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Mojave, Ca, Us

Mojave, Ca, Us

Mojave, California, United States

Crane, Indiana, United States

• Established hardware-in-the-loop capability for a missile system conducting nominal and off-nominal flight testing • Created a six-degree of freedom flight simulator for a multi-rotor aircraft in Simulink to run on a real-time computer • Interfaced with a three-degree of freedom rate table for Inertial Measurement Unit evaluation • Developed an automated testing framework for a hardware-in-the-loop testbed for faster turnaround

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Lead a team to successfully design, build, and test the avionics systems of multiple high-power rockets• Designed and built a custom flight computer to determine the altitude of the vehicle and deploy staging charges• Programmed the flight computer to deploy parachutes at targeted altitudes and transmit telemetry data to a ground station• Successfully launched, and recovered a solid motor high power rocket reaching heights above 12,000 ft AGL• Lead a team to successfully design, build, and test the avionics system of a 30,000 ft dual-stage rocket

Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

• Created MATLAB scripts to calculate arcing energy dissipated in a switchgear from power switch testing • Estimated toxicity of mixed dielectric gases from analysis of gas composition reports• Developed strategies to determine the expected service life of switchgear products using alternative gases• Performed high voltage testing on various insulative materials and switchgear equipment

Bartlett, Illinois

• Conducted electromagnetic simulations of ion beams in an MRI environment for cancer therapy• Utilized CST Studio Suite to optimize the magnetic field strength of an MRI primary coil to 99.88% uniformity• Modified a carbon ion beam scanner for use with a proton ion beam

• Worked as a team in an online environment • Created a Preliminary Design Review to continue product design process and show all restrictions are considered, including $100 million budget, time, volume, and mass restraints• Designed and justified multiple descent systems, lander systems, and payloads• Produced CAD models of systems and components using Solidworks• Created efficient manufacturing process including estimated time, resources/labor needed, and outsourcing• Designed validation plans and mechanical verification systems for each component in payload and EDL• Developed Failure Mode & Effects Analysis to determine possible failures within design of product and process• Addressed personnel and environmental hazards through the creation of risk mitigation charts• Constructed Gantt charts to coordinate task distribution, task duration, critical paths, and spacecraft mission schedule

Romeoville, Illinois, United States

• Assisted professors in developing new activities for general physics laboratories• Prepared and conducted classroom laboratories• Graded student's laboratory reports and provided feedback

Romeoville, Illinois, United States

• Conducted research on autonomous long-endurance solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles for photography, surveying, and search & rescue• Developed technology feasibility reports on small, long-endurance solar-powered UASs and created a technology demonstrator• Presented a poster on the findings at an industrial conference for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: SEDS Illinois Tech Rocketry - Avionics Design Lead (2020-2022) American Institute of Aeronautics.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics

Activities and Societies: President of the Lewis University Drone Racing Team (2017- 2019) President of Society of Physics Students (2019).

Education record

Activities and Societies: VEX Robotics (2014-2017) Technology Student Association (2016-2017)