Carl Leake

Carl Leake is a Senior Technical Staff member at Karana Dynamics since December 2024, with previous experience as a Robotics Technologist II at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory from August 2021 to December 2024. Leake's extensive background includes work as a NASA Space Technology Research Fellow at Texas A&M University, contributing to projects involving flexible bodies, multibody dynamics simulations, and trajectory modeling. Leake gained valuable experience through internships at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA Glenn Research Center, focusing on simulation verification and computational fluid dynamics. Carl Leake holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University and a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.