Laura Beth Furgerson
2060 Sunlake Blvd., Apt. 1306
Huntsville, AL 35824
(205) 461-9457
furgerl@email.uah.edu
SUMMARY
EDUCATION
B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Mathematics minor), expected May, 1997
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
GPA 3.6 / 4.0
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
September, 1996 - Present - Sverdrup Technology, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Engineering Assistant, Propulsion Department
- Generated fluid distribution system schematics for the Shooting Star Solar Thermal Propulsion Experiment (SSE)
- Modeled SSE fluid distribution system components using Intergraph Engineering Modeling Software (I - EMS)
- Researched potential SSE fluid distribution system components: Marman clamps, etc.
- Supported design team as a liaison to Marshall Space Flight Center
- Modeled the fluid flow and heat transfer through Simplex Turbopump using the in-house generated CFD code "GFSSP"
June, 1994 - August, 1996 - Alabama Cryogenic Engineering, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Co-op: Engineering Assistant and Lab Technician
- Designed and drew mechanical drawings of a billet and die for a hybrid rocket liquid oxygen fuel injector
- Fabricated, pressure drop tested, and conduction tested perforated plate regenerators
- Supported design of low temperature test assemblies for pulse tube cryocoolers
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
Computer-Aided Design
Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis
Administrative Programs
ACTIVITIES
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