Noah Sadaka nsadaka@purdue.edu

Hello! I'm a graduate student at Purdue University in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics studying astrodynamics in Prof. Kathleen Howell's Multi-Body Dynamics Research Group.

I recently defended my Master's research project, where I demonstrated how resonant orbits in the circular restricted three-body problem can enable space infrastructure applications, such as on-orbit refueling and maintenance. This investigation was funded, in part, thanks to grant #303482 by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies. My thesis is titled There and Back Again: Generating Repeating Transfers Using Resonant Structures.

I had the pleasure of chatting about my research with Jeremy Ullman on the Abstract: The future of science podcast. Check out the episode here.

Previously, I received my B.Eng in Aerospace Engineering from Concordia University, specializing in Aerodynamics and Propulsion. During the Summer of 2018 at Concordia I held a Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award in Prof. Susan Liscouët Hanke's Aircraft Systems Lab where I created a parametric thermal model of an aircraft cabin to demonstrate a potential use-case of a solar-powered air conditioning system. My undergraduate honours research project under the supervision of Prof. Brian Vermeire investigated the onset of vortex shedding on a heated thin wire using computational fluid dynamics.

I am currently funded through a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Doctoral scholarship and a Fonds de Recherche du Québec -- Nature et Technologies Doctoral scholarship. Their support is greatly appreciated.

Conference Publications

1. Sadaka, N., and Howell, K. "Designing Multi-Orbit Constellations for Potential Surveillance in the Cislunar Regime," AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Kaua'i, Hawaii, Jan 19-23, 2025.
2. Sadaka, N., Gupta M., Howell, K., and Frueh, C., "Observing the Cislunar Surveillance Cone from Synodic Resonant Orbit Constellations," AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Broomfield, Colorado, Aug 11-15, 2024.
3. Sadaka, N. and Howell, K., "Periodic Transfers that Depart and Return to an Operating Orbit Using Resonant Structures in the Planar Three-Body Problem," 33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, Texas, January 15-19, 2023.

Master's Thesis

1. N. Sadaka, "There and Back Again: Generating Repeating Transfers Using Resonant Structures," M.S., May 2023.

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