I am an aerospace engineering junior at San Jose State University interested in gaining experience in the area of satellite and space mission development. In particular, I am enthusiastic about learning how to apply my strengths in creative problem solving and design into various applications.During my first year in San Jose State University, along with being a full-time student, I have participated in the L'SPACE Mission Concept Academy (MCA) last semester, in which I led a virtual engineering team as well as doing scientific research in order to contribute to the development of a preliminary design review of a rover mission concept headed to Mars to detect the presence of hydrated salts in Martian regolith. I enjoyed this experience so much that I applied for and became a member of the L'SPACE Proposal Writing and Evaluation Experience Academy (NPWEE) for the Spring of 2022. In NPWEE I took the role of a Solidworks CAD specialist within a virtual team of 9 undergraduate student members in order to develop a proposal for a mirror system that blocks radiation while bringing sunlight into a lunar base to save electricity. Once submitted, we also gained experience reviewing other proposals using NASA guidelines while competing against other teams among a total of 34 teams consisting of 385 college students to win $10,000 for further development of the winning proposal.During the 2022-23 school year, I have been the industry contact officer for SJSU's AIAA chapter, where I organized various speaker events and industry tours at local aerospace companies, and also relayed other industry opportunities to AIAA members, so that they can be more involved in the aerospace community, and be better prepared for the aerospace workforce. As the industry contact, I also helped organize several virtual industry guest speaker events to help build networking skills, inspire new members, and build direct connections between students and the aerospace workforce. This year I have taken the role of the industry contact lead, where I am leading a team of four other industry contact officers help AIAA members form direct connections to the aerospace workforce.I am also interested in gaining internship experience centered around aerospace engineering. If you are made aware of any interesting projects or opportunities in the realm of satellite and space mission development, feel free to reach out to me at dmitry.kuklenko@sjsu.edu.