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Fort Collins, Co, Us

Kent, Wa, Us

Propulsion design and production engineering working on attitude control thruster components for New Glenn launch vehicle and on BE4 flight engine production and concepts.Responsible engineer for hydraulic accumulator for New Glenn peroxide attitude control thrusters; responsible for design completion, review, and release for production of full component, as well as subcomponent part. Responsible for production, testing, and delivery/integration of components for flight production line for first New Glenn build.Led root cause analysis and resolution of accumulator production problem due to unresolved problem with legacy parts; redeveloped production and acceptance testing process to increase production yield of parts and resolved potentially dangerous FOD generation.Contributed to component engineering release and procurement for other peroxide thruster componentsContributed to redesign and configuration of BE4 engines for production problem resolution and test configuration for Block II redesign of BE4

San Jose, California, Us

Propulsion engineering primarily focusing on research, development and flight production of water-propelled resistojet thruster for reaction control systemRedeveloped thermal insulation for thruster; reduced power consumption of thruster by 20%Completed analysis and designed upscaled resistojet with enhanced thrust and specific impulse; increased redundancy and reliabilityDesigned and constructed new vacuum test stand for flight testingRedeveloped part procurement, manufacture and testing procedures to significantly increase production rate of partsLed development of in-house electrolyzer for propellant tank pressurization system

Led development of propulsion subsystem for the Cislunar Explorers 6U cubesat under direction of Prof. Mason Peck, specifically the system for electrolytic conversion of liquid water into gaseous hydrogen/oxygen propellant Conducted lifecycle testing of propulsion system inside of thermal vacuum chamberDesigned test procedures for various parts of propulsion subsystem and contributed to development of assembly procedures for cubesat construction Led test and data analysis efforts for slosh-damping behavior of spin-stabilized spacecraft, including mathematical modeling and test rig construction

Sole student researcher for research and development of hydrogen-oxygen 5-10N thruster and attached combustion system for use on potential NASA 12U cubesatDeveloped testing for atmospheric and vacuum testing of thrusterComputer modeling and construction of GH2/GO2 pressurized systemPlanned mitigation of safety risks involved in high pressure/combustable gas systemMATLAB simulation of isentropic nozzle behavior and pulse-action combustion blowdown for tradeoff comparison

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

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