Ed Marin is an Aerospace Engineer living in Plattsburgh, New York, with his 

wife, daughters, and son.  He is President of Gradients, LLC a company focused on 

design, analysis, manufacturing and integration of advanced systems.  He leads 

production and research & development programs for commercial and government 

entities such as NASA, Navy and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. His programs range 

from carbon fiber and fiberglass composites, high temperature ceramic matrix composites 

for rocket nozzles, body armor and manufacturing of flight vehicle systems. 

Prior to embarking onto the small business adventure, Mr. Marin served as an Advanced 

Propulsion, ECS, and Thermal Analysis Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation in 

California.  As an aerospace engineer he performed design, analysis, and testing for 

aerospace systems such as the F-18 Super Hornet, B2 Stealth Bomber, Unmanned 

Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV), and several space vehicles. Following his passion for high- 

speed earth to orbit systems, he led the specification of the analysis methods required for 

hypersonic technology development.  Technology later used to perform the hypersonic 

inlet design and analysis with CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) for the Air Force 

PWI (Propulsion Weapons Integration) program.  While at Northrop Grumman Corp., Ed 

Marin held Top Secret and Special Access Required security clearances, and was a pilot 

in the Air National Guard. 

Mr. Marin was named California Engineers’ Council Distinguished Engineer Project 

Achievement Award-Team Member for Temrok Ceramics Composite Products in 1999. 

He has co-authored several papers such as “Low Cost Polymer Derived Carbon Fiber 

Reinforced CMC for Rocket Nozzle Applications”, “Electron Microscopy Used to Aid 

CMC Process and Material Development”, and “CFD Investigation of the HySet Inlet”.  

Ed’s Master of Science studies in Aerospace Engineering is from California Polytechnic 

State University. He has a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical 

Engineering from The Ohio State University. Ed was also a Soccer and Rowing athlete 

during his undergraduate years. Ed has been a volunteer engineer for the American 

Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Wright Flyer Project in Los Angeles 

since 1991. Professional memberships include SAMPE, ACMA, AIAA and EAA. 

Patent filings in the areas of Aerodynamics, Nanotechnology and Ceramic Matrix Composites.