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Golden, Co, Us

Golden, Colorado, United States

• Designed, programmed, and fabricated research test rig for integrated thermal balance-of-plant for space-based high-temperature lunar water electrolysis system and ISRU. • Led electrical, software, and vacuum chamber system integration of test rig for ISRU project, supervising LabVIEW programming and hardware integration of data acquisition.• Led successful NASA ISRU grant proposal and obtained $150k in federal funding. • Taught senior design to NASA undergraduate teams as… Show more • Designed, programmed, and fabricated research test rig for integrated thermal balance-of-plant for space-based high-temperature lunar water electrolysis system and ISRU. • Led electrical, software, and vacuum chamber system integration of test rig for ISRU project, supervising LabVIEW programming and hardware integration of data acquisition.• Led successful NASA ISRU grant proposal and obtained $150k in federal funding. • Taught senior design to NASA undergraduate teams as faculty advisor, accompanied team to competition at NASA Center at Langley, VA. • Supervised NASA student competition teams for Lunabotics, Centennial Challenge, and RASCAL Mars Ice Drilling. Show less

Kent, Washington, United States

• Created Python-based architecture for analysis of rocket engine test data and generation of in-family engine test database.• Collaborated with engine analysis and test team stakeholders to integrate test database and tooling into standard best practices and procedures for engine test reviews going forward.• Led process of integration of in-family database into comparison of thermofluid system models of engine to test data for tests going forward.

Merritt Island, Florida, United States

• Authored technology development proposal and presented conference paper on simulation of excavation.• Conducted MATLAB and ROS (Robot Operating System) modeling and simulation of regolith excavation.• Authored analysis report and user manual for design of ISRU building construction system.• Completed 3D printing, mechanical assembly, and LabVIEW operation on Mars lander mockup.

Greater Atlanta Area

- Designed and delivered software architecture module to simulate flight dynamics and systeminteraction for air traffic control.- Presented results at Georgia Tech Graduate Research Seminar.- Served as performance lead for university NASA USLI Rocket team.

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Presented space systems design research project and technical paper.• Designed and coded MATLAB executables for competition unmanned aerial system.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

• Designed and coded analysis tools to evaluate supercomputer simulation of global aerospace system.• Authored analysis reports for performance and technical assessment of supercomputer simulation.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Space Resources

Masters, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Slavic Studies