Hi, I’m Logan Bewley
About Me
I am an Aerospace Engineer with a passion for spaceflight and eager to contribute to shaping the next age in exploration and utilization of space. I love to learn and explore new ideas both in my work and outside it through my other passions.
I have a background in satellite development, operations, and architecture analysis and design. I am currently a Space Architecture Performance Analyst at The Aerospace Corporation and primarily work on space architecture analysis, spaceflight dynamics, and tool development in support of these areas.
I graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with an M.S. and B.S. in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on space systems, satellite development and operations, and flight dynamics. I also worked in the Space Systems Design Lab at Georgia Tech from 2017 to 2019 doing subsystem design, operations planning, and flight dynamics analysis on a CubeSat satellite project.
Skills
Focus Areas
- Space Architecture Design and Performance Analysis
- Satellite Flight Dynamics
- Satellite Operations
- Code Development
Software
- Python
- MATLAB
- C/C++
- Systems Tool Kit (STK)
- Git project management
- Tool Development
- Cadence Allegro/OrCAD
- Solidworks
Communication
- Team Management
- Presentation and Speaking
- Technical Writing
- Code maintenance and documentation
Languages
- Japanese
- French
Experience
Space Architecture Performance Analyst – The Aerospace Corporation
June 2020 – Present
- Conduct satellite architecture modeling
- Analyze space architectures based on performance in a variety of access, collection, observation, and other metrics
- Design, execute, and analyze flight dynamics simulations
- Design software tools to accomplish analyses and enable data visualization
- Lead both analysis and development teams to accomplish project goals by identifying customer needs, translating to development or analysis requirements, and coordinating tasking for team members
- Provide a variety of customers in multiple operational areas with relevant and effective analysis that answers questions and meets their needs
Master’s Program Research
January – December 2019
- Created flight software in Goddard Space Flight Center open source 42 simulation to filter modeled LiDAR and optical object tracking sensor data, perform trajectory estimation, and maintain tracking of a deployed inflatable body in support of the Tethering and Ranging mission of the Georgia Institute of Technology (TARGIT).
- Provided dynamics analysis of TARGIT CubeSat and inflated deployed body in operational orbit to aid in attitude control design and successful mission execution.
- Created segmented and spring models of the space tether system.
- Used simulation to aid in related SSDL optical camera tracking simulation research.
- Refined modeling software and improved simulation execution time.
- Validated prior tether simulations and used results of work to inform mission and system design.
Flight Dynamics Mission Analyst – OneWeb
December 2019 – March 2020
- Served as flight dynamics support to satellite operators, including during launch and early operations as well as during nominal satellite operations.
- Assisted in coordination and implementation of satellite orbit raising campaigns.
- Developed code tools to interface with Systems Tool Kit (STK) facilitating analysis of satellite conjunctions, burn planning, and orbit determination results.
- Conducted modeling of satellite orbital parameters to better target desired constellation deployment and associated orbit raising strategies.
- Assisted in validation of orbit determination, modeling, and satellite state propagation.
Georgia Tech TARGIT CubeSat Project
January 2017 – May 2018
- Supported research in Georgia Tech Space Systems Design Lab, primarily on the NASA Undergraduate Student Instrument Project to develop TARGIT LiDAR CubeSat.
- Served as team lead on the Electric Power System team heading design and prototyping of inhouse fabricated solar panels and battery pack.
- Responsible for system development progress and reporting as well as communication to other team leads and NASA representatives at Conceptual and Preliminary Design Reviews
- Created operations plans and power modeling code for orbit and panel configuration analysis.