Madison Ritsch Email & Phone Number

Currently funded by the Draper Laboratory.Previously funded by the Center for Autonomous Air Mobility and Sensing (CAAMS).

Boulder, Colorado, United States

University Of Colorado Boulder

Undergraduate research assistant at Integrated Remote and In-Situ Sensing (IRISS). Prepping for TORUS 2022, a fixed-wing UAS storm chasing project in conjunction with the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, studying super-cell formation where I will serve as VO and PAC-O on the left flank team. As an IRISS team member, I:- assist in sensor suite testing and development in collaboration with NOAA- maintain fleet of 12 storm chasing UAVs- CAD and integrate payload mounts and sensors for fixed wing and multirotor aircraft- serve as flight ops PAC-O on testing deployments including Boulder Emergency Squad operations, NREL wind turbine flow analysis, and TORUS testing- build and repair UAV pneumatic catapults on IRISS vehicles- solder and manufacture sensors and cable harnesses

Left flank PAC-O for stacked unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operation on the 2022 TORUS deployment studying supercell formation using fixed wing aircraft and 2022 TRACER project studying aerosol convection interactions.

Teaching Fellow for ASEN 3128 Aircraft Dynamics. I host office hours and study halls, assist the course professors in labs, create homework answer keys, grade homework assignments, and more.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Aerospace Engineering Ambassador for the Smead Aerospace Engineering department and the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado - Boulder. Peer advisor and mentor for current students, give tours and provide mentorship to potential students and their families.

President and Mechanical Engineering Assistant Lead of the Colorado RoboSub team. I manage team goals, grants, finance, recruitment, and overall leadership, as well as assist leadership of the Mechanical Engineering team. We are a team of 20 undergraduates who design, build, program and compete our underwater vehicles all across the nation. Our two largest autonomous submarines are used in the international RoboSub competition, while our smallest remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is used for the MATE ROV competition. In 2021, Colorado RoboSub won 1st place at the Rocky Mountain Regional MATE ROV Competition with "Lazarus". And at the last in-person RoboSub competition, the team placed 7th/55 international teams in San Diego, CA.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: - NIST 2023 First Responder UAS 3D Mapping Challenge - Aerospace Senior Projects Teaching Assistant

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

- IRISS Undergraduate Engineer - Colorado RoboSub President - Smead Aerospace Engineering Ambassador - Lockheed Martin STEM Scholar.

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- Cyberpatriot Captain - VEX Robotics President - Colorado Science Bowl - USEF Varsity Equestrian - State Champion Varsity Pom Dance Team

Education record

- Science Olympiad - USEF Varsity Equestrian