Timothy W
Tim is a propulsion engineer at SpaceX where he primarily focuses on the Raptor engine startup and shutdown transients. Most recently, he was an on-console operator tasked with ensuring healthy engine startup in mission control for the highly successful fourth test flight of the Starship Launch Vehicle (the largest rocket ever flown) and was also responsible for developing the engine startup autosequence for the vacuum engines on that vehicle.
Before joining SpaceX, he was a PhD student at Purdue University funded by NASA to research heterogeneous rotating detonation rocket combustion using advanced laser diagnostics at the world-renowned Zucrow Laboratories. After being recruited by SpaceX, he left with his MS in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering to take on his current role with the company. His undergraduate degrees are in mechanical engineering and computer science which he received in a dual degree engineering program through Butler University and Purdue University in Indianapolis. Furthermore, he received minors in mathematics and Spanish. While an undergraduate student, Tim was a tutor and TA for three different academic departments - physics, mathematics, and computer science. As a junior, he won the "Outstanding Tutor Award" for the computer science department.
Other Subjects:
Algebra, Physics, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry, Math Analysis, Statistics
COLLEGE:
BS: Purdue University
MS: Purdue University
Subjects:
Computer Science
Programming
Differential Equations
Favorite Subject:
Computer Science
Favorite Study Skill:
Creating a cheatsheet of equations
Favorite Book:
Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John D. Clark
