John Lewis Ziegler

  • Program Years: 2007-2011
  • Academic Institution: California Institute of Technology
  • Field of Study: Aeronautics
  • Academic Advisor: Dale Pullin
  • Practicum(s):
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2008)
  • Degree(s):
    Ph.D. Aeronautics: California Institute of Technology, 2011
    M.S. Aerospace Engineering: California Institute of Technology, 2007
    B.S. Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Math Minor: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006

Current Status

  • Status: Senior Research Engineer, ASTRA Louisville CO (Atmospheric Space Technology Research Associates)
  • Research Area: Reactive, Diffusive, Compressible Flow, Multiphase Gas-Particles Flows, Vapor-phase upgraded biomass

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Work Experience/Internships:

ASTRA
- Senior Research Engineer 2019-Present
- Satellites, Digital Communications, Machine Learning, Software Defined Radio
- Space Weather Forecasting, Proposal writing, and more

WhiteFox Defense Technologies (Drone Defense Startup)
2017-2019

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Information Systems
-Software Engineer (Summer 2016-Fall 2017)

Colorado School of Mines
Adjunct Mechanical Engr. Professor (Spring 2016)
-Teaching Fluid Mechanics

Oak Ridge National Lab (Summer Practicum 2008)
Adaptive Mesh Refinement in Object-orientated C++ (AMROC)
(Mentor: Dr. Ralf Deiterding)

Sandia National Laboratory (Summer Research Internship 2006)
Computational Shock & Multiphysics
(Mentor: Dr. Allen Robinson)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Summer Research Internship 2005)
DARTS LAB (Dynamics Algorithms & Real Time Simulations Laboratory)
(Mentor: Dr. Abhi Jain)