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Chicago, Il, Us

Dayton, Ohio, United States

- Work with the Detonation Engine Research Facility in developing and supporting air-breathing Rotating Detonation Engines (RDEs) as a contractor for the Air Force Research Laboratory- Support test stand development and equipment fabrication for RDE hot-fire tests- Facilitating an experiment to test different mixing locations and their effects on performance- Designing custom-made parts for experimentation and analyzing them using ANSYS Mechanical- Creating P&ID and CAD models to map 500+ ft of tubing for large thrust stand experiments- Developed and published over 15 engineering drawings for manufacturing in Siemens NX- Conducted high-speed detonation wave analysis to generate 3D graphical representations in MATLAB- Integrated NI PXIe instrumentation for improved test measurements and data acquisition- Contributed to 4+ separate detonation experiments that will be presented at AIAA SciTech 2025- Gained expertise in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, detonation, and combustion

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

- Leading an environmental startup focused on reducing food waste in the Lafayette area of Indiana

Lisle, Illinois, United States

- Worked under the Body Engineering department in the Exterior Aero team- Developed dynamic exterior aerodynamic components for Long Distance Truck Cabs- Concepted new cab extender designs for fuel economy savings and aerodynamic benefits- Fabricated functioning prototype of tilting door mechanism that will reduce service costs by 66%- Saved around $27k through the use of in-house 3D printing and post-processing for prototyping- Created the largest functioning prototype that was fully 3D printed at Lisle World Headquarters - Designed cab extender surface models in NX, fabricated using 3D printing, and tested in 1/8th-scale Wind Tunnel to measure drag coefficients- Analyzed wind tunnel data in Excel to calculate fuel economy savings, drag comparisons with increments on the trucks, etc.

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

- Simulated heat transfer of cryo-propellant tanks during filling and launching using MATLAB- Developed test stand for lower plumbing propellant actuator testing- Conducted hydrostatic tests to verify pressure ratings of aluminum fittings for Lower Plumbing

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

- Developed the upper-airframe structure, which houses the upper plumbing, Quick Disconnect, and GPS- Designed load-bearing components for the upper-airframe in Autodesk Fusion 360- Calculated recovery load forces and sized bolts for helium bay and engine attachments in MATLAB

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

- Assisted in the development of a doublet impinging jet injector for a 2000 lbf liquid rocket engine- Performed thermal energy transfer calculations to size the injector manifolds using Python

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

- Organized and formatted budget spreadsheets in MS Excel for the subteams- Connected with companies for potential sponsorships and donations

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

- Managed the ADCS system for a CubeSat performing laser communications sponsored by the AFRL- Designed a test board for the satellite hardware to be individually tested and demonstrated- Developed the design in SOLIDWORKS for the Critical Design Review- Wrote Interface Control Document, Verification Test Procedures, and Assembly & Integration Procedures- Created Block Diagram to display subsystem interfaces- Modeled CAM for manufacturing micro-propulsion heat shield components in Autodesk Fusion 360- Estimated Center of Gravity and Moments of Inertia using MATLAB

- Led the Team 20 engineering team in designing a discovery-class mission concept study on Ceres- Designed the preliminary rover concept in Siemens NX to present at the Preliminary Design Review- Created Functional Block and N^2 diagrams to display system/subsystem interactions- Developed the Surface Concept of Operations to provide a general overview of the mission- Calculated and optimized the solar power generation and management system - Organized and mitigated risks and environmental hazards for the mission

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

- Led a team of 15 undergraduate and graduate students on a project with Lockheed Martin- Spearheaded the solution development for the Lockheed Martin Generative Design Contest in Django- Contributed to the back-end development using Python- Presented our solution at the Data Mine Symposium on April 24, 2023

- Progressed the Illinois FIRST Day Bill with Il. Rep. Stephanie Kifowit and National FIRST Day (H. Res 259)- Led the Global Innovations Challenge team for the 2021 season (International Semi-Finalists)- Winners of the Chairman's Award at Central Illinois Regional 2022- Top 100 team in the world during the 2022 season- Designed and developed a 125-lb competition robot using machine tools on the mechanical design team

- Led team of 5-10 students in brainstorming, designing, testing, and creating model rockets- Designed and simulated model rocket flights using OpenRocket and SpaceCAD- Completed 3 successful E-class solid engine model rocket flights- Competed in a worldwide model rocket competition, The American Rocketry Challenge (TARC)- Raised $1000 in grants from TARC to use for the competition- Vice President (2020-2021), President (2021-2022)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

- Programmed isentropic flow calculations to estimate speeds of fluids in the engine using Python - Generated the geometry of the combustion chamber using Python (matplot)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

- Designed Quick Disconnect attachments for Helium and LOx Quick Disconnects using Autodesk Inventor- Developed parts lists and drafted manufacturing plans for the QD attachments

- Gathered high schoolers through the youth wing in making an impact and writing the newsletter- Led the publishing of 20+ issues of the monthly newsletter- Transitioned from being a member to the youngest and first male director in 4 months- Received the Gold President's Volunteer Service Award for contributing more than 175 hours