Kyle Lopez Email & Phone Number

Hawthorne, California, US

Pomona, California, US

• Received Joe & Grace Yee Scholarship from Aerospace Engineering Department for recognition of demonstrating exemplary Hands-On work for the Cal Poly Pomona Liquid Rocket Lab (Spring 2020 & Spring 2021).
• Led a team of 80+ members to test a pressure-fed bi-propellant liquid rocket engine and launch a vehicle to reach an altitude of 30,000+ feet.
• Led and managed all work operations performed at all Liquid Rocket Lab facilities and work areas across campus.
• Used NI LabVIEW and several NI myRIO-1900s to develop a data acquisition and controls system capable of monitoring 16 pressure transducers, 12 thermocouples, 1 load cell, and 11 solenoid valves.
• Led several component tests of feed systems including functionality checks, leak tests, and instrumentation calibrations.
• Led the assembly/disassembly of various feed system components for oxygen cleaning, including regulators, control valves, check valves, and pressure relief devices.

Pomona, California, US

• Co-founded and led a team of 8 members to design and develop a gas generator cycle liquid bi-propellant rocket engine capable of powering a launch vehicle on a suborbital trajectory to reach the Kármán Line.
• Used MATLAB App Designer to develop a Rocket Propulsion Design & Analysis Tool.
• Used MS Visio to design a piping & instrumentation diagram for the Z-1 Engine and Bronco 2 Launch Vehicle (B2LV).
• Used Vitech CORE to develop and track B2LV Mission and Z-1 Engine System requirements and interfaces.

Pomona, California, US

• Developed a Test Plan & Procedure for the first static fire test of the Ablative Chamber Engine (ACE) and the integrated static fire test of the Bronco 1 Launch Vehicle (B1LV) using Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Methane.
• Conducted integrated system tests of feed systems including water flow tests and cold flow tests using Liquid Nitrogen.
• Performed standard oxygen service cleaning operations and lubrication of high-pressure fluid system lines.
• Used MS Visio to design piping & instrumentation diagrams for the Mobile Rocket Engine Test Stand (MRETS).
• Designed and fabricated the ground support piping and stand for loading cryogenic propellants.

Pasadena, CA, US

• Worked closely with the Aerospace Nuclear Safety Engineering Group in support of the Launch Approval Engineering Office development efforts.
• Used Python & MATLAB to develop the Monte Carlo Post-Processing Tools for the Mars 2020 On-Orbit Contingency Plan.
• The tools developed was used for projecting an ellipse boundary with plot contours encompassing the latitude and longitude data points generated from the Dynamics Simulator for Entry, Descent and Surface Landing.

• Assisted with rocket engine research and development for leading aerospace industry companies.
• Performed ultrasonic and general cleaning of rocket engine test fluid equipment to ensure cleaniness and prevent contamination.
• Operated machine tools such as band saws and grinders for cutting and deburring various materials for rocket test equipment.
• Experience using a forklift for transporting crates and heavy shop equipment.