Projects

Rockets
A selection of rocket and propulsion systems I’ve worked on, spanning liquid bipropellant, hybrid, solid, and in-space propulsion
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Rockets
Satellites
A selection of satellite missions I’ve worked on
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Satellites
Microsatellite Development, Testing and On-orbit Operation
MASc Thesis at the University of Toronto
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Microsatellite Development, Testing and On-orbit Operation
Design of Two-Phase Injectors Using Analytical and Numerical Methods with Application to Hybrid Rockets
Presented at the AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum
Emerson Vargas Niño, Mohammad Reza H. Razavi
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Design of Two-Phase Injectors Using Analytical and Numerical Methods with Application to Hybrid Rockets
Aerospike Nozzle Design for a Hybrid Rocket
Multidisciplinary capstone project for BASc degree
Emerson Vargas Niño, Kevin Course, Yao Tong, Shi Yu, Qidong Zhao
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Aerospike Nozzle Design for a Hybrid Rocket
Optimal Hybrid Attitude Control for Detumbling Spacecraft
BASc Thesis at the University of Toronto
Emerson Vargas Niño
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Optimal Hybrid Attitude Control for Detumbling Spacecraft
Rocket Flight Loads Determination
Design and analysis of UTAT’s DEFIANCE rocket
Emerson Vargas Niño, Fred Chun
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Rocket Flight Loads Determination
Cushion: An Interactive Media Womb
Presented at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche Exhibition
Emerson Vargas Niño, Felix Yang, Zach Ropel Morski, Thomas Noussis, Bianca Weeko Martin, Alexandra Sermol, Nicole Rak, Julia Nakanishi, Joshua Macdonald, Michelle Lin, Tony Kogan, Kate Brownlie, Severyn Romanskyy, Josephine Guan, Laura Di Fiore
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Cushion: An Interactive Media Womb