Presenter

Patricia Ventura Diaz is a senior research scientist in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division at the Ames Research Center in California. She has been instrumental in modeling and simulation of various aerospace vehicles including rotorcraft using high-fidelity CFD methods. She has supported multiple VTOL projects, including Urban Air Mobility on Earth, a helicopter on Mars, and a nuclear-powered drone on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Patricia received a BS and an MS from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in Spain, and an MS from SUPAERO in France.