Niklas Julian Blattner

Master Thesis

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Immenstaad

• — Developed automated Bayesian methods to correlate thermal models with test data.
• — Conducted sensitivity analyses and optimization utilizing surrogate models.

Teaching Assistant — CFD Seminar

University of Stuttgart

• — Guided students through complex CFD exercises and provided technical advice on simulations and analysis.
• — Supported lectures and exercises for the seminar.

Development Engineer Propulsion and Aerodynamics

Diehl Defence

• — Developed various parts of solid rocket motors, FEM structural analysis, numerous CFD calculations for solid motors and jet engines.
• — Missile structural design and aerodynamic considerations, SRM propellant design, missile launch simulations.

Working Student (Dual Study Program)

Diehl Defence + DHBW Ravensburg

• — Principles of mechanical production and electronics.
• — Created analytical Python tools for combustion, nozzle, and inlet design as well as CFD analyses of jet exhausts.

M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering

University of Stuttgart

Specialization: Experimental and numeric methods and spaceflight technology. Thesis: Enhancing Spacecraft Thermal Design through Automated Data Correlation.

M.Sc. Exchange Semester

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Exchange semester at the mechanical engineering department with classes on network machine learning, high performance computing, space mechanisms.

B.Eng. Aerospace Engineering

DHBW Ravensburg

Specialization: Aerospace Electronics and Systems Engineering. Thesis: Development of an Analytical Tool for Designing Supersonic Diffuser Inlets.

Structures Pole — EPFL Spacecraft Team

Vibration testing and test stand design for the CHESS satellite.

Propulsion / Structures Pole — Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) — University of Stuttgart

Solid propellant development and testing, engine design and build, carbon-reinforced tank and combustion chamber construction.