1. Joshua B. Hecht
2651 W. Broadway Blvd #8304, Tucson, AZ 85745
720-254-7394 Joshua.Hecht@colorado.edu
EXPERIENCE
Aerospace Engineer III October 2013 – Present
Paragon Space Development Corporation Tucson, AZ
• Program manager for the production of Humidity Control Subassembly (HCS) flight units. The HCS is
spaceflight ECLS hardware used within the air revitalization system onboard the Boeing CST-100 Starliner.
• Wrote all test plans and procedures for qualification and acceptance testing. Conducted leak, performance,
vibration and proof testing at both the Paragon facility and outside testing labs. Compiled all data and wrote the
majority of test reports. Created ADPs that were accepted by Boeing when each unit was delivered to KSC.
• Successfully led a team of engineers to determine the root cause and corrective action of a leak failure on the
last HCS flight unit. Used three months of testing, reporting and data analysis to present the results to the
customer. This allowed Boeing to make the determination that the issue was a manufacturing failure, rather than
a design/fleet failure, allowing the Paragon HCS units to be integrated onto the spacecraft, and not scrapped.
• Conducted engineering development, recovery, and balloon fill operations during the record breaking flights of
the StratEx program in Roswell, NM. Hands-on repair and development of essential components used to
facilitate the successful launch of the pilot. Primary representative of operational infrastructure and logistics
Graduate Research Assistant / Project Engineer on SRFHX January 2012 – December 2012
University of Colorado Boulder, CO
The SRFHX is a lightweight and freeze tolerant water/ice heat exchanger used to passively regulate s/c heat loads
• Created and verified theoretical computer models of spacecraft LEO heat flux, thermal control system trends,
SRFHX heat rejection performance, and equivalent system mass
• Hecht, J.B., (2012) First Order Feasibility Evaluation of a Water-based Freezable Heat Exchanger for use in
Human Spacecraft Thermal Control. MS Thesis, Aerospace Engineering Sciences University of Colorado
o Hecht, J.B., Klaus, D.M., Nabity, J.A. and Ewert, M.K. (2013) Evaluation of Candidate Architectures
for Incorporating a Self-Regulating Freezable Heat Exchanger into a Spacecraft Active Thermal Control
System. AIAA-2013-3419
o Nabity, J.A., Spatafore, B.M., Mason, G.R., Hecht, J.B., Klaus, D.M., and Ewert, M.K. (2013) A Self-
Regulating Freezable Heat Exchanger for Use in Spacecraft Thermal Control. AIAA-2013-3418
o Presentation at 43rd
International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES), Evaluation of
Candidate Architectures for Incorporating a Self-Regulating Freezable Heat Exchanger into a Spacecraft
Active Thermal Control System, Vail, CO, July 2013
Satellite Command Controller May 2008 – May 2012
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) Boulder, CO
• Planned on-orbit maneuvers and conducted real-time commanding for five NASA spacecraft
• Led student team for Kepler Power, and member of five other satellite subsystem analysis groups
• Improved spacecraft performance through monthly evaluations of current satellite operating procedures
• Used long term performance of the AIM spacecraft to obtain extended mission funding
EDUCATION
M.S. Aerospace Engineering (Emphasis in Bioastronautics) GPA: 3.67, University of Colorado, 2012
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering GPA: 3.35, University of Colorado, 2011
International Baccalaureate Diploma Recipient GPA: 4.2, Lakewood High School, 2007
TECHNICAL SKILLS Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio, IDL (limited), MATLAB, STK,
Oasis, DAQ, QCBD, Solidworks (limited), Labview (limited), Test Bed Design, Error
Analysis, Thermal Analysis (no software experience), Windchill (limited)