guiding the groups through the engineering design process and also evaluating their performances through weekly assignments, presentations, and formal reports. I also served as a resource for groups struggling with internal conflicts (either groupmember-groupmember or groupmember-engineer).

Bozeman

I spent three summers working with Dr. Mark Owkes in the Computational Fluids Laboratory. During this time I worked on NGA, an incompressible flow solver developed at the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University. Over the course of three summers I worked on migrating portions of the code to run on GPUs, developing novel methods for advecting mass and momentum, and validating these methodologies through convergence tests.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering, 3.94/4.00

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, 3.96/4.00

Activities and Societies: Division I Student Athlete - Nordic Skiing, Honors College

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