March 25-29, 2013
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Personnel
Lead Students
Nick Parziale
Born and raised on Long Island in NY, Nick received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from SUNY Binghamton in 2008, then received his Master’s degree in Aeronautics from Caltech in 2009. He is currently a PhD student in Aeronautics working in the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT). His research focuses on supersonic and hypersonic flows, specifically novel ground-test methodology and optical diagnostic development.
Jason Rabinovitch
Jason Rabinovitch is currently a Ph.D. student in Aeronautics at the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT). His research is focused on developing computational methods to simulate Hypersonic Ablation, in an efficient and accurate manner. Jason received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Yale in 2008. He completed his Masters in Aerospace Engineering in 2009 at Caltech, and then received a Master’s degree in Fluid Mechanics from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, in 2010. Eventually Jason hopes to pursue a career in the human spaceflight industry.
Mentors
JPL: Julie Castillo-Rogez
JPL: Nathan J. Strange
Advisors
JPL: Joseph Parrish, Deputy Chief Technologist
Caltech Faculty: Professor Guillaume Blanquart
Profile and Research Page
Caltech Faculty: Professor Joseph Shepherd
Profile and Research Page
Student Mentors: Jon Mihaly and Prakhar Mehrotra (they led CSC 2011)
Student Volunteer
Caltech: Heather Duckworth - While working towards her master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Caltech, Heather has donated her time to the CSC, creating and managing the CSC Blog.
Development and Institute Relations (link)
Lorraine S. Alexander
John Kastanas
Cory R. King
Karen J. Payne
Keck Institute for Space Studies (link)
Professor Tom Prince
Michele Judd
Graduate Aerospace Laboratory at CIT (link)
Dimity Nelson