Blake Almy Moffitt

Graduate Research Associate

Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory

School of Aerospace Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

270 Ferst Drive

Atlanta, GA 30332-0150

(404)-385-2785

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EDUCATION

Graduate Aerospace Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy (Expected 2008), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

· Emphasis in Design Methods and Processes (GPA 3.77)

· Lead for Aerodynamics, Propulsion, and Design Optimization of Fuel Cell Demonstration UAV project

· Project manager for 2004 NASA Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems and Technologies High Altitude Long Endurance design competition team

- Awarded 1^st Tier Award

Graduate Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Master of Science Degree (May 2003), Utah State University, Logan, UT

· Thesis: Thermal Design and Analysis of the Combat Sentinel Spacecraft Test Article

- Thesis Advisor: Dr. J. Clair Batty

· Dual emphases in aerospace, and fluid-thermo science (GPA 3.97)

· Primary Instructor for MAE 5520 Dynamics of Spaceflight graduate engineering course

· Graduate Advisor for USU 2000/2001 AIAA Radio Control Aircraft Design / Build / Fly Competition

· Teaching Assistant to Dr. Frank Redd and Dr. J.C. Batty

· Finalist for Teaching Assistant of the Year Award 2000-2001 School Year

· Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student of the Year 2002-2003 School Year

Undergraduate Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor of Science Degree, 5 May 2000, Utah State University, Logan, UT

· Graduated with Cum Laude honors (GPA 3.75)

· Senior Design Project: AIAA Radio Control Aircraft Design / Build / Fly Competition

- Winner 1^st place for 1999/2000 contest season

- Group leader over aerodynamic optimization and dynamics and control

· Performed Beethoven Piano Sonata in Utah State University Piano Recital (1995)

EXPERIENCE

University of Wuerzburg, Germany

Graduate Research Assistant, January 2004-July 2004, Wuerzburg, Germany

· UWE-1 Cubestat lead thermal engineer

Space Dynamics Laboratory

Graduate Research Assistant and Data Analyst, January 2000-January 2003, North Logan, UT

· COMBAT SENTINEL small spacecraft project

- Principal Investigator/Lead Thermal Engineer

- Extensive thermal design and analysis of the Combat Sentinel Spacecraft in I-Deas

- Supervised 6 weeks of TVAC testing at WPAFB

· GIFTS autonomous thermal switch satellite payload project

- Lead mechanical engineer

· SBIRS LOW

- Assisted in radiator trade studies

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

Summer Fellowship, April 1999-August 1999, Idaho Falls, ID

· Worked under the direction of NorthStar Spaceport Inc.

· Wrote computer code to predict explosive yields and damage due to launch vehicle explosions

· Drafted propellant explosion analysis report submitted to the F.A.A. for commercial spaceport licensing

PUBLICATIONS

Moffitt, B. A., Bradley, T. H., Parekh, D. E., Mavris, D., 2006. Design Space Exploration of Small-Scale PEM Fuel Cell Long Endurance Aircraft. AIAA 2006- 7701.

Bradley, T. H., Moffitt, B. A., Thomas, R., Parekh, D. E. and Mavris, D., 2006. Test Results for a Fuel Cell-Powered Demonstration Aircraft, in Society of Automotive Engineers Power System Conference, November 7-9, 2006, New Orleans. 2006-01-3092.

Bradley, T. H., Moffitt, B. A., Parekh, D. E., Mavris, D., 2006. Validated Modeling and Synthesis of Medium-scale PEM Fuel Cell Aircraft. 4th International ASME Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, June 18-21 2006, Irvine, California.

Moffitt, B. A., Bradley, T. H., Parekh, D. E., Mavris, D., 2006. Design and Performance Validation of a Fuel Cell Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. AIAA 2006-0823.

Mosher, T. J., Moffitt, B. A., Dittman, E. R., and Korn, A. J., Evaluating Trajectories for a Feasible Earth Orbit Aerocapture/Aerogravity Assist Demonstration. American Astronautical Society Paper #AAS 03-640, June 2003.

Moffitt, B. A., Predictive Thermal Analysis of the Combat Sentinel Satellite Test Article, Masters Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2003.

Moffitt, B. A., and Mosher, T. J., An Innovative Trajectory for the Demonstration of Aerocapture/Aerogravity Assist, New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications Conference Proceedings, 2003.

Moffitt, B. A., and Batty, J. C., Predictive Thermal Analysis of the Combat Sentinel Satellite, AIAA/Utah State University Conference on Small Satellites Proceedings, August 2002.