From the University of Southern California (USC)
December 2019 Graduated with a Master's Degree in Astronautical Engineering.
May 2018 Graduated with a B.S. in Astronautical Engineering (Magna Cum Laude, GPA > 3.7).
Notes on Undergrad
The capstone project of my Master's degree was the development of a HALO orbit simulation and the implementation of a station-keeping algorithm that performs comparably to recent station-keeping methods used in NASA missions. A detailed report can be found at ethan-geipel.com/halo
Notes on Undergrad
In my Junior year "Mech-Ops" class, I designed, constructed, and executed an experiment that investigated the self-similarity of heated turbulent jet flow, and concluded that temperature profiles downstream from a turbulent jet are self-similar (see Projects).
In my Senior year, I excelled in USC's Senior Design Project Lab. My team created an active control solution to cantilever beam vibration through the use of piezoelectric actuation. We successfully dampened the vibrations of a carbon fiber cantilever beam via piezoelectric actuation. (See the paper, in Projects).
Completed Courses
Fall 2019
ASTE-524
[Space Env. & Spacecraft Interactions]
Fall 2018
ASTE-524
[Human Spaceflight]
ASTE-577
[Entry Descent & Landing]
ASTE-580
[Orbital Mechanics I]
Spring 2019
ASTE-599
[Eng. Princples for Human Spaceflight]
ASTE-581
[Orbital Mechanics II]
Fall 2017
ASTE-470
[Spacecraft Propulsion]
AME-441
[Senior Projects Lab. "Senior Design"]
AME-404
[Comp. Solutions to Eng. Problems]
AME-451
[Linear Control Systems]
CE-460
[Construction Engineering]
Spring 2018
ASTE-480
[Spacecraft Dynamics]
ASTE-421
[Space Mission Design]
AME-308
[Computer-Aided Analyses for AME]
MASC-110
[Materials Science]
MPKS-150B
[Beginning Piano 2]
Summer 2017
MATH-226
[Linear Algebra & Differential Eq.]
Fall 2016
ASTE-330
[Spacecraft Systems,Space Environment]
ASTE-301a
[Thermal and Statistical Systems I]
AME-341a
[Mechoptronics Lab I - "Mechops"]
AME-301
[Dynamics]
AMST-135
[Peoples and Cultures of the Americas]
Spring 2017
CORE-104
[T.O. Honors, Change, and the Future]
ASTE-301b
[Thermal and Statistical Systems II]
AME-341b
[Mechoptronics Lab II - "Mechops"]
AME-302
[Dynamic Systems]
Fall 2015
AME-201
[Statics]
PHYS-152
[Physics II Electricity & Magnetism]
MATH-245
[Math for Physics and Eng. "Diff. Eq"]
CORE-103
[T.O. Honors Process of Change in Sci]
Spring 2016
ASTE-280
[Foundations of Astronautical Eng.]
AME-204
[Strength of Materials]
PHYS-153
[Physics III Optics and Modern Phys.]
CORE-103
[T.O. Honors "Aural Culture"]
Fall 2014
MATH-126
[Calculus II]
ENGR-101
[Introduction to Engineering]
CORE-102
[T.O. Honors Culture and Values]
CORE-111
[T.O. Honors Writing Seminar I]
MPKS-150A
[Beginning Piano 1]
Spring 2015
MATH-226
[Calculus III]
PHYS-151
[Physics I Mechanics & Thermodynamics]
AME-150
[Intro to Computational Methods]
CORE-112
[T.O. Honors Writing Seminar II]
