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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas

• Primary objective is to evaluate the Space Shuttle system’s launch design ensuring compliance with NASA and USAF 45th Space Wing requirements for the protection of life, health, and property• Certified in Range Safety Design Level 1 (5 months early)• Received background clearance and granted access to Mission Control Center at JSC• Represented Range Safety on FDD’s Shuttle Knowledge Capture project• Participated in weekly Range Safety tag-up meetings and discussed lessons learned • Received Flight Test II task on the flight mechanics of an errant Launch Abort System• Named Range Safety Prime Generator for Space Shuttle flights STS-130 and STS-134 - Provided pre-flight analysis and planning based on Shuttle program-level procedures - Projected impact zones for ETs and SRBs to protect land from debris impacts - Compared finished Range Safety flight data against NASA requirements to ensure compliance

• Assessed designs, edited, and printed documents for the Cockrell School of Engineering• Assisted the Dean of Engineering’s staff as a full-time student• Experienced working under the direction of superiors

Houston, Texas

• Worked 50 hours a week with both Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) and Constellation Training Facility (CxTF) divisions at NASA Johnson Space Center• Experimented and analyzed 6 satellite boards with GN&C's GPS simulator in Building 16• Collected satellite data for a quality evaluation of new circuit boards and antennas• Created a MATLAB plots varying radio signal frequencies for analysis of the satellites • Experienced Trick, C, C++, Tcl/Tk on a Linux OS through NASA software training• Modified and debugged ascent, orbit, and entry Trick simulation runs in C code • Implemented and tested independent cases from the flight simulation's Malfunction Builder

Houston, Texas

• Consecutive summer internships of constructing, organizing, and quality assessing oil well databases• Responsible for collecting and analyzing data as well as specific oil well file updates• Gained valuable interactive communication skills while working with many co-workers• Mentored new interns by identified any unnecessary work and teaching beneficial habits

Houston, Texas

• Constructed a portion of LOWIS database which is now used as a data entry platform• Utilized creativity skills to construct the "Dual Completion" schematics in RMIS database• Interpreted daily drilling reports to generate wellbore structures and oil well history schematic diagrams• Developed technical writing skills and learned how to work under superiors in project groups