NATHAN SCANDELLA

Quillen 6B, Escondido Village
Stanford, CA 94305
(415) 497-4843 / nscan@leland.stanford.edu

EDUCATION M.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Focus on Composites
Stanford University
1997
B.S., Aeronautical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
GPA: 3.81 (overall), 3.90 (major)
1996
EXPERIENCE Summer Intern, Boeing, Defense & Space Group
Software Development of an Open Systems Architecture for airborne surveillance platforms, such as the E-3/767 AWACS. Responsible for engineering graphical tabular displays for the software's user interfaces. Systems included communications and electronic support measures.
1996
Tech Student, Northrop Grumman, B-2 Division
Design of vehicle health monitoring algorithms, support of avionics design and composite battle damage repair, documentation of failure data, and reliability/maintainability estimations for trade studies. Programs incuded RLV/X-33 (at Rockwell), B-2, and JAST(JSF). DoD "SECRET" security clearance held.
1995
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, NASA JPL
NASA Flight Project research evaluating the viability of solar cells in the Mars Pathfinder power system. The fellowship involved writing a research proposal, designing an experiment, acquiring and assembling the apparatus, taking data, and presenting results (see awards).
1994
Sales Representative, Royal Prestige East Coast
Summer internship with a sales and marketing firm which included prospecting, appointment planning, product presentations, and closing of sales.
1993
Engineering Aid, NIST
Performed laboratory tests, chemical analysis, and sample preparation for thermophysical property measurements. Reduced and analyzed test results. Adjusted and maintained experimental apparatus.
1990-2
TECHNICAL
SKILLS
  • machine design, shop fabrication, and safety
  • experimental methods: systems theory and applications
  • operating systems: proficiency with DOS/Windows,UNIX, and Mac environments
  • software:C,Ada programming; AutoCAD, Mathematica, Matlab, ANSYS
  • design, assembly, and repair of elementary electronic circuits
HONORS, License, Engineer-In-Training (E.I.T.) 1997
AWARDS, American Helicopter Society, Vertical Flight Foundation Scholar 1996
AND AIAA/Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Master's Fellowship 1996
AFFILIATIONS Semi-finalist, Caltech ME72 Design Competition 1995
Student Member, Pacific Rocket Society 1995
Student Member, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics 1995
Induction to Sigma Xi,The Scientific Research Society 1995
Northrop Grumman Merit Scholarship 1994,5
Induction to Tau Beta Pi, The National Engineering Honor Society 1994
Doris S. Perpall Speaking Award, SURF 1994
PUBLICATIONS
AND
AIAA Paper #96-0935, Proceedings of 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit 1996
PRESENTATIONS "Effects of Electrostatic Dust Precipitation..", AIAA 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit 1996
"Effects of Electrostatic Dust Precipitation..", Caltech SURF Presentation Day 1994