Created, conducted, and analyzed data related to flight test activities in novel vehicle designs. Developed software for vehicle to vehicle deconfliction through concept, simulation, and hardware test including build and deployment pipelines. Supported systems integration activities for design and test of new vehicles and vehicle components.

Developed linear analysis tools to improve autopilot controller (MATLAB/Simulink)Wrote and simulated improved autopilot flight code in CPerformed statistical regressions on 5 years of flight data to rank severity of flight anomaliesContributed to full pipeline development (hypothesis/build/regression testing/integration)Created Matlab/Simulink autopilot and simulation software

Remote Pilot in Command of Heaviside and 3-person test teamMentored team members on software usage and remote piloting (Linux/Python)Performed analysis on flight anomalies using Python (Pandas/Numpy/Bokeh/Seaborn)

Wind tunnel and flight testing of the X56-A airfoil to investigate fluid-structure interactionConducted empirical investigation of a high frequency low amplitude oscillating X-56A aircraft wingConducted flight testing of 1/3 scale X56-A vehicle including instrumentation and telemetryApplied analytical techniques and image processing to determine the amplitude of oscillation

Spent summers at NASA Langley as an intern in various branches.2016-2018Trainee in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations Office in the Research Services Directorate 2014-2015Supporting vertical take-off and landing UAV flight testingSet-up and ran live telemetry data system during flight testingSummer 2014FEA Analysis and data post processing for 578, 977 degree of freedom modelAbaqus thermal analysis on NASA/Boeing Hybrid Wing Body test articleSummer 2013Deputy team lead to design and aerodynamically characterize a NACA0015 airfoil with a continuous trailing edge flapPerformed simulations using XFLR5/AVL/XFOILAnalyzed over 255 wind tunnel test runs using MATLAB

CPU bench marking of Orion Flight Computer performed by writing C algorithmsProfiled Orion Entry code using the Orion CPUImproved visual odometry docking for Orion by implementing Levenberg-Marquardt Method in a non-linear least squares approximation of poseCreated a simple corner detection algorithm in MATLAB for automating the visual odometry docking