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San Diego, California, United States

-Utilized LabVIEW to create a control for six motors (four unique) used in a clinical Two-Photon Microscope.-Interfaced coarse and fine movement for all six motors with manual input from an Xbox controller. -Actively using output from an IMU to interpolate movement of the motors relative to the patient using Arduino IDE and LabVIEW.-Working with industry.

San Diego, California, United States

-Created a system to detect fire suppression system engagement and relay this status to the turbine control system.-Researched and tested various mechanical (basic/limit switch) and proximity sensors (photoelectric, RFID, QR code reader) and presented solutions to the engineering team.-Used SpaceClaim to design and prototype sensor mounts and performed.

San Diego, California, United States

-Part of the first ever Structures Subteam of the Osiris rocket at UCSD, a two-stage rocket with solid propellant.-Conducted preliminary research for optimization of internal and external structures of the rocket (design, material selection).-Created Computer Aided Design (CAD) prototypes for the external structures (ogive-shaped nose cone, bodytube) as.

San Diego, California, United States

-Worked in a small engineering team to design, manufacture, and assemble a G-class model rocket that was launched at Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR).-Utilized CAD development in SolidWorks to create unique parts (nose cone, bulkhead) and model our assembled rocket.-Simulated air flow and static pressure modes for our rocket using SolidWorks FlowSim.