Simen Flo

Design and simulation on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). Also involved in international business development. Part-time May 2024-Jul 2025, Full-time Jun 2025 - now

Mentor for the board of Project Heimdall, a project that launched a bi-liquid rocket to 3318 m from Norwegian soil in 2025.

Leader of the organization for Project Valemon - Propulse’s 2nd bi-liquid rocket. Worked with external partners for production, sponsorships and to arrange the first launch of a bi-liquid rocket from Norway. The latter resulted in a launch license from Forsvarsbygg and Luftfartstilsynet (CAA). Valemon was not ready in time for the launch window and didn’t see flight. Important lessons were learned.

Leader of the organization for Project Bifrost - Noway’s first bi-liquid rocket to fly. Gathered the core team, managed the organization, set the technical heading, and raised funds and support from externals. Bifrost became the most powerful student-built bi-liquid rocket in Europe to fly (2023), Norway's first bi-liquid rocket to be developed and to fly, and the best performing rocket in the category “Liquid 3 km” at EuRoC 2023.

Chief Mechanical Engineer for Project Birkeland - a supersonic sounding rocket that competed in the 2022 Spaceport America Cup (30k COTS). Recruited a team, and lead them towards a mechanical design (airframe, parachutes, internals, payload) during the 9 month project. Birkeland came 2nd in the 30’000 ft COTS-class, and 3rd over all in SA Cup 2022!

Design, testing and production of the inner workings of the super sonic sounding rocket Stetind. Stetind won its class (30'000 ft / 9 km COTS) at both the Spaceport America Cup and the European Rocketry Challenge in 2021.

Norstec is an ideal organization that unites Norway’s 6+ rocketry and satellite student groups. The value of which is more collaboration and increased aerospace interest in Norway.

Voluntary internship alongside full-time studies at NTNU. Main focus: quality management of metal 3D-printed parts for both the Helix and Fenix engines, including pre-burners, combustion chambers and mixing heads. Also developed a software tool in python for statistical analysis of the printing process (powders, properties, etc). Partook in the Stage 1 failure investigation on printed engine and turbopump components.

2023 May-Aug: Improved format and sensor data gathering in the operating reports (DreamReport) for the many district heating plants in Trondheim. 2022 May-Aug, 2021 Jun-Aug: On-site inspection and mapping of Trondheim’s many district heating plants. Independent work resulting in component lists and correction of deviations (damaged components, leaks, gaps in documentation). Wrote my bachelors thesis in Material Science and Engineering for Statkraft in Trondheim (2022).

2020 Jun-Aug, 2018 Jun-Aug: Production of pre-cast concrete elements. Carpentry of the casting mould, rebar work and pouring of concrete. 2017 Jun-Aug: Carpentry of formwork for the production of pre-cast concrete elements. Traditional carpentry, working mostly with solid wood and plywood, complying with technical drawings.

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