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., 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.
2. 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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