Kaushal Gokare

Bachelor's

Aerospace Engineering

Mathematics

Frontier Aerospace Corporation

Combustion Devices Intern

• Project lead on development of new combustion technology using CFD simulations, experimental methods, and original code, including novel Volume of Fluid to Discrete Phase Model transitioning techniques • Developing a technique to automate preliminary thruster sizing and specifications creation • Characterizing nozzle thermal properties via CFD simulation, combustion kinetics models, and parametrized injection models • Developed iterative solver for high-order and non-linear systems used for thrust characterization in highly coupled systems • Project lead on development of “Acceptance Delivery Package” that will be delivered to every customer along with thruster • Responsible for literature reviews used in choosing new technologies and materials • Experimentally characterized valve resistance properties for design verification