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Los Angeles, California, United States

SLS Combustion Devices: RS-25 Nozzle

• Temporary Assignment with Benchmark Secure Technology providing innovative engineering solutions for the industrial, aerospace & defense, medical and communications markets.
• Responsible for the translation, into Spanish, of work instructions for the manufacturing and assembly of mechanical, cable, and printed circuit board assemblies to support New Product Introduction in Mexico.
• Reviewed engineering drawings to perform quality checks in the work instructions
• Reviewed work instructions to ensure 100% transfer of knowledge between locations
• Developed macros for Microsoft PowerPoint using Visual Basic for Applications to automate repeatable tasks and double the production rate of work instructions

• Documented process for designing a coaxial swirl injector for testing on a water flow test stand
• Developed Excel spreadsheet that calculates multiple injector designs based on engine parameters and empirical data to verify solution before modeling the chosen injector in NX
• Initiated test campaign for validating design process and test stand capabilities using a prototype injector

• Responsible for communicating and building rapport with over 50 businesses to generate funds for the organization
• Acquired over $30,000 in sponsorships to support over 150 events for more than 130 members
• Planned and executed 5 networking events with 8 companies and 30 students each.
• Planned and executed 2 company tours for 10 students each

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Collected test data for the F-15 Jet Fuel Starter center gearbox and clutch assembly to analyze why gearboxes were experiencing high vibrations during testing
• Correlated deviation from clutch break-in procedures to test failures utilizing Excel
• Integrated a new process to allow engineers to touch-up epoxy voids on F-35 Auxiliary Power Unit hardware
• Tracked daily rejection inventory to guide engineers to reduce inventory costs to a goal of $500k by the end of the year

Graded homework assignments for ASTE-280 Foundations of Astronautical Engineering. Topics: Coordinate systems and transformations. Spherical trigonometry. Orientation angles. Spacecraft orbits and orbital maneuvers. Introduction to rocket propulsion, spacecraft attitude dynamics and control and space environment.

• Conducted trade studies on various injector types to determine best option for use with ethanol and gaseous oxygen as propellants considering manufacturing capabilities and potential budget
• Casted an 8” diameter, 82.5” long, 80kg ammonium perchlorate composite propellant (APCP) R-class solid rocket motor that burned for 13 seconds delivering a total impulse of 42,000 lbf-sec, and producing a maximum.
• Motor propelled rocket to apogee altitude estimate of 339,800 ft AMSL with uncertainty of +/- 16,500 ft, presenting a confidence of 90% that the vehicle crossed the Kármán line at 328,084 ft (100km) AMSL
• Casted 12 footlong solid rocket motors for static fire testing to characterize a new propellant formulation that further optimized the process for creating solid rocket motors

• Constructed NOMEX nose cones, and carbon fiber fins and nozzles to record and improve manufacturing processes

Graded homework assignments for AME-105: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering. Topics: Introduction to flight vehicle performance and propulsion. Elements of the physics of gases.

Pasadena, California, United States

• Collaborated with systems engineer to integrate a new web-based infrastructure using Python which improved the efficiency of new spacecraft development by reducing calculation times by 99%
• Communicated with various departments regarding elimination of flaws found while testing the new infrastructure
• Designed a visual guide of new infrastructure’s database to be used as a reference for new engineers

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

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering