Electrical Hardware Team Member
I work with several other UGA undergraduate and graduate electrical engineering students to research, design, test, and implement electrical hardware for the nanosatellite projects, MOCI (Multi-view On-board Computational Imager) and MEME (Mission for Education $ Engagement). MOCI's purpose is to map coastal ocean colors to find algal blooms. We are currently, collaborating with John Hopkins University APL and NASA Ames Research Center to develop a custom carrier board for a core graphic processing unit that they will also use in their space mission. This collaboration includes emails, video conference calls, collaborating, and meeting deadlines with other students and adults. My work in the research lab heavily relies on my electrical engineering knowledge that I am beginning to develop. I draw circuit schematics on Eagle (Autodesk program) and Altium Designer, I run test simulations on circuits, and figure out what is causing some of the tests to fail. I lead new members through developing their own custom printed circuit boards. I create formal documents on the reports of tests, and reviews of the schematics to catch any errors. I assemble and solder our custom printed circuit boards. I teach newly onboarded members best industry practices for designing schematics and printed circuit boards.