Hieu Nguyen

Stress Analyst @Oceaneering

Houston, TX, US

Experience in FEMAP with NASTRAN to create multiple finite-element analysis models varying from plate, laminate, and solid elements using various loads such as gravity, pressure, shock, or line loads. Other features include rigid elements, mid-surfacing, free-body, bolt fail-safe analysis, buckling analysis, and normal-mode analysis.• Involved in various trade studies towards the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) for Space Launch System (SLS) such as brackets and structural components for their testing fixture.• Facilitated and created stress reports of structural components\' Ultimate and Yield Margins of Safety• Completed bolt analysis of shear, pull-out, and gapping of various components\' fasteners according to NASA Standards or to Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC) standards.• Verified different weld dimensions to the loads being applied to system using pulled interface loads from FEA application.• Supported IOP testing for Crew Module Uprighting System (CMUS) in Los Angeles, California through observation of testing and updating stress report of the project