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Designing and developing the Command and Data-Handling systems of the Illini CubeSat program to: • Maintain operability of satellites especially in adverse conditions by emphasizing fault-tolerant design • Support multiple and varying scientific payloads • Provide up- and down-link capability between satellite and Earth over unreliable transmission medium (space) • Implement mechanisms for ground control to modify satellite behavior post-deploymentThe Illini CubeSat program, through the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is currently developing multiple satellites for deployment as platforms for scientific and technological development. First deployment is slated for late 2017.Project-related links:https://aerospace.illinois.edu/news/illinois-wins-nasa-awards-three-cubesat-missionshttp://dailyillini.com/special-sections/spring-technograph-special-sections/2017/03/12/university-students-professors-create-satellite-family/

Fabricating silicon nanoparticles and multi-layered thin films to examine electro-optical properties and gauge application in low-power electronic devices.

Designed and developed key technologies for use in current- and next-generation of Student Space System rockets such as:• Stress-resilient rocket nozzle for a hybrid-fuel rocket motor• Embedded stability augmentation systems to maintain attitude control during ascent• Active ground-based tracking systems for communication with on-board flight systems• Satellite communications and remote tracking for communication at high-altitudes and fallback trackingStudent Space Systems is a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign RSO dedicated to launch a payload into suborbital flight on an entirely student-designed, student-built rocket by 2024.Student Space Systems: http://www.studentspacesystems.org/

Studied for optimization, parallelized computational routines in the python library pyOpenCL