Jon Fraatz

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

Office: Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory - High Speed Water Tunnel

Email: fraa0011@umn.edu

Jon Fraatz is an undergraduate researcher at Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota. His current areas of study include Aerospace Engineering and Communications. He is also the Projects Coordinator for Engineers Without Borders - University of Minnesota chapter.

Education

B.A.E.M., Expected Graduation May 2012, Aerospace Engineering, University of Minnesota

B.A., Expected Graduation May 2012, Communications, University of Minnesota

Experience

2009-Present: Research Assistant, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota

2011-Present: EWB-UMN Projects Coordinator

2009-2011: EWB-UMN Outreach Officer

2009-2011: EWB-UMN Haiti Biodigester Project Lead

Research Specialties

  • High-speed Video and Picture Analysis
  • Cavitation and Bubbly Flows
  • Metrology and Data Processing
  • Structural and Failure Analysis

    • Projects

  • Investigation of the Behavior of Ventilated Supercavities (Office of Naval Research - ONR)
  • Stability and Control of HIgh-speed Cavity Running Vehicles (Office of Naval Research - ONR)
  • Natural Gas and Fertilizer Production Through Biodigestion (Eningeers Without Borders, UMN)