Michael Mallamaci Email & Phone Number

Long Beach, CA, US

College Park, Maryland, United States

• 2024-2025
• Led team that developed cross sub-team flight software library (GitHub: Terrapin-Rocket-Team/Multi-Mission-Flight-Software)2023-2024
• Led team to 2024 Overall Spaceport America Cup Victory
• Manage sponsor relations and budget allocation of over 90k to 10+ sub-teams
• Implemented new knowledge retention and training program
• Grew the level-1 rocketry certification program from around 10 new certifications in the previous year to over 30 new certifications this year

College Park, Maryland, United States

• 2023-2024
• Lead of payload avionics
• Designed 2 pcb boards to record sensor (IMU, Barometer, GPS) data and run actuators (Servos, Motor, Nichrome wire heating)
• Wrote reusable and expandable object oriented data logging C++ software to record data from sensors. This software worked reliably on all 7 major flights that it was running on.
• Integrated a C++ target selection algorithm that guided a deployed payload around obstacles
• Implemented a PD controller to control the roll orientation of the deployed payload as it descended.2022-2023

College Park, Maryland, United States

• Lead a team of 15 plus students to research and develop a highly reliable and robust custom flight computer for our Spaceport America Cup competition rocket that sends real time telemetry to a ground station
• Record flight data from the rocket
• Transmit the flight data to a ground station in real time using APRS LoRa radio packets
• Create custom pcb to hold all the components of the flight computer

College Park, Maryland, United States

• 2023-2024
• Investigated the feasibility of using a gecko-inspired roller to remove charged dust from surfaces during future crewed or robotic missions to the moon or other airless bodies
• Designed and fabricated an experimental test stand using Fusion360 for 3D modeling and the Arduino framework for control of the required electromechanical systems
• Won Most Innovative and Original award at Space and Satellite Professionals International (SSPI)Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter Aerospace Science & Engineering 2024 Student Prize Competition2022-2023
• Investigated the feasibility of using electrostatic lofting to remove charged dust from surfaces during future crewed or robotic missions to the moon or other airless bodies
• Designed and fabricated an experimental test stand using SolidWorks for 3D modeling and the Arduino framework for control of the required electromechanical systems

Long Beach, California, United States

• Developed process to write, review and publish on console operator procedures for the Haven-Demo mission
• Created a suite of python-based software tools to store procedures written in plain text (LaTex) as machine readable JSON files and well as render the procedures as a collaborative google sheet through the google cloud.
• Deployed procedure tools to the AWS cloud using AWS Lambda, S3 and Secrets Manager through Terraform configurations
• Developed process to write, review and publish flight rules for the Haven-Demo mission
• Developed process to write, review adn publish commit criteria for the Haven-Demo mission
• Created a ground station scheduling algorithm written in GO that optimizes ground station pass selection between 2 different ground station providers

Pasadena, California, United States

• Developed and wrote multiple on-console contingency procedures for the initial checkout and operational phases
• Generated numerous command products for spacecraft operations during off-nominal recovery
• Tested and Implemented the telemetry querying and reporting system to notify team members of spacecraft alarms

Pasadena, California, United States

• Created critical Python support tools that automated the process of verifying complex reusable sequences
• Reduced reusable sequence testing time by 90% 5-10 hours to under 5 minutes, enabling rapid and reliable updates

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States

• Designed a process to test wire harnesses for defects before they are installed in JLG boom lifts
• Created an adjustable testing apparatus that can be used to verify the quality of hundreds of different wire harnesses
• Designed (Creo Parametric) and printed many custom 3D printed parts to create opposite gender wire connectors
• Was trained in and preformed ISO 9001 internal audits

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Worked with a team of 4-6 people to prepare, cook and assemble food for customers. Worked in high-volume, fast-paced environment that required clear and positive communication with coworkers and customers

Bachelor'S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Terrapin Rockets, AeroCorps Committee Co-Chair, BPP, SEDS, AIAA

High School Diploma