Nat Blaesser
Title: Deputy Lead, Aero Concepts Incubator
Technical Focus Area: Aircraft Design and Systems Analysis
Missions/Projects: AATT, RVLT, TTT
Study Topics/Expertise: Advanced Aircraft Design, Electric Aircraft, Propulsion-airframe Integration, System Requirements Development
Nat Blaesser works in the Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch, serving as the Deputy Lead to the Aero Concepts Incubator, the branch’s advanced concept team. Nat leads or researches advanced concept development of fixed-wing aircraft, including serving as the PEGASUS lead and RAVEN Co-PI. He has a research interest in propeller/rotor/proprotor design and their impacts on vehicle performance.
Prior to coming to NASA, Nat was an in-space propulsion systems engineer working on many commercial satellite systems and NASA’s Orion Crew Module Reaction Control System engines.
Education/Professional Experience
- B.S., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- M.S., UC Davis
- Ph.D., Virginia Tech
- NASA Langley Research Center, 2017 – Present
- Aerojet Rocketdyne, 2010 – 2015
- In-Space Propulsion Systems Engineer
Publications
- T. Marien, N. Blaesser, Z. Frederick, M. Guynn, J. Kirk, K. Fisher, S. Schneider, R. Thacker, P. Frederic “Results for an Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Design Exploration” AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, Virtual Event, AIAA 2021-3280, Aug. 2021
- Z. Frederick, N. Blaesser, F. Valdez, C. Hanson, “Weight and Balance Considerations for Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Applied to the Parallel Electric-Gas Architecture with Synergistic Utilization Scheme (PEGASUS) Concept” AIAA Aviation, Virtual Event, AIAA 2021-2449, Aug. 2021
- T. Marien, N. Blaesser, Z. Frederick, M. Guynn, J. Kirk, K. Fisher, S. Schneider, R. Thacker, P. Frederic “Methodology Used for an Electric Aircraft Propulsion Design Exploration” AIAA Aviation, Virtual Event, AIAA 2021-3191, Aug. 2021
- N. Blaesser and Z. Frederick “Tail Sizing Considerations for Wingtip Propulsor Driven Aircraft Applied to the Parallel Electric-Gas Architecture with Synergistic Utilization Scheme (PEGASUS) Concept” AIAA Aviation, Virtual Event, AIAA 2020-2633, June 2020
- N. Blaesser “Interference Drag Due to Engine Nacelle Location for a Single-Aisle, Transonic Aircraft”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Dec. 2019
- F. Capristan and N. Blaesser “Analysis of the Parallel Electric-Gas Architecture with Synergistic Utilization Scheme (PEGASUS) Concept” NASA Technical Memo, NASA TM-2019-220396
- R. Thacker and N. Blaesser “Modeling of a Modern Aircraft Through Calibration Techniques” AIAA Aviation, Dallas TX, AIAA 2019-2984
- J. Quinlan, T. Marien, N. Blaesser, J. Kirk, H. Perkins, K. Fisher ”Far Term Exploration of Advanced Single-Aisle Subsonic Transport Aircraft Concepts”, AIAA Aviation, Dallas TX, AIAA 2019-2880
- N. Blaesser, J. Schetz, R. Kapania “Interference Drag Associated with Engine Locations for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization”, AIAA SciTech, San Diego, CA, AIAA 2019-0259
- N. Blaesser “Propeller-Wing Integration on the Parallel Electric-Gas Architecture with Synergistic Utilization Scheme (PEGASUS) Aircraft”, AIAA SciTech, San Diego, CA, AIAA 2019-1809
- E. Halberg, S. Robinson, R. Onishi, N. Blaesser, “An ISS Space Ambulance Based on X-37B Technology”, AIAA Space Forum, Long Beach, CA, AIAA 2016-5476
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