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Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Roles:Educated and ensured student safety when working with hazardous chemicals and equipmentProvided Chemistry lectures and guided students through laboratory activitiesAchievements:Taught and graded 40 students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Roles:Developed software related to instrumentation added to a hybrid jet engine test stand made and designed in house Established communication to almost 200 devicesTasked with the design and partial construction of the instrumentation wiring harnessAchievements:Utilized LabView to create an application that provides live and downloadable data from three types of thermocouples, CAN, pressure transducers, anemometers, and an ultrasonic flow sensorImplemented functionality to interface with hardware components such as fan and pump speeds, throttle, and safety buttons

Southfield, Michigan, United States

Roles:Followed the process from design to production of three inverter programsDrafted 2D engineering drawingsConducted testing on power card cooling stacks to verify existing 3D modelsProduced ANSYS vibration analysis results Achievements:Provided vibration simulation results to upper management verifying the vibration capabilities of new inverter features Produced testing data that improved 3D thermal capability models

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

Roles:Provided software support for all automated applications used in the technical departmentDeveloped new features or applications to streamline workflow during race events Achievements:Digitized the technical inspection process, resulting in more reliable data storage, quicker data searches, and live updates Added improved data visualization and filtering features to a vital application that uses data for timing, scoring, and balance of performance between car models

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0

Thesis: Using a Sliding Mode Controller to Reduce Reaction Wheel Saturation in Solar Sail Spacecraft for Long Term LEO Missions Advisors.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.7

Specialization: Robotics Description: Coursework focused on sensor selection and filtering, modeling robot dynamics, basic robotic.