Tyler Critchfield
Graduate Student Researcher
Provo, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Critchfield is a Ph.D. candidate and graduate student researcher at Brigham Young University with eight years of engineering experience focused on aerodynamic design and multidisciplinary optimization for quiet, efficient eVTOL rotors and aircraft. He develops novel solver formulations for robust airfoil modeling and has hands-on experience applying CFD, flight vehicle design, and fluid dynamics in both research and teaching roles. Past industry and capstone work include modeling drone performance in adverse weather and designing autonomous fixed-wing platforms, demonstrating a blend of theoretical rigor and practical prototyping. Tyler’s background also spans materials research on grain boundary networks, yielding peer-reviewed publications and an unusual cross-disciplinary perspective he applies to aero-structural problems. Based in Provo, Utah, he combines deep technical curiosity with a track record of shipping validated models and mentoring students.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (35)
acoustics9
nonlinear9
rotor9
wave9
aircraft9
aerodynamics9
computational-fluid-dynamics8
julia8
theory8
bem8
pyplot8
digital-signal-processing8
openfoam8
propagation8
simulation7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rymanderson/drone_awe
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:71 commits, 7 pushes in 2 months
tylercritchfield/prop_opt
Dec 2020 - May 2021
Simple propeller optimization
Contributions:2 PRs, 91 pushes, 4 branches in 5 months
optimizationpropeller
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