Ben Names
Manager, Stress, Materials & Processes, And Standards
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Names is an aerospace structures engineer and manager with 11 years of experience leading stress, composites, and standards development for eVTOL, UAV, spacecraft, and crewed capsule programs. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has progressed from hands-on stress analyst to manager at Wisk, combining finite element and analytical methods to solve complex structural and aeroelastic problems. He has led high-profile programs (Dream Chaser, SpaceShipTwo tail redesign, Orion) and built analysis tools like MATLAB Vehicle Health Check and AeroComBAT to streamline sizing and rapid assessments. Ben emphasizes creating repeatable Standards & Methods and translating detailed analysis into practical, auditable workflows for multidisciplinary teams. He brings a rare mix of deep technical fluency in loads/dynamics and a track record of turning advanced analyses into production-ready processes for emerging air mobility platforms.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Candidate, Aerospace Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Candidate, Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech
English, Spanish
Github Skills (19)
nastran9
scientific-visualization8
cuda8
python8
visualization8
parallel8
sympy8
qt7
composite7
numba7
opengl6
llvm6
compiler5
vispy5
numpy5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
bennames/AeroComBAT-Project
Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:1 release, 20 commits, 1 PR in 9 months
compositepythonbeambeam-analysis
bennames/AeroComBAT2
Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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