Presenter

François Cadieux is an aerospace engineer in the Computational Aerosciences Branch of the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division at Ames Research Center. He specializes in high-fidelity simulations for launch and entry systems, leveraging large-scale HPC to model complex aerodynamic and aeroacoustic phenomena. François received the NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal in 2018 and was named a Space Flight Awareness Artemis I Honoree in 2022 for his contributions to the Orion Launch Abort System, including the QM-1 and AA-2 tests. Since 2016, he has been a key member of the Launch, Ascent, and Vehicle Aerodynamics (LAVA) team, where he currently leads the effort to simulate parachute deployment for atmospheric entry, descent, and landing on Earth, Mars, and Titan. He earned his PhD in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University before joining NASA.