MAJ Jake Reddington Assistant Professor Civil and Mechanical Engineering jacob.reddington [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Major Jacob Reddington is a 2011 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, where he majored in Mechanical Engineering. Jake commissioned into Aviation and served as a Platoon Leader and staff officer in multiple companies of the 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion at Fort Liberty, NC, during which he deployed to Afghanistan. He then commanded the Air Traffic Services Company before attending the Aviation Captain’s Career Course. In Fort Cavazos, TX, Jake served as an Observer Coach Trainer in 2-291 Aviation Battalion. He earned his Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He has taught Thermal-Fluid Systems, Intro to Aeronautics, Aircraft Aerodynamics and Design, and Dynamic Systems Modeling and Control. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering - U.S. Military AcademyM.S. in Aerospace Engineering - Penn State University Research Interests Dynamic stall, Vehicle control and autonomy, Sounding rockets, Hypersonics Current Research Sounding rockets, Hypersonics Selected Publications Reddington, J. (2021). Design, Development, and Tuning of a Gimbaled Coaxial UAV. [Master's thesis, Pennsylvania State University, University Park]. Dean, J., & Tamm, G., & Reddington, J., & Davidson, F., & Osmon, M. (2022). Establishing Metrics to Assess a Retraining Initiative. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2—41525. Reddington, J., Young, M., Miseli, N., Gibson, J., Galante, J., Corsaro, J., Jang, E., Mcstay, J., Brown, D. and Ge, B. (2023). Rapidly Deployable, Low-Cost Hypersonic Rocket Optimization and Design. AIAA 2023-4031. AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum. Wozniak, J., Humphrys, W., Ross, J., Robinson, D., Decker, M., Sinclair, B., Lehman, M., Jung, E., Reddington, J., Young, M., Zander, K. and Perez-Alemany, R. (2024). Rapidly Deployable, Low-Cost Hypersonic Rocket Optimization and Design. AIAA 2024-4601. AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024.