Research Intern at the Penn State Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence• Contributed to a joint study with NASA Langley analyzing aerodynamic performance and acoustics of co-axial and coplanar rotor blades in the Penn State Coaxial Acoustics Test System• Led development of MATLAB post-processing code to analyze the performance and acoustics data collected, including the extraction of tonal noise using a Vold-Kalman filter• Authored an undergraduate thesis and co-authored two… Show more Research Intern at the Penn State Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence• Contributed to a joint study with NASA Langley analyzing aerodynamic performance and acoustics of co-axial and coplanar rotor blades in the Penn State Coaxial Acoustics Test System• Led development of MATLAB post-processing code to analyze the performance and acoustics data collected, including the extraction of tonal noise using a Vold-Kalman filter• Authored an undergraduate thesis and co-authored two academic papers• Planned and conducted test campaigns for multiple rotor configurations and flight conditions• Trained other undergraduates on lab procedures, test stand maintenance, post processing procedures, and interpretation of results• Repaired and maintained the test stand• Assisted in design of azimuthal phase angle controller for rotor blades in the co-rotating coaxial configuration Show less