Jordan Smart
Doctoral Candidate
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJordan Smart is a doctoral candidate in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University with eight years of engineering experience bridging academic research and aerospace industry practice. His work in the Aerospace Design Laboratory focuses on improving tools for early conceptual aircraft modeling, supported by prestigious fellowships from Stanford VPGE, the School of Engineering, and the NSF. Prior roles at Lockheed Martin spanned manufacturing, quality and field operations—where he contributed to F-35 production ramp-up, supplier variation management, and international facility stand-up—bringing practical systems and process insight to his research. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he combines rigorous PhD-level analysis with hands-on engineering pragmatism, often translating complex aerodynamic concepts into tangible design and tooling improvements. His background suggests a rare fluency in both high-level design methodology and the on-the-ground constraints of aerospace production.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Summa cum Laude, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Summa cum Laude at Rutgers University-New BrunswickDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (33)
simulation10
autopilot10
python10
toolbox10
dynamics10
discrete-event-simulation10
aircraft10
aerodynamics10
aerospace10
vscode-extension7
modeling6
3d-models6
parametric5
cpp5
swift5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
JTrentSmart/SUAVE
Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
toolboxaircraftaircraft-design
eden-uiuc/trace
Feb 2024 - Jul 2026
EDEn Lab Experimental Fork of RCAIDE
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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