New Product and Technology Development
Based in Jupiter, Florida, SPIRITECH Advanced Products is an aerospace engineering practice specializing in thermal management, aerodynamics, structural analysis, and advanced manufacturing for high-performance propulsion systems. With over 30 years of experience in jet engine nozzles, afterburners, scramjets, and hypersonic vehicle components, it provides a integrated capability spanning research, analysis, design, testing, fabrication, and system integration of flight components. The practice has developed specialized expertise in designing heat exchangers for additive manufacturing, producing some of the largest additively manufactured heat exchangers in the industry.
Optimizes fluid and thermal systems using advanced analytical methods and modeling tools to address demanding heat transfer requirements in high-performance applications.
Evaluates complex high-speed and low-speed compressible, incompressible, and reacting flows to optimize vehicle integration and performance.
Performs finite element modeling across varying design maturities to assess structural viability under severe thermal, vibratory, and acoustic conditions.
Develops specialized processes, geometric designs, and optimized build parameters to produce high-performance, thin-walled aerospace components.
Models and evaluates steady-state and transient cycles for advanced subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic vehicle propulsion systems.
Translates concepts into robust physical hardware definitions, utilizing trade studies and material optimization for extreme environment installations.
Verifies hardware, aerodynamic, structural, and thermal performance through structural, aero-thermal, and mechanical test execution.
Collaborates across an extensive network to manage production from design-phase alignment through final assembly and delivery.
Engineers specialized analytical code and add-on modules to accelerate complex thermal, structural, and fuel trade studies.
Provides unified program coordination, scheduling milestone tracking, configuration control, and technical interface management.
Aerospace · Defense · Aviation
Jupiter, FL · Aerospace · 2008
Developed the Scramjet/Ramjet Heat Exchanger Analysis Tool (SRHEAT) to perform rapid thermal and structural optimization for hypersonic aerospace propulsion, integrating scaling laws, fluid modeling, and structural analysis.
Jupiter, FL · Aerospace · 2010
Developed dynamic simulation models for thermal management, fuel systems, hydraulics, and kinematics within the High Mach Transient Engine Cycle Code (HiTECC) to model Turbine-Based Combined Cycle propulsion transitions.
Jupiter, FL · Aerospace · 2005
Conducted a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics study to evaluate high-pressure air injection for controlling vehicle pitching moments without degrading installed nozzle performance.