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College Station, TX, US

College Station, Texas, United States

• Oversees 20-person iterative structures and materials design cycle on a five-time consecutive international championship SAE Aero Design team.
• Facilitates and conducts composite research utilizing FEA and CFD data, as well as material testing (destructive and non-destructive).
• Leads structural design and analysis trainings for members, improving skills and closing knowledge gaps.
• Collaborates with wider officer team to synchronize timelines and design steps across each sub-team, communicating decisions and facilitating cross-team collaboration.

College Station, Texas, United States

• Utilized FEA and topological optimizations to minimize the mass and maximize payload capacity of the internal structure of an aircraft, achieving 35 lb steel payload in a 20 lb aircraft.
• Conceptualized, prototyped, built, tested a variety of aircraft structural components including fuselage trusses, airfoils, and ailerons.
• Employed a variety of manufacturing processes including laser cutting, 3D printing, steam bending, and wood working
• Collaborated with the Aerodynamics, Stability, & Controls (ASC) Subteam to form a cohesive vision of the aircraft design and trouble-shoot issues.
• Earned 1st Place at international competition.

College Station, Texas, United States

• Designed, fabricated, and refined 3D printed fuselage section connectors, ailerons, and landing gear.
• Gained an understanding of RC plane systems design and component functions.
• Grew experience working across multiple sub-teams, collaborating toward a cohesive goal.
• Earned 1st Place at international competition.

Boerne, Texas, United States

• Collaborated with manufacturing, production, and tooling engineers to support aerospace composite technician teams, gaining comprehensive experience in composite design and manufacturing processes.
• Designed and implementing a 12 times more efficient autoclave tool for curing F-35 carbon fiber fan vanes using thermal studies and practical proof of concept tests.
• Developed and documented CNC calibration and machining work instructions, reducing new technician queries by 80%.
• Achieved 20% reduction in material waste through ply nest optimization for use on cut tables.
• Assessed 102 non-conforming part samples for defects, determining root causes and providing mitigating procedures.
• Clarified customer expectations and product requirements for technicians through extensive review of customer documentation, effectively mitigating production delays and resolving issues promptly.

Springfield, Missouri, United States

• Executed expeditious parcel advancement within national supply chain
• Cooperation with 50+ package handlers to distribute packages from large loads to smaller trucks
• Sustained the daily categorized loading of 1000+ packages among 4 trucks.

• Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of industry mentors, professors of practice, and fellow interns to perform a cost-benefit analysis for a potential transition from helicopters to eVTOLs for the arial tourism.
• Focused analysis of a single company and expanded potential impacts to the whole industry.
• Performance of traditional helicopter and several eVTOLs synthesized to produce a final recommendation on the company's next steps.

Republic, Missouri, United States

• As a machine operator maintained 100% uptime and quality production on custard machines.
• As a window operator and kitchen worker executed precise and efficient treat production to keep drive-through time <50 seconds per car.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, Sophomore

Activities and Societies: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design Team, Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE), Global.

Honors And Ap Capstone Diplomas