Research

My interests span thermal management, design optimization, propulsion systems, mission planning, reduced order modelling, and education innovation.

Projects

Below is a list of past and present research projects. Cornell students who are interested in upcoming research projects should reach out to Dr. van Paridon via email. Upcoming projects will be posted near to the start of Fall semester.

Heat Pipe-Radiators for

Nuclear Electric Propulsion Spacecraft

Mission Planning for SmallSat Technology Demonstrator with Soft-robotic Gripper

Water Powered Propulsion in Space

Zero-Pole Difference Realizations of

SISO State-Space Systems

Reduced-Order Thermal Modelling
of Jet Engine Turbines

Transient Heat Transfer Facility

Effect of Mastery-graded Exams on Undergraduate Student Outcomes

Space and Engineering in

Community Learning Centers

Research

Projects

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