Dillon Lewis Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Laurel, Maryland, Us

At APL, I primarily work on assured autonomy software to enable the safe testing of live aircraft autonomies. I manage repositories and pipelines, conduct end-to-end system testing, engage in code reviews, implement new features, fix bugs, write unit tests, and write documentation for both the flight and ground software. These efforts involve full-stack development, UI/UX design, networking, API design, and algorithm development.In addition to my primary work, I have some research tasks involving physics informed neural networks, multi-modal machine learning, applied LLMs, and reinforcement learning. I have also started helping with some modelling and simulation, assisted with some proposal writing, and I have written a custom autopilot ground control station from scratch.

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

- Led development for Kythera Operating System’s React front-end using Jira and GitLab in agile workflow- Developed Kythera Operating System back-end in modern C++ creating gRPC services and google unit tests- Acquired familiarity with satellite telecommunications industry terms, concepts, and theory

I led an interdisciplinary group of students in developing 9-page proposal responding to NASA RASC-AL 2021 Challenge Theme 3: Venus Flyby Mission. Our concept was VALHALLA, the Venusian Atmospheric and Land Exploration: a Human-Assisted Low-Latency Approach. VALHALLA uses a commercial vehicle to support a crew of four to travel to and from Venus. The VALHALLA concept utilizes low-latency communications for humans in transit to control drones launched from an airship in Venus’s atmosphere to explore key research areas in Venus’s early development and current conditions. In performing this mission, we will gain valuable knowledge about Venus’s greenhouse effect, surface structures, and seismic activity. As the first long-duration manned deep-space mission, VALHALLA’s mission architecture will provide a major leap forward in interplanetary travel and will be a steppingstone for future missions to Mars and other bodies.This was my first time leading an interdisciplinary project of this magnitude, and from this I have learned so much about leadership, project management, systems engineering, and the Venusian atmosphere. This project has inspired me to want to further study other planets and atmospheres as well as to continue facilitating ideas and discussion on future exploration of the solar system and beyond.

Burlington, Ma, Us

-Analyzed data from NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 and Total Carbon Column Observing Network with python using NumPy and Matplotlib to produce plots and validate proprietary atmospheric CO2 model-Wrote extensive documentation within code and other documents to supplement analysis-Adapted proprietary scripts to accept new features for improved machine learning algorithm input-Updated proprietary models to accommodate US3D adaptive mesh refined data for plume post-processing-Prototyped empirical tropospheric water vapor model using NCEP-DOE Reanalysis II data in python-Effectively communicated remotely throughout entire co-op using Microsoft Teams and Zoom

Boston, Ma, Us

Develop and update internal and external web applications for the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Updated old .NET web application by rewriting HTML and CSS to look more modern, while also fixing bugs and applying web security standards. Carried out user acceptance testing for several web applications. Created robust internal web application for Securities Division from scratch using entity framework and VB.NET 4.5, which allows them to create/modify data and pull data from SQL database into downloadable excel sheet, all in a user-friendly way.

Naples, Us

I ushered people to their seats in Hayes Hall and Daniel's Pavilion. Other duties included cleaning the auditoriums after shows, taking tickets, engaging with the patrons, and ushering in the Baker Museum.

Masters, Robotics And Autonomous Systems

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science And Physics

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