Mikhail Abaimov Email & Phone Number

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.