Droplet Pinning in Zero-G
The first successful controlled pinning of a droplet in zero gravity — a world-first, at RPI.
World-first
engineering,
at scale.
Senior Program Integrations Manager at Boeing, Ph.D., MBA, FIMechE. From pinning a droplet in zero gravity to digital twins for fusion reactors, and now integrating the 737, the most-built aircraft in the world.
The expertise
Boeing · Oak Ridge · NASA · RPIFayaz Rasheed leads program integration on the Boeing 737, coordinating the parts, suppliers, and decisions behind one of the world’s most-built aircraft. Before Boeing, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he built digital twins of fusion helium loops and cooling strategies for reactors that do not yet exist.
Earlier, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he pinned a droplet in zero gravity, a controlled world-first, and worked with NASA on a containerless bioreactor for long-duration missions. He holds a doctorate from RPI, an MBA from Illinois, and is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IMechE.
— Dr. Fayaz Rasheed
15+Years of experience
15+Awards & honors
2World-first achievements
4Continents of study & work
Education
- MBA — Leadership & AnalyticsStrategy, analytics, and the business of large programsUniv. of Illinois
- Ph.D. — Aeronautical EngineeringZero-gravity fluid dynamics; first controlled droplet pinning in zero-gRensselaer
- M.Phil. — Aerospace EngineeringResearch residency, fluids and structuresManchester
- MSc — Aerospace EngineeringAdvanced aerodynamics and designManchester
- B.E. — Aeronautical EngineeringFirst degree, first principlesAnna University
- Graduate Certificate — AI & ML for EngineeringMachine learning applied to physical systemsUniv. of Washington
- Machine Learning & AISpecialized study across two institutesMIT & Caltech
Six selected achievements
Awards · Research · SpaceContainerless Bioreactor
Research for NASA toward a containerless bioreactor for the ISS and the Mars missions.
Reactor Cooling Strategies
Cooling strategies for fusion reactors at Oak Ridge, featured by AAAS EurekAlert.
Fusion Helium Loop Twin
A digital twin built on reduced-order models, presented at Ansys Simulation World 2021.
ASME Robert T. Knapp Award
Lead-author recognition for outstanding contribution to fluid mechanics research.
UK Alumni Awards 2023
Finalist, Science and Sustainability — for contribution to engineering and science.
Areas of practice
Skills & domainsLeadership
- Program management
- Engineering management
- Cross-functional teams
- Agile / Scrum
Engineering
- Aerospace engineering
- Aerodynamics
- Fluid dynamics
- CFD / FEA
- Wind-tunnel testing
Technology
- Machine learning / AI
- Digital twins
- Simulation
- R&D strategy
Domains
- Aerospace & defense
- Fusion energy
- Space / NASA
- Academia
BoeingAIAAIMechEPhi Kappa PhiRensselaerOak RidgeASMEMITManchesterIllinoisCaltechNASAUW
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