Resume
Employment
National Renewable Energy Lab
January 2023- Present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Education
DeMatha Catholic High School
Class of 2010
Graduate with Honors
University of Maryland, College Park
Class of 2014
Bachelors of Science (B.S.)
Aerospace Engineering with Departmental Honors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Class of 2018
Master of Science (S.M.)
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Entropy behavior for underresolved discontinuous Galerkin
discretizations of the Navier-Stokes equations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Class of 2023 (anticipated; defended October 2022)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Error behavior and optimal discretization of chaotic differential equations
Publications
Frontin, Cory V., and David Darmofal. "Output error behavior for discretizations of ergodic, chaotic systems of ordinary differential equations." Physics of Fluids (2022). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0112998.
Frontin, Cory V., et al. "Foundations of space-time finite element methods: Polytopes, interpolation, and integration." Applied Numerical Mathematics 166 (2021): 92-113.
Williams, David M., Frontin, Cory V., et al. "A family of symmetric, optimized quadrature rules for pentatopes." Computers & Mathematics with Applications 80.5 (2020): 1405-1420.
Frontin, Cory, et al. "Entropy Behavior for Underresolved Discontinuous Galerkin Discretization of the Navier-Stokes Equations." AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum. 2019.
Murman, S. M., and C. Frontin. "Analysis of numerical dissipation in entropy-stable schemes for turbulent flows." Center for Turbulence Research, Proceedings of the Summer Program. 2018.
Research Experience
Aerospace Computational Design Laboratory, MIT
Graduate Research Assistant, September 2015- Present
Baseball Prospectus
Baseball R&D Engineer, November 2019- Present
Advanced Supercomputing Division,
NASA Ames Research Center
Graduate Research Intern, June 2017-August 2017
MIT Hyperloop Team
Fabrication and Test Engineer, Summer 2016- Summer 2017
Collective Dynamics and Controls Laboratory,
University of Maryland
Undergraduate Research Assistant, June 2011- May 2014
Aeromechanics Branch,
NASA Ames Research Center
Undergraduate Intern, June 2013- August 2013
Teaching and Service Experience
Computational Methods in Aerospace Engineering (MIT Course 16.90)
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2020
Graduate Students of Color Organizing Committee, MIT
Member, Spring 2018- Spring 2020
Search Committee for the Institute Community and Equity Officer, MIT
Member, Fall 2019- Spring 2020
Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Innovation,
MIT Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Graduate student member, Fall 2018- Fall 2019
Black Graduate Student Association, MIT
Administrator, Spring 2018- Spring 2019
Computational Methods in Aerospace Engineering (MIT Course 16.90)
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2019
Introduction to Aerodynamics (MIT Course 16.101x)
Digital Teaching Assistant, Fall 2018
Graduate Association of Aeronautics & Aeronautics, MIT
Social Chair & Intramural Sports Chair, Winter 2015- Winter 2016 & Winter 2016- Fall 2017
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver
AmeriCorps Construction Volunteer, Fall 2014- Fall 2015
Keystone Program, University of Maryland
Undergraduate Teaching Fellow, Fall 2012
Honors and Affiliations
Vickie Kerrebrock Award for Service to the Department,
MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Recipient, Spring 2019
NASA Advanced STEM Training and Research Fellowship
Recipient, Summer 2017
Charles A. Piper Presidential Fellowship
Recipient, Spring 2015
NASA Aeronautics Scholarship
Recipient, Spring 2012
Aerospace Departmental Honors Program,
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Member, Fall 2011- Spring 2014
Dean's Scholarship, University of Maryland
Recipient, Fall 2010
Community Involvement
Muddy Charles Pub
Bartender, Summer 2018- Present
Thomistic Institute, MIT Student Chapter
Leader, Spring 2017- Summer 2019
Tech Catholic Community Council, MIT
Graduate Student Chair, Fall 2016- Spring 2017