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Enrico Obst

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Instructor of Engineering

Mechanical, Aerospace, and Acoustical Engineering

College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
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Education

MEng, Mechanical Engineering, University of Hartford

BSME/Energy & Sustainability Concentration, University of Hartford

AS, Eastern Connecticut State University

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  • Instructor of Engineering (2016 - Present), University of Hartford; Department of Mechanical Engineering (West Hartford, CT)
    • CETA E.S. Eng. Design Course Coordinator (2023 – Present)
    • CETA Makerspace Supervisor (2023 – Present)
    • CETA Machine Shop Faculty Liaison (2023 – Present)
    • Faculty Advisor - Advanced Undergraduate Rocketry Operations & Research Association (AURORA) (2024 – Present)
    • Principal Investigator / Faculty Advisor - NASA RockOn Workshop & NASA RockSat Program (2021 – Present)
    • NASA NEBP Technical Advisor (2023 - 2024)
    • Capstone Advisor - FSAE team (2020 – 2021)
    • Faculty Adviser - UAV grant project (2018 – 2019)
    • CETA Machine Shop Manager (2017 – 2019)
    • NASA Total Solar Eclipse 2017 Technical Advisor (2017)
    • NASA CT Space Grant Consortium Faculty Recipient and Mentor (2016 – Present)
  • U.S Army ARDEC-based Hybrid UAV Grant Project Manager / Mechanical Engineer (2013 - 2016) 
  • Manufacturing Engineer (2008 - 2009), Columbia Manufacturing (Columbia, CT)
Publications
  • ASEE / FYEE conference paper – (2024)
i. Wang, S., & Obst, E., & Richards, B. (2024, July), (Full Paper) Enhancing Sense of Belonging in First-Year Engineering Students through Integrated Project-Based Learning and Communication Skills Development Paper presented at 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE), Boston, Massachusetts. 10.18260/1-2--48582
  • AHAC paper(s) – (2024)
i. Camarillo, J., Freedman, S., Piscitelli, C., Rittenburg, A., Krebsbach, A., Lauzier, D., Ho, J., Akyigit, I., Hill, S., Ayala, A., Nunes, E., Esteves, A., Ngethe, D., Fleischmann-Mcgarrah, V., Hornberger, A., Obst, E. & Slaboch, P., (2024) “Solar Eclipse Impact on Atmosphere with High-Altitude Ballooning”, Academic High Altitude Conference 2024(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/ahac.17958
Media Appearances
Conferences
  • Academic High Altitude Conference (2024)
Certifications
  • OSHA-10
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Renewable Resources