Brian Freno is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the Verification, Validation, Uncertainty Quantification, and Credibility Processes Department at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, where he conducts research in reduced-order modeling, code verification, machine learning, computational fluid dynamics, and computational electromagnetics. Brian is an Associate Fellow of AIAA, where he serves on the Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee, and an active member of ASME, where he serves as an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification. He additionally serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is the primary author of several journal articles and one patent. Brian obtained his BS, MS, and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University, where he was a NASA GSRP Fellow. Upon graduating, he received the Outstanding Doctoral Student Award and the Outstanding Achievement Award for Aerodynamics and Propulsion. More recently, Brian received the Outstanding Young Aerospace Engineer distinguished alumni award. He has previously worked for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and Halliburton.
PhD in Aerospace Engineering, 2013
Texas A&M University University
MS in Aerospace Engineering, 2010
Texas A&M University University
BS in Aerospace Engineering, 2008
Texas A&M University University