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Redmond, Washington, United States

College Park, Maryland, United States

- Designed a Python script and testing setup that can estimate the distance from a camera to the ground using a LED light and machine learning algorithms to replace the need for a force torque sensor - Collaborated with a 5-person team to prototype a frame for the Ranger satellite servicing system to perform basic structural performance tests in neutral buoyancy

College Park, Maryland, United States

- Facilitate the testing of an event camera with a light aperture to begin data processing with MATLAB- Analyzed orbits of known satellites to generate the visual magnitudes when observing using Python- Generated a thermal budget for the cube-sat project using MATLAB using single-node thermal analysis- Used STK to generate a report of the slew rate of the NEOSSat observing a Starlink satellite to find an estimation of the maximum slew rate that the onboard event camera would need to handle

Rockville, Maryland, United States

- Identified RF and ground station components for a High-Altitude Balloon Mission that received continuous telemetry communications until a slant range of 92k ft during flight - Constructed a Python stack and architecture to handle four core processes for the flight software using GitHub to organize team workflow for smooth software development - Collaborated on programming a pointing system for a Stewarts platform in C++ that would keep the platform normal to the ground regardless of the satellite orientation - Effectively showcased project development through written skills and regular verbal communications at milestones like Systems Concept Review, Critical Design Review, and Flight Readiness Review.

College Park, Maryland, United States

- Used NX to develop and 3D-print a model of an underactuated robot arm and host satellite- Proposed a possible grappling position on a payload by implementing a model of the arm and payloads in a Python program that focused on inverse-kinematics calculations- Collaborated in a group of eight to present findings to a board of employees at the end of the summer