Bremer's Summer Internship at Swiftcoat

Bremer's work, mostly in the realm of chemical engineering that he worked on at the thin film coating company, Swift Coat, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Highlight: NASA Artemis Antifog Research

I had the opportunity to work with NASA and Swift Coat to validate the antifog coating that will go inside spacesuit helmets for future NASA Artemis missions. I got to test a whole bunch of different things to verify that the coating held up, such as:

• Do facial oils degrade the coating?

• Does the coating hold up to tape removal?

• What if the astronaut has a beard, does his hair rub it off? (See my custom variable beard testing machine pictured on this page!

• What if an astronaut, God forbid, vomits in the helmet, does the coating stand up? (Had to make lab grade vomit)

• What if lunar dust gets into the helmet? (Got to use lunar dust simulant!)

Some of the Testing Materials

Validating Results (Ellipsometry & Spectrophotometry)

Other Chemical Engineering Projects Bremer got to work on at Swift Coat

• Department of Energy - Renewable Energy Coatings for Solar Panels

• Department of Defense - Such as being awarded a $1.8 Million Dollar Contract, that Bremer contributed to. Learn more about Bremer & his skills in government relations here.

• Private Companies - Such as a producer of Space Related Glass

I didn't just do Chemical Engineering at Swift Coat, please check out my Electrical Engineering or Industrial Engineering Projects to see how I have worked across different engineering disciplines.