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Melbourne, Fl, Us

Melbourne, Florida, Us

- Collaborated with 6 graduate students on Zoom and Google Workspace to design a space mission proposal to collect and transport icy regolith from the lunar South Pole via a rover and lander system.- Iterated temperature calculations in Excel to select the passive and active thermal control techniques for the required operating temperature limits of the rover system between 0 to 45 degrees Celsius.- Identified in Word the significant space environment effects the spacecraft system will encounter during the mission to provide design recommendations to mitigate the effects from 7 different environments.- Configured the layout of 53 rover system components to address the criteria from 7 subsystems and prepared a Computer Aided Design (CAD) model of the rover with Autodesk Inventor.- Performed preliminary loads analysis calculations in Excel to design the spacecraft’s regolith storage system to avoid failure due to axial compression and buckling from the launch vehicle loads.- Estimated a first cut mass budget for the spacecraft’s 9 subsystems using the max payload mass from the lander system to ensure the spacecraft remains within the launch vehicle’s payload mass allocation.- Conducted 3 subsystem trade studies to select resistive patch heaters over variable radioisotope heater units (RHUs) for thermal control and aluminum alloys over steel materials for spacecraft structures.

Washington, Dc, Us

Florida Tech/ NASA KSC CubeSat Research of Plants Platform (CROPP) Capstone Design Project: Note: This is a Florida Tech Capstone Design Project sponsored by NASA's Kennedy Space Center.- Collaborated on a team of 10 students of various disciplines to design a satellite bus, and fabricate a science payload prototype, and receiving ground station to support Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) plant research efforts.- Developed the electronics layout for the science payload prototype for senior design showcase and generated wiring diagrams for fabrication this semester. - Wired and soldered electronics for science payload prototype including: 2 NEMA stepper motors, 12 peristaltic pumps, 4 strips of 6500 K LEDS, 2 Arduino Uno microcontrollers, and 2 linear actuators.- Conducted 7 sub-component test for the science payload prototype to observe and demonstrated the system can verify our system requirements.- Designed the top level layout for the CubeSat Research of Plants Platform (CROPP) Electrical Power System (EPS) for the satellite bus. - Performed analytical calculations for the bus’s solar array mass and sizing to meet the power and mission requirements. - Co-authored the System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), and Design and Verification Report with focus on the Con-Ops, Electrical Power System Technical Approach, and Science Payload Prototype Testing Details. - Developed Concept of Operations for payload science experiment ideas to evaluate feasibility of mission.- Prepared weekly meeting agendas and clearly document minutes for team members and advisors.

- Tested a 10 cm by 10 cm triple gas electron multiplier (GEM) detector to provide pilots of high altitude aircrafts and potential spacecrafts a real-time monitoring device of the radiation environment. - Analyzed the signal response from the detector system at optimal drift current when a radiation disk source is introduced to the detector chamber. - Utilized an oscilloscope for energy spectrum spreadsheet data, high statistics histograms, screenshots, and video of the signal response. - Wrote MATLAB script to process raw spreadsheet data from oscilloscope to generate energy spectrum histograms for 5 different test configurations.- Coded in C++/C for understanding and writing scripts for particle track reconstruction with ROOT and Pmonitor software. - Assembled high voltage circuits by drawing circuit diagrams, stripping and cutting wires, solder connections utilizing soldering iron, and check connections utilizing a multi-meter.- Conducted experiments and monitor air quality inside a clean room by recording particle count at different areas of the lab space. - Managed and organized gas tubing and flowmeters to deliver CO2 and Ar/CO2 (70:30) gas to 4 different detector projects. - Certified to operate and replace the gas cylinders in the laboratory.- Conserved research group's achievements, publications, and paper entries to High Energy Physics website.- Assembled 10 cm x 10 cm GEM detector for directional in flight radiation monitoring for space tourism.- Shaped layout for Florida Tech's "Hohlmann Research Group" website for High Energy Physics research.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

- Prototyped a potential wearable radiation sensor for astronauts to use on the ISS using a combination of microcontrollers, sensors, and transceivers. - Revised CAD models using Onshape and finished parts to ensure components physically fit one another during assembly. - Generated Three View Drawings and Exploded View Assemblies of the wearable radiation sensor assembly. - Drafted the electrical wiring diagrams for the Geiger Counter microcontroller and the Arduino Uno to respective electronic components.- Developed a wrist-wearable casing for Geiger counter microcontroller and transceiver in CAD software.- Coded an Arduino Uno to receive radiation data wirelessly from wearable radiation sensor system.

- Joined a team of 3 to design, fabricate, and assemble a safety structure for ORION research experiments at the Florida Tech Applied Research Lab. - Co-authored published AIAA SPACE Forum paper and was responsible for drafting the descriptions for the grasping features, discussion of results, and areas of improvement.- Drafted paper descriptions for grasping features, discussion of results, and areas of improvement.- Evaluated the effectiveness of satellite/ space debris grasping tool to capture grasping features.- Maintained air tanks and batteries by monitoring readout levels as well as refill/recharge before testing.- Installed and restored wiring to grasping tool on chaser vehicle.- Created ductile/compliant and brittle/damaged features for satellite docking experiments.- Designed and fabricated safety structure to contain air bearing vehicles on testing station.- Remodeled technical sketches of safety structure to better reflect the requirements for the test vehicles.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

- Collaborated as a team of 3 to design, develop, and test a Propeller powered glider for Aerospace Engineering Practicum course. - Developed the engineering drawing for one of the preliminary designs of our glider and for the propeller assembly of the final design using Autodesk Inventor and Creo Parametric. - Collected Flight Test data for Range and Time of Flight to evaluate prototype design before flight day.- Co- presented talk for Aerospace Engineering Practicum Glider project on the Critical Design Review (CDR) report of our propeller powered glider.- Managed budget to minimize total cost and retrieval of necessary supplies to the specifications of glider.- Designed and implemented cross-section glider assembly for fuselage utilizing EPS Styrofoam board.

Washington, Dc, Us

- Developed professional network with interns regarding their experience with internships- Clarified unclear topics by asking questions during meetings with employees and interns- Presented updates to mentor of daily events and lessons learned from each activity

Reston, Virginia, Us

- Established team member roles and completion dates for components of Scientific Visualization project- Oversaw documentation and product development until state competition for Scientific Visualization and Computer Integrated Manufacturing projects- Developed CAD software skills with design of commemorative key chain for Computer Integrated Manufacturing and CAD Engineering events

- Created particle cloud chamber to observe subatomic particle interaction with shielding materials- Evaluated effectiveness of shielding materials to reduce muon counts from scintillation detector- Designed and fabricated structural supports to improve experiment setup when using shielding materials- Determined combination of shielding materials for space flight radiation protection outside Earth's orbit- Summarized results from experiment in research reports and presented findings to State level science fair judges

- Collaborated with students from several Brevard high schools to design three muon detection experiments- Collected and analyzed data from scintillation detector to determine factors that can affect muon counts- Reported results to Quarknet, professors, and academic community by presentations, interview, and posters

Master Of Science - Ms, Space Systems

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace Engineering