I am pursuing a BS/ME in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Aerospace at Rochester Institute of Technology. I am passionate about mastering the intricacies of working in the aerospace field, and I have gained valuable experience and knowledge through my position as a lead engineer in the Liquid Propulsion sub-team within RIT Launch Initiative. On top of this, I gained valuable experience as a Mechanical Engineering Intern at INFICON Inc., where I gained insight on the inner workings of the mechanical engineering industry and attained valuable skills while collaborating with full-time engineers developing a new product line.Our goal as a team has been to develop a bi-propellant pressure-fed liquid rocket engine, using liquid nitrous oxide and isopropyl alcohol. I focused on developing the thrust chamber assembly, and have spent two years teaching myself the intricacies of supersonic flow and design practices used in full-scale supersonic nozzles. On top of this, I have done research on the heat transfer characteristics of a liquid rocket engine and have done extensive analysis to ensure nominal performance of our heat-sink engine. In the future, I strive to develop a regeneratively cooled liquid rocket engine to be mounted to a conceptually similar engine architecture for use in a space shot.During my internship at INFICON Inc., I gained skills in the advanced use of Siemens NX, Teamcenter 10, and Jira softwares for design collaboration and task-management. I gained additional technical skills in DFMA and GD&T practices. I had the opportunity to work on an independently led design project, which taught me lessons in communicating design decisions to stakeholders as well as how to best make revisions from feedback during design reviews. This experience gave me new insight on the industry, and greatly impacted my vision on where I would like to end up in the future.