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United States

El Segundo, California, United States

El Segundo, California, United States

- Designed and implemented an algorithm to detect and mitigate the impact of PNT system spoofing; testing and validating the algorithm with a Python simulation suite and contributing to conference paper demonstrating its capability- Contributed to cislunar PNT study for NASA’s LunaNet by designing user trajectories to test various aspects of PNT service quality. Designed cislunar trajectories with Copernicus Trajectory Design and Optimization Software and ground trajectories with Python- Created tools for analysis, visualization, and rapid validation of PNT link budgets for GNSS-reliant space vehicles- Participated in design of lunar comms/PNT network as comms/PNT lead, delivering viable solution and briefing it to customers

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Lead a group of fellow engineering and physics course SI Leaders, mentor new SI leaders, and provide SI session feedback to maximize positive impact on students and to ensure continuing strength of the SI program

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Facilitate collaborative learning sessions to promote students' mastery of material in a high-volume high-difficulty course by creating and implementing activities to target intuitive and procedural understanding of complex material

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

- Undergraduate researcher with Prof. Carolin Frueh studying spacecraft collisions and the risk levels of spacecraft close approaches- Read literature about spacecraft state estimation and collision probability estimation to ensure knowledge of industry standards- Developed MATLAB code to validate understanding of collision probability calculation methods and state propagation- Wrote MATLAB script to propagate orbits and covariances up to collision, and to reliably calculate collision probability with less than 0.01% error from published values in order to demonstrate understanding of background material

El Segundo, California, United States

- Developed novel vehicle-agnostic Python algorithm to analyze and validate launch vehicle guidance and navigation performance- Developed novel algorithm to detect anomalies in launch simulation models and to identify errors in predicting reality- Tested analysis algorithms on SpaceX Falcon family launches- Learned statistical methods and filtering processes to provide quality analysis solutions- Identified deviations of telemetry/simulation data and assisted in rectifying unexpected behavior

Worked with Prof. Senay Purzer (and her PhD students) to collection and analyze data for research in engineering education at pre-university grade levels by observing and documenting student response to novel AI-powered solar science engineering curriculum, ultimately contributing to a conference paper as an author