AMY VANDERHOUT Northrop Grumman Amy Vanderhout was nominated by the AIAA Utah Section. Amy is a rising aerospace engineer and an active member of the AIAA Young Professionals Group and the Space Logistics and Structures Technical Committee. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an active member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Young Professionals Group and the Space Logistics and Structures Technical Committee. Amy works as a Principal Investigator for the research and development of high-temperature materials at Northrop Grumman Space Systems. Her current project is developing a Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) nose cone solution for a sophisticated national defense product, specifically guiding the design team toward a new material system and manufacturing technology that has more environmental capability than existing systems. In addition to the CMC nose cone project, Amy is also taking the lead on performing the dynamic and structural analysis for an internal cryogenic hydrogen storage tank. Prior to this role, Amy worked as a Systems Engineer for a satellite servicing project as an electrical engineer on the thrust vector control on the Space Launch System Solid Rocket Boosters and as a composite structural engineer. This award recognizes new engineers’ accomplishments in their profession and their community; everything that Amy exemplifies. 2023 FRESH FACE IN ENGINEERING 14
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