Biography

Research Aerospace Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center

Educational Background

  • M.S., Structural Engineering, University of Nebraska - Lincoln — 2017

  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska - Lincoln — 2014

Research Interests

  • Ceramic matrix composites for extreme environments

  • In-situ micro-x-ray computed tomography and mechanical testing

  • Hypervelocity Impact

  • Ineslasticity

Funding and Awards

2024 Outstanding Mentor

NASA Mentoring Employees to Realize Goals and Experiences (MERGE)

2024 Advanced Air Vehicle Fellowship Program

Principal Investigator for a PhD Student at the University of Kentucky

2023 NASA Interagency Agreement, IAA No. 38993

Principal Investigator for Hypervelocity Impact Damage of Carbon/Carbon

2023 Outstanding Mentor

NASA Mentoring Employees to Realize Goals and Experiences (MERGE)

2019 Best Paper Award

Joint Army Navy NASA and Air Force (JANNAF)

Selected Publications

  1. Kubitschek, B. A., McNally, N., and Glass, D. E., “Evaluation of Hypervelocity Impact on Advanced Carbon-Carbon at Various Temperatures and Boundary Conditions”, JANNAF Journal of Propulsion and Energetics, Vol. 14, Issue 1., Dec. 2024.

  2. Kubitschek, B. A. and Marretta, B. A., “A Procedure to Capture Interlaminar Damage in Refractory Composites by In-situ Micro-x-ray Computed Tomography”, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, SciTech, Jan. 8-12, 2024.

  3. Kubitschek, B. A., and Marretta, B. A., “Analysis of Interlaminar Damage in Refractory Composites by In-Situ X-Ray Computed Tomography”, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, SciTech, Jan. 8-12, 2024.

  4. Kubitschek, B. A., Marretta, B. A., and Glass, D. E., “Progressive Failure of Carbon-Carbon Curve-Beam Interlaminar Tension Specimens”, JANNAF Journal of Propulsion and Energetics, Vol. 13, Issue 1., Dec. 2023.

  5. Kubitschek, B. A, Williams, A. R., Glass, D. E., Vaughn, W. L., and Mahlin. K. M., “The Effect of Thermal “Loading on the Compression Response of Advanced Carbon-Carbon”, JANNAF Journal of Propulsion and Energetics, Vol. 10, Issue 2., Nov. 2021.

Leadership

Technical lead for the NASA Hypersonic Technology Project (HTP)

Materials & Structures for Hypersonics

Mentor - NASA Langley

  • 22 undergraduate students

  • 8 graduate students