Laura Beth Furgerson
2060 Sunlake Blvd., Apt. 1306
Huntsville, AL 35824
(205) 461-9457
furgerl@email.uah.edu

SUMMARY

• cryogenics
• propulsion systems

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

• Intergraph Engineering Modeling Software (I-EMS)
• AutoCad
• ANSYS

Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis

• Generalized Fluid Systems Simulation Program (GFSSP)

Administrative Programs

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint)
• MacDraw

ACTIVITIES

• Corresponding Secretary, Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society
• Student member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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