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Dulles, Virginia

Integration and Test Electrical Engineering Cygnus, Intelsat Galaxy 30Systems Engineering Eutelsat E5WB

Dulles, Va

Space Systems Group Commercial Satellite Division

State College, Pa

At Omega Piezo, my duties as an engineering design intern included:• Designing piezoceramic device components for optimum machinability and sensitivity• Performing full response testing on piezoceramics and piezoceramic devices• Communicating with customers about design requirements, project progress, and feedback for design revisions

University Park, Pa

This position at the university allowed me to continue work on developing and testing a small -scale microwave electrothermal thruster. During my time here, I contributed to the research effort by:• Designing, fabricating, and testing prototype microwave electrothermal thruster• Assembling experimental setup for igniting helium and ammonia plasma using microwave power• Achieving plasma ignition and collecting data to analyze thruster performance

University Park, Pa

This position offered me hands-on experience with fabrication and experiment setups across the research spectrum of the Aerospace Engineering Department. I fulfilled my duties by:• Maintaining laboratory equipment of the Aerospace Engineering Department• Designing and fabricating equipment for experiments• Maintaining lab safety standards

University Park, Pa

As part of being a Teaching Aide (TA) for the AERSP 305 class, my duties at this position included:• Instructing three sections of undergraduate aerospace structures and mechanics lab• Setting up and ensuring smooth operation of lab experiments• Instructing students on technical writing methods and conventions

University Park, Pa

My first work in the aerospace field was assisting a PhD student with experiments for developing electrodynamic tethers for space propulsion. Throughout the summer, my contributions included:• Designing and constructing a high vacuum two-axis positioning system for plasma probes• Designing software needed to operate the system in LabVIEW

Master Of Science (M.S.), Aerospace Engineering

Thesis: Preliminary Testing of a 17.8-GHz Microwave Electrothermal Thruster for Small Spacecraft. Published related conference paper.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Science With Honors In Engineering Science

Activities and Societies: Penn State Racing Formula SAE Team Composites Subgroup Co-leadThesis: Design of a Microwave Electrothermal.