Antony-Mina Makar Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Summer 2024

Help organize and lead a group of students in designing, building, and testing UMBRA's first custom avionics system alongside the team lead. The avionics system is responsible for flight characterization and recovery of a two-stage solid propellant rocket aiming for the Karman line over the next three years.- Created schematic and design of custom electronics system responsible for data acquisition and management of two-stage rocket in KiCad- Wrote flight and ground station software… Show more Help organize and lead a group of students in designing, building, and testing UMBRA's first custom avionics system alongside the team lead. The avionics system is responsible for flight characterization and recovery of a two-stage solid propellant rocket aiming for the Karman line over the next three years.- Created schematic and design of custom electronics system responsible for data acquisition and management of two-stage rocket in KiCad- Wrote flight and ground station software in Python to analyze, condition and display flight data- Conducted multiple tests to analyze the hardware and software's viability and functionality Show less

El Segundo, California, United States

-Created simulation, bill of materials, and schematic for high-fidelity fluxgate magnetometer by reverse engineering a previous design to influence future designs-Aided in building and testing prototype flight critical circuit to confirm functionality and longevity-Created a database of lab crimp tools and pins using Jira/Confluence to help increase efficiency for engineers-Conducted component test and research to replace obsolete component within power system design

Aided in designing, integrating, testing, and launching of the PROVES CubeSat. Which is a fully open source low-cost 1U CubeSat kit meant to expand educational access to space.- Designed custom printed circuit board to interface the onboard computer with sensors on the PROVES-Y CubeSat - Conducted multiple tests analyzing the functionality of the electrical and communication systems on the PROVES-Y CubeSat- Worked with structural team to integrate the structural and electrical… Show more Aided in designing, integrating, testing, and launching of the PROVES CubeSat. Which is a fully open source low-cost 1U CubeSat kit meant to expand educational access to space.- Designed custom printed circuit board to interface the onboard computer with sensors on the PROVES-Y CubeSat - Conducted multiple tests analyzing the functionality of the electrical and communication systems on the PROVES-Y CubeSat- Worked with structural team to integrate the structural and electrical systems together- Designed custom communication and data handling printed circuit board for PROVES-X CubeSat in KiCad Show less

- Continued working as an avionics engineer for PROVES- Designed a reaction wheel controller board for position control in future CubeSat missions

- Taught Python and Scratch to K-12 students- Ran robotics summer camp to teach students how to code in Python and build robots using mBot 2 kits- Ran electrical circuit design summer camp to teach students how to design and create basic electroniccircuits and how to code in C++ using Arduino Uno kit