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Westminster, Co, Us

Westminster, Colorado, United States

Worked on geometric calibration of Earth-imaging spacecraft. Developed tools for assisting in calibrating inertial attitude filter of fleet of spacecraft in preparation for launch. Updated tool suites for assessing targeting accuracy of imaging instruments. Worked with Kalman-filtering of flight data and assisted in tuning filtering software.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Mechanical lead for Climatology of Anthropogenic and Natural VLF-wave Activity in Space (CANVAS) cubesat. Designed structural bus, deployable solar panel hinges, deployable instruments, and deployable boom mechanism. Performed verification testing on deployables. Assembled and tested flight hardware.

Longmont, Colorado, United States

Worked on manufacturing and testing of large carbon fiber booms for DoD spacecraft. Designed and drafted drawings for critical structural components on NASA Solar Cruiser. Assembled and tested components for sail deployment tests. Performed analysis for depressurization survivability testing.

Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States

Designed and drafted glovebox components and assemblies for plutonium pit production. Edited and approved drawings for assembly line gloveboxes. Designed floor layouts for streamlining and component placement.

Boulder, Colorado

Helped manage several spacecraft subsystems across 3 missions - the power subsystem on both SORCE and AIM, the thermal subsystem on SORCE and AIM, and the HPCA instrument on MMS. Managed spacecraft communications via NASA's SNAS and TDRSS systems for AIM. Diagnosed problems, performed real-time commanding activities, and produced weekly and monthly reports to disseminate information about the state of the missions. Performed analysis and designed software that aided in detecting potential battery problems on AIM before they became irreparable. This "back-orbit checker" provided vital warnings on many occasions that allowed us to ensure the continued health and safety of the spacecraft.

Boulder, Co

Modeled and designed CAD models using SolidWorks to produce realistic and all-encompassing models of optical spectrometers. Utilized extensive SolidWorks and CircuitWorks to create components, including organic sweeps to represent wire harnesses. Other representative designs include parts designed for manufacturability by SLA technology and sheet metal bending. Also created bills of materials and inventory documents to facilitate part ordering and costing.

Boulder

Instructed lab section of SolidWorks class, encompassing teaching SolidWorks features ranging from the simple to the intermediate with focus on engineering drafting techniques.

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace Engineering

Certificate in satellite system design, focus area of astrodynamics and satellite navigation (ASN).

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Graduated summa cum laude

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Applied Mathematics

Graduated summa cum laude

4.717 Gpa