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Los Angeles, California, US

• Engineers and executes testing for advanced propulsion systems at the Orange Air-Breathing Propulsion Lab test facility, including liquid or solid fuel ramjet/scramjet direct connect testing, aeroheat material testing.
• Collaborates with customers, program managers, and project engineers to define objectives, develop test plans, and estimate cost and schedule to meet program goals effectively.
• Coordinates with engineers and facility technicians to design and setup test hardware, tooling, instrumentation, and controls, implementing facility changes or improvements as needed. Performs checkouts to ensure.
• Prepares and presents critical documentation such as test procedures, safety evaluations, and test readiness reviews.
• Calculates and sets test conditions, executes tests alongside control room operators, and analyzes test data to verify facility performance and validate results.

Washington, DC, US

• Member of Fluid Dynamics Branch responsible for generating unstructured 3D meshes, running high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulations, and post-processing results for advanced aerospace propulsion systems.
• Simulated supersonic high-amplitude pressure waves passing over various rotating detonation rocket engine injector designs to evaluate back-flow resistance, measure mass flow rate recovery times, and identify system.
• Modeled gas flow inside purge cavity of propellant tank umbilical plate to evaluate mixing between inert gas and leaked gas. Identified risk, wrote official documentation, and presented simulation results to the design.
• Participated in a rotational program with the Engine Components Branch. Designed and performed hot fire tests of a regenerative 2.5K liquid rocket engine. Flow tested engine components to calculate injector flow areas..

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Head Teaching Assistant for AE 2610 Introduction to Experimental Methods - responsible for the supervision, assistance, and grading of 100+ undergraduate students and their reports regarding various experiments related.

Los Angeles, California, US

• Supported Chief Engineer and Project Engineers to coordinate system design and analysis, communicate with customers and suppliers, and update technical program documents for the development of advanced hypersonic solid.
• Determined qualification test durations and assisted test planning and schedule to meet customer deadlines. Tracked project scope change between initial proposal and preliminary design review.
• Performed process capability statistical analysis to validate drawing requirement change to lower inspection frequency and identified an out-of-control manufacturing process by the part supplier.

Los Angeles, California, US

• Member of the Quality Engineering Team responsible for identifying nonconformances, performing root cause analyses, and determining corrective actions for the production of important missile defense system components.
• Managed nonconformance reports and directed corrective action determination for supplier-related issues on solid rocket attitude control systems. Generated nonconformance metrics for weekly production review meetings.
• Created First Article Inspection planning and converted paper planning to digital in support of manufacturing transfer to new headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama.

Singapore, SG

• Member of the Engine Performance and Operability team responsible for analyzing flight test data, summarizing results, creating plot packages, and identifying trends for customers of Pratt & Whitney commercial jet.
• Generated engine steady-state performance predictions and identified significant parameter deviations relative to target levels predicted by system models. Created scripts in VBA, EUCL, and Python to automatically.

Master Of Science, Aerospace Engineering - Propulsion & Combustion

Bachelor Of Science, Aerospace Engineering

High School Diploma