• Lead of a high-power amateur rocketry design team on Virginia Tech campus• Founded first high-power rocketry team on Virginia Tech campus in 2015• Successfully lead team to Spaceport America Cup competition in New Mexico for two years in a row and received 9th place out of 115 teams in 2017• Oversaw design and development of semi-monocoque vehicle structure• Achieved 100% student developed airframe using composite manufacturing• Analyzed dynamic stability of passive… Show more • Lead of a high-power amateur rocketry design team on Virginia Tech campus• Founded first high-power rocketry team on Virginia Tech campus in 2015• Successfully lead team to Spaceport America Cup competition in New Mexico for two years in a row and received 9th place out of 115 teams in 2017• Oversaw design and development of semi-monocoque vehicle structure• Achieved 100% student developed airframe using composite manufacturing• Analyzed dynamic stability of passive roll control system using MATLAB simulations• Performed 6 DOF flight simulations to ensure vehicle reaches target apogee of 10,000 ft. using hybrid propulsion system Show less

• Cofounded new high power rocketry design team on Virginia Tech Campus• Competed in Battle of the Rocket’s Mars Rover Competition in Culpeper, VA and achieved first place • Involved sending an autonomous rover on board a rocket to 1000 feet to simulate Mars landing• Mission Objective: Deliver rover safely back to launch site followed by a series of predetermined movements• Responsible for design, manufacturing, and systems integration of both the rocket and autonomous rover

• Worked under Dr. James Hanna as a lead experimentalist examining the dynamics of metastable cobra weave structures. • Identified initial parameters that changed the decay sequence of structure.• Utilized image tracking tools interfaced with MATLAB to predict the dynamic response of the system with 95% accuracy.• Working towards first research paper publication.

• Senior capstone project to compete in NASA Student Launch Initiative• Designed and developed a horizontal landing method to safely transport payload to ground from 4500 ft. AGL.• Successfully developed custom Advanced Retention Release Device to eject parachutes upon landing• Utilized systems engineering approach to develop mission requirements and risk mitigation procedures.

• Mission objective: Developed a payload to fly on NASA sounding rocket to determinefeasibility of receiving ADS-B signals from commercial aircraft via on board SoftwareDefined Radio (SDR)• Responsible for designing deployment mechanism of SDR from payload• Resulted in successful deployment of antenna and data transmission

Inspired children in elementary school about STEM. Taught very simple rocket and space concepts to get them excited about space exploration.