Aerospace Engineering

To the Admissions Committee: I supervised the applicant, a design engineer at an aerospace-components firm, for three years. I support their MS in Aerospace Engineering application.

The applicant redesigned a bracket that kept failing fatigue qualification, and rather than simply beefing it up, they ran the FEA to find the stress concentration at a fillet and fixed the geometry — a lighter part that passed. Understanding that in aerospace, weight is never free and every gram is an argument, is precisely the mindset the field rewards.

I recommend them with conviction.

To the Admissions Committee: I supervised the applicant's research on composite structures. I recommend them for your MS in Aerospace Engineering.

The applicant tested composite layups and, when a configuration outperformed predictions, investigated whether it was a real effect or a test-fixture artifact — and found it was partly the fixture. In structural research, refusing to celebrate a result you can't fully explain is the discipline that matters.

They build careful experiments and document honestly. I endorse them highly.