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Darby Vicker
Aerospace Engineer at NASA/JSC
Darby Vicker is an Aerospace Engineer at Jacobs, supporting NASA Johnson Space Center's Applied Aeroscience and CFD Branch.1 She received her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University, where her thesis focused on six-degree-of-freedom moving mesh applications.1 Vicker's primary expertise is in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and she has been involved in aerodynamic analysis of various projects including capsules, Ares V, full aircraft, the Morpheus lander, and Supersonic Retropropulsion.1
Vicker has contributed to NASA projects, particularly in the field of Supersonic Retropropulsion (SRP) CFD validation.1 She has worked on comparing CFD simulations with wind tunnel test results to improve the accuracy of predicting Mars entry conditions for high-mass vehicles.1
Her LinkedIn profile indicates that she is based in Parker, Colorado, and has 442 connections on the platform.2 Prior to her role at Jacobs, Vicker worked at NASA. Her research work has been cited 171 times, including contributions to studies on the effects of Orion Launch Abort Vehicle plumes on aerodynamics and controllability.3
