Biography

Isabel Fernandez is now a Guidance Navigation and Controls engineer at Boeing Vertical Lift in Philadelphia where she currently works on the CH-47 program. She graduated with her M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in the Spring of 2022. She received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from New Mexico State University in Spring of 2020. Her M.S. thesis was focused on the study of different boundary conditions and improving near-body flow solutions in a Lattice-Boltzmann framework, which is being examined for use as a mid-fidelity alternative CFD method.

In her free time Isabel enjoys hiking, reading, and exploring.

Thesis

Evaluation of Boundary Condition Treatments and Environments for Improved Near-Body Solutions in Lattice-Boltzmann Flow Simulations

This work aimed at examining different boundary conditions used for modeling objects within a Lattice Boltzmann framework in order to improve the near body flow solutions. The LBM is currently being investigated for use as a real-time flow solver for use in piloted flight simulators and as an alternative mid-fidelity CFD flow solver.

Publications

Fernandez, I.F., Horvat, B., and Rauleder, J., “Evaluation of boundary condition treatments for complex geometries in Lattice-Boltzmann flow simulations,” AIAA 2022-3675. AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum. June 2022. DOI: 10.2514/6.2022-3675.

Eckels, J.D., Jacobson, E., Cummings, I., Fernandez, I.F., Ho, K., Dervilis, N., Flynn, E.B., and Wachtor, A.J., “Predicting local material thickness from steady-state ultrasonic wavefield measurements using a convolutional neural network,” Ultrasonics, Volume 123, 2022, 106661, ISSN 0041-624X, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2021.106661.

Eckels, J.D., Fernandez, I.F., Ho, K., Dervilis, N., Jacobson, E.M., and Wachtor, A.J. “Application of a U-Net Convolutional Neural Network to Ultrasonic Wavefield Measurements for Defect Characterization.” In: Di Maio, D., Baqersad, J. (eds) Rotating Machinery, Optical Methods & Scanning LDV Methods, Volume 6. 2022, Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76335-0_18

Lane P, Throneberry G, Fernandez I, Hassanalian M, Vasconcellos R, and Abdelkefi A. “Towards Bio-Inspiration, Development, and Manufacturing of a Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle.” Drones. 2020; 4(3):39. DOI: 10.3390/drones4030039

Lane, P.J., Fernandez, I.F., Throneberry, G., and Abdelkefi, A., “Sizing process and manufacturing of an optimal flapping wing micro air vehicle,” AIAA 2019-3239. AIAA Aviation Forum. June 2019. DOI: 10.2514/6.2019-3239.

Favorite Cereal

Honey Nut Cheerios