Moshman Research LLC

Hard Tech for a Better Future

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About the firm

Moshman Research LLC provides modeling and simulation, optimization, machine learning, and control systems engineering to clients across aerospace, defense, energy, and healthcare. Past performance includes government subcontracts with ARPA-E, Space Force, and the Navy, alongside direct work with industry partners. With over 60 years of collective team experience, it applies advanced computational methods - including ANSYS CFD and custom in-house software - to solve high-complexity engineering problems.

Firm type
Aerospace Engineering · Automation & Controls · Simulation Engineering · Software Engineering

People

Nathan MoshmanFounder

Capabilities

Modeling and Simulation

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CFD, Fluid-Structure Interaction, and Multi-Physics analysis - using ANSYS CFD Enterprise tool suite with Fluent and custom in-house tools - applied to aerospace components, industrial flow systems, and energy devices.

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid-Structure Interaction
  • Multi-Physics Simulation

Optimization

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Adjoint-based gradient-descent and smart parameterization techniques that move beyond parameter sweeps to find better designs directly, with applications in aerospace shape optimization, hydrokinetic turbines, and complex flow systems.

  • High-Fidelity Optimization
  • Adjoint-Based Design Optimization
  • Smart Parameterization

Machine Learning

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Predictive modeling, time series forecasting, computer vision, natural language processing, recommendation engines, and data visualization - delivering actionable insights across aerospace, energy, healthcare, retail, and financial services.

  • Time Series Forecasting
  • Computer Vision
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Data Visualization
  • Recommendation Engines

Control Systems

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Distributed, real-time, and nonlinear control system design - including feedback and optimal control architectures - for autonomous platforms, swarm systems, and high-performance engineering applications.

  • Distributed Control
  • Real-Time Optimal Control
  • Feedback Control
  • Nonlinear Systems

Industries

Aerospace · Automotive · Defense · Federal · Financial Services · Healthcare · Hydroelectric · Industrial · Manufacturing · Power Generation · Renewable Energy · Retail · Space · Transportation

Projects

Controlling Swarms of Satellites

Space · 2021 · Client: NASA

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In collaboration with Professor Venanzio Cichella at the University of Iowa, Moshman Research developed a control framework for autonomously guiding swarms of satellites for future NASA missions.

Hydrokinetic Turbine Shape Optimization for ARPA-E

Hydroelectric · 2021 · Client: ARPA-E

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Collaborated with ARPA-E on adjoint-based shape optimization of a hydrokinetic turbine, improving the efficiency of clean energy extraction from flowing water.

Covid-19 Breathalyzer Design for At-Home Testing

Healthcare · 2021

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Designed a prototype Covid-19 breathalyzer that focuses exhaled bioaerosols onto a detector chip while diverting larger particles that would add noise to the measurement.