Fluid Systems Engineer engineer specializing in propellant management and thermal control systems for the Quaterhorse program.

As student manager, I am in charge of managing the current employees, creating the monthly work schedule, and hiring new employees as needed. Besides being the student manager, my second major duty is that of a bike mechanic, working on both customer and rental bikes.

As a member of BYU Rocketry, I apply mathematical and engineering skills to design, and fabricate high-powered rockets and motors. My current involvement with BYU Rocketry is as a senior member of the Hybrid Propulsion Development Group, which you can read about my experience devoted to that team. Previously, I have built a personal rocket, and assembled a team that competed in BYU Rocketry's Advanced Student Launch Competition. That competition included passing preliminary and critical design reviews, as well as implementing several advanced manufacturing methods for the rocket. These methods included hand-laminating a composite (carbon fiber) air-frame, sandwiched-composite fins (balsa and carbon fiber), electronically-controlled parachute deployal, and multiple components self-designed and produced through additive manufacturing and manual machining.

As a member of the BYU rocket attitude control capstone team (project VECTOR), I am learning and applying the product design process to solving the problem of suboptimal orientation during the duration of a high-power rocket's flight. The goal of my capstone team is to develop a working proof-of-concept attitude control system that we will test in a 4" diameter high-power rocket. Following the proof-of-concept, we will provide an attitude control system for a 6" diameter rocket, with associated documentation, to be used by next year's BYU Rocketry Association high-power team at the Spaceport America Cup. I am working on the mechanical design and modeling subsystem team, as well as being an editor/checker for the electronics subsystem team's documentation. Following extensive research into different concepts, our team passed a concept review for our selected concept- canards. We have now begun modeling and designing the fins. As part of the mechanical design and manufacturing subteam, I have worked on selecting an appropriate symmetrical airfoil, and am about to begin designing, simulating, and physically testing prototype canards for our 4" prototype rocket.

I am a senior member of the BYU Rocketry Propulsion Development Team, working on a hybrid rocket motor.What I've done: Generated technical safety documents (risk analysis)Oxygen cleaning (small parts and tubing)Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) calculationsDeveloped a Labview-based DAQ and control systems for the static fire test motor. Involves nine sensors and five valves.Developed test procedures and architecture for the wet dress rehearsals and static motor tests.Helped with the physical assembly of the test stand and motorLead the wiring of the motor to the Labview cRio chassisDeveloped Matlab code to support the design of the flight motor that:Determines the motor's oxidizer and fuel flow rates, average thrust, and burn time to reach a specific apogee (accounting for drag)Calculates necessary nozzle throat and exit areas with compressible, isentropic flow relationsGenerates point coordinates for the nozzle curvature using the method of characteristics (80% bell nozzle)Designs the thrust chamber thickness based on the desired factor of safetyCurrently serving as the plumbing subteam lead for the flight motor in charge of leading the team designing the plumbing system for our 2.4 kN pressure-fed flight motor. This includes sizing the plumbing components (tubes, valves, fittings, and tanks); and designing, modeling, and testing a pressure vessel for the liquid oxygen. So far we have made a rough design of the plumbing, developed a preliminary bill of materials, and laid out a budget for our subsystem. This position includes working with suppliers to obtain the proper valves and actuators, interfacing with other subteams, and the design and manufacturing of a custom LOX pressure vessel.

Supported in-house manufacturing of jet engine components.

Worked as a CNC laser operator using a Mitsubishi 4kW fiber laser to fabricate components.

Was a U.S. Soccer Federation-certified referee, and worked as an AR (assistant referee) and head referee at various levels from children's recreational leagues to young adult private clubs.

As a high school intern, I did pretty basic things for the company, but was able to work with several different teams. One team was replacing electrical systems and installing backup generators for a local Food Lion (supermarket) buildings. With that team, I helped make base-layer diagrams using AutoCAD to integrate an image of the building with the necessary portions of a schematic diagram of the building. With another team, I compiled user manuals for all the components in a solar/wind/gas power system being installed in Eastern North Carolina. The final team I worked with was an Research and Development group who was working on an electrical distribution box for the US Marine corps. There I helped with wiring many different components, learned about three-phase electricity, and figured out how to install ventilation fans in the computer module of the box.