Aakash S. Email & Phone Number

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Oversee engineering efforts across all 6 technical projects at the Illinois Space Society(~300) members.

• Successfully led the Hybrid Propulsion team in the design and testing of an engine, culminating in a successful hotfire test.• Managed four subteams: Propellant Manufacturing, Engine Testing, Avionics, and Safety, with a total of 20 students.• Oversaw all team logistics, including securing insurance for the hotfire test, coordinating travel arrangements, and managing the budget.

● Worked on fuel grain manufacturing and casting for solid and hybrid engines.● Designed fuel grain formula and made casting procedures for a nytrox/paraffin-based fuel grain.● Ensured manufacturing process abided by all safety standards and located materials to be used● Worked to simulate burn of the engine on BurnSim and NASA CEA to optimize the propellant formula● Made CAD of Engine Thermal Protection System in Siemens NX● Created a nozzle design based on a converging-diverging nozzle.● Received basic machine shop training, with knowledge of 3D printing● Developed novel formula for ignitor to be used in engine hotfire, CADed mold for ignitor and manufactured several iterations.

San Francisco Bay Area

● Supported graduate research study, developing novel meshless CFD algorithms to find solutionsto the Navier Stokes Equations in complex domains ● Contributed to the development of open-source CFD software Meshless Multi-Physics Software (MeMPhyS)● Worked in a team consisting of graduate students to help write and publish a paper of our findingsPresented findings at the UIUC Undergraduate Research Symposium

● Pulled data relating to real-time sales and engine repair statistics for easy use in Spotfire reports● Developed SQL algorithms to automate moving of GEAM data from Excel to GE Digital Technology’s SQL Database● Worked with GE Aviation’s aftermarket solutions’ SQL database, runnings queries toedit tables and reports● Created Spotfire reports to streamline data visualization for critical aftermarket businesses

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Led team of 12 to manage IT for INTERalliance, designing website registration process for all INTERalliance eventson interalliance.orgHosted over 50 independent virtual professional development/programming seminars throughout 2020-2021 Organized IT for TechOlympics 2021(techolympics.org)- Utilized Whova to create a robust event registration process for TO2021- Created and managed event live streams for all breakouts/workshops/competitions.- Designed a new WooCommerce based data storage system to streamline all registration data

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Managed all user data for the Interalliance of Greater Cincinnati as part of the Leadership Council. Built and maintained a backend database in Microsoft Azure using SQL Server. Led and ran the technical aspect of TechOlympics, the largest tech conference for high school students in the USA. Solved technical problems as part of IT team during event making sure the event ran smoothly

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science And Aerospace Engineering, Junior

Activities and Societies: Illinois Space Society Undergraduate Research

High School Diploma, Student

Activities and Societies: Speech and Debate, Robotics, Peer Tutoring Unweighted GPA: 4.0 Weighted GPA: 5.3

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering