Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering                                                                                                                                                         December 2024

Utah State University, Logan UT                                                                                                                                                     GPA 4.00

• Recipient: Warren F. Phillips Endowed Fellowship

M.S. Degree, Mechanical Engineering                                                                                                                                                    May 2021

Utah State University, Logan UT                                                                                                                                                     GPA 4.00

Defended Thesis, December 2020

B.S. Degree, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering                                                                                                                            May 2019

Utah State University, Logan UT                                                                                                                                                     GPA 3.95

Passed FE Exam, August 2018

• Treasurer, First Chapter of USU Recreational Engineering Club, Feb 2018 – May 2019

•  Recipient: NSF S-STEM Scholarship, Engineering Initiative Scholarship, USU “A” Pin Award

Graduate Research Assistant – Dissertation Research, USU AeroLab, Logan UT                                         Dec. 2022 – Current

• Estimate and characterize the aerodynamic and stability characteristics of asymmetric aircraft

• Develop Python-based aerodynamic models, propulsion models, dynamic stability analysis methods, and flight simulation tools

Intern, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA                                                                                       Aug. 2023 – Dec. 2023

• Developed automated methods for creating Simulink-based flight dynamics models and 6-DOF aircraft flight simulations

• Established control methods and analysis scripts for simulating and evaluating the takeoff, landing, and critical loss of thrust performance of multiengine aircraft

• Authored and presented a 2024 AIAA AVIATION conference paper on the flight dynamics and flight simulation methods developed during the internship

Graduate Research Assistant – NASA ULI, USU AeroLab, Logan UT                                                          Dec. 2018 – Nov. 2022

• Developed, integrated, and maintained tools for analyzing supersonic aircraft pressure signatures, sonic boom loudness, and wave drag

• Led the tool integration team for the NASA ULI final concept demonstration. Responsible for the coordination and integration of the processes and tools developed for the ULI end-of-project demonstration

Group Lead - Aero, Stability and Control, USU Hypersonic Vehicle Design Course, Logan UT          Jan. 2024 – May 2024

• Led aerodynamic and stability/control related design decisions in the development of a conceptual Mach 5 passenger aircraft

• Generated aerodynamic and stability/control databases for subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic Mach numbers

• Collaborated with configuration, propulsion, aero-thermal, and trajectory sub-groups in ensuring vehicle met all safety and performance requirements

Team Lead - Structures, USU DBF Capstone Design Project, Logan UT                                                  Sept. 2018 – May 2019

• Led team of 5 senior engineering students responsible for managing the design, construction, and testing of a reliable airframe for use in the 2018-19 AIAA Design, Build, Fly competition

• Collaborated with aerodynamics and propulsions teams to meet design and performance goals for 3 prototype and 2 competition level aircraft

• Modeled aircraft using SOLIDWORKS and constructed airframe with 300+ laser cut and 3D printed components

• Produced technical documentation for the design and testing of airframe. Team placed 14th out of 104 in technical report scoring

Graduate Course Instructor, USU College of Engineering, Logan UT                                                                            Jan. 2023 – May 2023

• Provided instruction, grading, and student support to 25+ senior-level and graduate students as the course instructor for the MAE Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight course

Graduate Course Assistant, USU College of Engineering, Logan UT                                                                          Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2019

• Provided individual tutoring and student support to 20+ senior-level and graduate students as a teaching/grading assistant for the MAE Compressible Fluids course

Laboratory Technician, USU Experimental Fluid Dynamics Lab, Logan UT                                                                       May 2018 – Oct. 2018

• Managed the modeling, machining, and assembly of 100+ components of a PIV wind tunnel test section

• Developed Matlab image processing scripts for use in PIV data pre-processing and analysis of test section parts

• Utilized and modified LabView Virtual Instruments for the calibration of 300+ test section thermocouples

Conference:

7.   Abraham, T. J., Case, C., Abraham, T. A., Hurwitz, J., Hoch, N., Ford, B., Johnson, Z., Gricius, B., Foster, Z., Spencer, C., Crook, A., Weaver, A., Ramiro, J., “Conceptual Design of a Mach 5, Horizontal Takeoff, Commercial Passenger Aircraft,” AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 2025. In Preparation.

6.   Abraham, T., Denham, C. L., “Flight Dynamics Modeling for a Rapid Conceptual Development Environment,” AIAA AVIATION Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-4051

5.   Abraham, T., Hunsaker, D. F., Joo, J. J., “Linearized Rigid-Body Dynamics of Asymmetric Aircraft,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida, January 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-2647

4.   Moulton, B., Abraham, T., Hunsaker, D. F., “Stick-Fixed Maneuver Points in Roll, Pitch, and Yaw and Associated Handling Qualities,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida, January 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-2480

3.   Abraham, T., Hunsaker, D. F., Lazzara, D. S., “Multi-Fidelity Comparison of Supersonic Wave Drag Prediction Methods Using Axisymmetric Bodies,” AIAA SciTech Forum, National Harbor, Maryland, January 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-1899

2.   Weaver-Rosen, J. M., Carpenter, F. L., Cizmas, P. G., Malak, R. J., Abraham, T. A., Hunsaker, D. F., and Lazzara, D. S., “Computational Design Methodology of Adaptive Outer Mold Line for Robust Low En-Route Noise of a Supersonic Aircraft,” AIAA SciTech Forum, VIRTUAL EVENT, January 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-0877

1.   Abraham, T., Hunsaker, D. F., Weaver-Rosen, J. M., and Malak, R. J., “Identifying Optimal Equivalent Area Changes to Reduce Sonic Boom Loudness,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida, January 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-0790

Journal:

2.   Abraham, T., Hunsaker, D. F., “Linearized Rigid-Body Dynamics of Asymmetric Aircraft,” In Preparation.

1.   Abraham, T., Lazzara, D. S., Hunsaker, D. F., “Multifidelity Comparison of Supersonic Wave Drag Prediction Methods Using Axisymmetric Bodies,” Aerospace, 2024, Vol. 11, No. 24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11050359

Theses:

1.      Abraham, Troy A., "Sonic Boom Loudness Reduction Through Localized Supersonic Aircraft Equivalent-Area Changes" (2021). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations.8032. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8032

Abraham, T., Dixon, N., Hunsaker, D. F., Mabe, J., “A Systems Integration Framework for Sonic Boom Prediction and Minimization Using Adaptive Structures,” SES Annual Technical Meeting, College Station, Texas, October 2022.

Manuscript Reviewer for the following journals:

     AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems (1)