Daniel Zanko
Rocket Propulsion Engineer at BLUE ORIGIN
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Zanko is a rocket propulsion engineer with eight years of hands-on experience designing and testing liquid rocket engines, currently working on BE-7 and BE-3U at Blue Origin. A Matthew Isakowitz Fellow, he progressed through Blue Origin’s New Graduate Rotation and has applied thermofluid, structural, and test engineering across New Glenn, BE-4 and lunar-focused propulsion systems. He combines academic rigor from an MS in Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins with practical expertise in transient thermofluid and stress analyses, hot-fire test engineering, and manufacturing tooling design. Daniel’s background includes research on extraterrestrial regolith simulants and high-reliability hardware for extreme environments, reflecting a knack for turning theoretical requirements into buildable, testable hardware. Colleagues describe him as a methodical problem-solver who bridges analysis, design, and test to advance propulsion readiness for lunar and beyond-Earth missions.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityHigh School, Class of 2015, High School, Class of 2015 at East Grand Rapids High School
English, SpanishGithub contributions (2)
AstroJays-Hopkins/Propulsion
Feb 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:163 commits, 2 PRs, 144 pushes in 2 years
AstroJays-Hopkins/BJ01_CAD
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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