Luke Saindon
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Bio
Luke is a mechanical engineer at bluShift Aerospace with experience in the defense and aerospace sectors, with particular focus on small launch vehicle design, hybrid propulsion, and thermal machinery modelling. Luke has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Maine and work experience in a variety of research related organizations including NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Applied Thermal Sciences, Midé Technology, and now bluShift Aerospace. At bluShift Luke assists with performance testing of the propulsion systems, thermodynamic design and modelling, MATLAB code development for vehicle optimization, and CAD.
Experience
6 years, including 1 in a leadership role, at Midé a small aerospace firm specialized in super elastic alloys (SEA), shape memory alloys (SMA), and piezoelectric actuators.
Design and construction of a sounding rocket as part of Team URSA
Applied Thermal Sciences internship at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Education
BSME, University of Maine (2012)
