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Boulder, Co, Us

Boulder, Co, Us

Hawthorne, California, United States

• Generated detailed work orders to guide technicians in the refurbishment of several critical components on the winch system of the Starship launch tower. • Leveraged a first principles approach to design access platforms on the Chopsticks, emphasizing the use of hand calculations for structural analysis, resorting to analysis software only when essential for validation. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to refine designs, conducted design reviews, and released detailed drawings for all piece parts and assemblies, ensuring compliance with design requirements and safety standards.

Burbank, California, United States

• Worked in a startup environment developing a machine to synthesize natural gas from CO2 harvested by direct air capture technology, water electrolysis, and Sabatier reaction processes. • Singlehandedly developed and manufactured two prototype calcination kilns for thermally decomposing calcium carbonate into calcium oxide while capturing 94% of the released carbon dioxide for subsequent use in the Sabatier reactor. • Performed calcination efficiency tests using commercial kilns to gain valuable insights on the heat transfer properties of the calcium carbonate sorbent material, which drove engineering design decisions.

• Leading the sub-team accountable for manufacturing carbon-fiber motor casings, COPVs, nosecones, and ablative phenolic nozzles. Additionally, the team is responsible for research and development of external TPS, internal motor casing insulation, and general material testing of all composite materials.• Brought a 17-foot long, student designed, 4-axis filament winding machine to an operational state by designing and manufacturing hardware, calibrating servo motors using ClearPath software, configuring the machine in Mach4 CNC software, and generating and writing custom G-Code using CADWIND filament winding software.

• Researched, developed, and documented processes for casting high-temperature ceramic components for a reusable nozzle system to be used on a carbon fiber composite, solid-propellant rocket motor.• Machined several components from aluminum and graphite to complete a reusable solid-propellant test motor used for characterizing student made propellant mixtures.• Designed and manufactured the vertical test stand for the reusable motor mentioned above.

Denver, Colorado, United States

NASA Space Grant - Robotics• Led a team of seven over throughout two semesters to complete a robot despite the disruption of COVID, requiring a transition to remote work, and cancellation of the year-end showcase.• Created and programmed an Arduino-based algorithm to allow a robot to autonomously complete tasks in a simulated Mars-like environment using an array of visual and touch based sensors.• Modeled, designed, and printed all structural components using Fusion 360 and a 3D printer to finish the project without access to a school lab.Robotics - Engineered a robot that would navigate a simulated Mars-like obstacle course autonomously. Lead our team through the move to remote work due to COVID in order to complete our robot.

NASA Space Grant - DemoSat• Led a team of three to design, manufacture, and test a balloon-launched, scientific payload which recorded data throughout a three-hour flight through the atmosphere reaching 110,000 feet.• Programmed an Arduino Uno microcontroller to capture and analyze atmospheric data with an array of sensors, to test a hypothesis about atmospheric temperature change. • Designed a system for powering, capturing, and storing long-duration, 360-degree video, from launch, to its apogee, and back.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

• Created a new reporting system that helped diagnose an issue with collections accounts going further past due than they should have been• Used advanced knowledge of macros, pivot tables, and VLOOKUPS to create Excel spreadsheets to analyze over 50,000 lines of data daily• Used the output of these spreadsheets to create daily, weekly, and monthly performance reports that would be sent to collectors to assist them with targeting the accounts that were in most need • Presented the findings of these reports to team leaders, and area leaders• Assisted other teams with adapting this new reporting system to fit their needs• Exposed to a fast-paced, deadline driven corporate environment• Assisted with collection during times of high demand (end of quarters)

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Aerospace Engineering, 3.54

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Sounding Rocket Lab

Prerequisite Coursework, Aerospace Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: NASA Space Grant, Math ClubMaintained a 4.0 while working on the prerequisites for the Aerospace Engineering.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finance, Real Estate

Activities and Societies: Kappa Sigma