Michael Grant
About Michael Grant
Michael Grant is a Principal Aeronautical Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Purdue University, specializing in multidisciplinary design optimization and hypersonic vehicle design.
Title
Michael Grant is currently a Principal Aeronautical Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories.
Current Roles
Michael Grant currently works at Sandia National Laboratories as a Principal Aeronautical Engineer and serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Purdue University.
Professional Background
Michael Grant has an expansive professional background, having worked at several prestigious institutions and organizations. He served as an Assistant Professor in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University from 2012 to 2017. Prior to that, he held the position of Graduate Research Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology for six years and was a Graduate Co-op Student at NASA Langley Research Center in 2007. He also worked as a Graduate Co-op Student and Undergraduate Co-op Student at NASA Johnson Space Center, accumulating over seven years of experience.
Education and Expertise
Michael Grant achieved his Ph.D. and Master's degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, where he studied from 2006 to 2012. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University between 2001 and 2005. He specializes in multidisciplinary design optimization, conceptual design of hypersonic vehicles, trajectory optimization, and guidance design for aerospace applications.
Contributions to Aerospace Technology
Michael Grant has significantly contributed to the development of advanced technologies for high-performance hypersonic flight vehicles, particularly in support of entry, descent, and landing systems on Mars. He has been involved in various research and missions related to Mars exploration and human lunar return. His expertise spans multidisciplinary design optimization and conceptual design for both blunt and slender hypersonic vehicles.