Julio A Melhado
- Electrical Engineer
Mr. Melhado is the president
of MELHCORP LLC. He has experience in the design, development,
test, maintenance, and management of projects for aerospace,
land, buoy, and underwater platforms involving embedded
systems hardware, software, sensors and mechanical
integration. He has been the project manager or technical
project lead for several projects and initiatives for unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV) including Predator, Pioneer, Hunter,
Snowgoose and Raven UAV. Mr. Melhado has also written many
successful proposals and has multiple publications and
presentations in Unmanned Systems and Marine Technology. Mr.
Melhado previous experience include working for Neptune
Sciences as the manager for Unmanned Vehicle Projects, working
on the National Data Buoy Center contract designing buoy and
sensor systems, and working for United Space Boosters Inc
designing and maintaining automated test equipment for the
Solid Rocket Boosters in the Space Shuttle Program.
Becky Brocato -
Aerospace Engineer
Ms Brocato worked as an Air
Delivery Test Director at Yuma Proving Grounds developing
detailed test plans, cost estimates, support coordination and
data requirements in order to execute tests. Post-test
requirements involve evaluation of test data; testing
inconsistencies, test incident reports, and writing test
reports. As part of the Precision Air Delivery Team, most air
delivery missions involve the accurate knowledge of wind
estimations in order to accurately calculate a release point,
as well as true performance characteristics of the parachute.
These performance characteristics allow the development of
control algorithms in addition to modeling and simulation
efforts. Current and retired programs include the Leaflet
Delivery System (Special Operations Command), X-38 Parachute
Testing and Pad Abort Demonstrator (NASA), in addition to
several programs developed by the Natick Soldier Center
Airdrop Technology Team and Program Management (PM), such as
the Special Operation Forces Tactical Advanced Parachute
System (SOFTAPS), and the 500-ft Low Velocity Airdrop System
(LVADS)
Publication by Ms Brocato:
Experimental
Validation Of The Ideal Parachute Model: A Status Report:
AIAA-99-1746
Experimental Study Of Fluid-Structure
Interactions On A Cross Parachute: Comparison Of Wind Tunnel
Data And Drop Data With CFD Predictions: AIAA-99-1737
Modeling The Inflation Of Ram-Air Parachutes Reefed With
Sliders: Journal of Aircraft
Using Galilean Relativity For
The Study Of Unsteady Drag: Journal of Aircraft
A Systems
Engineering Approach To Designing A Venus Sample Return
Mission: AIAA-02-0954
Leaflet Delivery System:
AIAA-03-2139
Vertical Wind Analysis: AIAA-03-2163
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New Technique Of Wind Estimation In Airdrop Testing: ITEA
Journal
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