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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Lead development and integrate the development of scientific and technical payloads rockets in addition to mechanized systems such as air breaks.main projects have included a folding quadcopter and autonomous landing/deployment system which ad to be integrated in a 3 unit cube satellite form factor; a digital inline holography sensor and airflow system for imaging airborne particles during rocket flight; and an airbrake system for apogee targeting on L3 high powered rockets.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Coordinated with other team leads to design simulation methods for rocket components using SolidWorks simulation, ANSYS workbench, and ANSYS APDL.Advised design of rocket systems with the results of structural simulationsInvestigated previous rocket structure failures for potential failure modes and future ways to prevent similar issues.Taught new team members how to use CAD and run structural simulations.Types of simulations worked on include static structural simulations of many systems including rocket motors and structural elements, eigenvalue buckling simulations of thin-walled tubes, transient thermal simulations of rocket motors, and dynamic structural simulations of fins in aeroelastic flutter.