Developing water and nutrient recovery systems for upcoming commercial space stations and lunar bases to establish a closed-loop ecosystem.

• Initiated and co-led a team of 5 members in an interdisciplinary project. The project received news media coverage in over 150 national and international outlets including Forbes, NBC, and Science News. • Leading a team in the development of 3 proposals, while actively part of budget and project planning. • Served on two NASA review panels; The Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) Program, providing expertise in evaluating and selecting instrumentation projects for space exploration.• Collaborated with a team from Japan to obtain a rare mineral to characterize and documented the findings.• Designed and implemented a project to study Martian south polar lakes with heat transfer model using FEM. • Working on two NASA funded research projects with implications that can help design future in situ resource utilization (ISRU) instruments and detection methods for methane and understanding of the potential for liquid water on Mars.• The projects have been presented in 4 conference abstracts.

Title: A planetary chamber to investigate the thermal and water cycle on MarsThesis: https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1633402&dswid=4483• Led end-to-end project development of a thermally controlled vacuum chamber for testing ESA's ExoMars HABIT instrument (the first Swedish instrument to be placed on the surface of Mars), ensuring compliance with ECSS guidelines.• Successfully commissioned vacuum chamber within the allocated 1,200,000 SEK budget, achieving 5% cost savings through effective negotiation with international manufacturers and suppliers. Produced engineering calculations and utilized Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software to create detailed and precise technical drawings for the chamber.• Orchestrated testing and qualification phases, raising TRL of critical components inside the chamber. Implemented and validated Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations to investigate thermal behavior within the chamber under various operating scenarios, ensuring optimal performance and safety.• Served as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, delivering regular updates, and technical reports, and facilitating constructive discussions. Acted as a liaison with the engineering team, manufacturers, and suppliers to address any challenges and ensure smooth project execution.• Demonstrated problem-solving skills during instrument design, qualification, and calibration in a controlled clean room environment. • Contributed to successful stratospheric balloon launches and rover testing, resulting in 13 peer-reviewed journal publications and 18 conference abstract presentations (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vFd4JfsAAAAJ).

Focus: Xenon propulsion tank thermal gradients flight evaluation; gauging analysis; COMSOL• Part of a team that demonstrated an experimental gauging method called Improved PVT which provided a reliable depiction of the propellant density flow that can be used to improve the efficiency of the propulsion and its management. • Implemented a heat transfer model using FEM and optimized alternate location for sensors on a propellant tank. • Compared different gases such as Xenon, Krypton and Argon with respect to supercritical condition and retrieved the density from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Estimated time response to calculate the amount of propellant.

• Minimized the production lead time by 12% on the shop floor using lean techniques and quality control. This increased the profit by 5% for manufacturing a rocker arm automotive component. • Intangible benefits such as orderliness along with improved customer satisfaction were achieved.