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Design, manufacturing, and testing of Hall-effect thrusters: an electromagnetic engine with no moving parts and no combustion, just the beauty of electromagnetism and plasma physics.

• Lead the design of the powertrain subsystem of a 12 lb. robot going to NHRL competition in March 2022 • Designed a manufacturable 3 lb. combat robot that pneumatically actuates its weapon mechanism• Performed impact simulations using FEA (ANSYS) to optimize geometry of robot chassis design

• Research and development of field-emission electric propulsion (FEEP) ion thrusters to characterize the plume flow. Experiments performed in the Advanced Space Transit Architecture laboratory of Professor Elaine Petro• Working on Setting up and firing the lab-manufactured indium ion source inside the vacuum chamber • Utilizing instruments such as multimeters, AC and DC power supply, thermocouple, temperature controller, pressure transducer

• Instructed thermodynamics through recitation sessions of 60 students as an assistant to Professor Elizabeth Fisher • Assisting engineers in their understanding of thermodynamic concepts and observing their academic excellence. This inspired me as I directly saw the impact I was making.

• Ability to perform Test Technician roles such as running tests and troubleshooting complex electronic hardware in the commercial HybriDrive and the military programs at Electronic Systems Sector, while learning about the engineering principles and technical development specific to the company. • Shadowed and worked with test leads to learn leadership and teamwork in operations, multitasking by running tests, and troubleshooting simultaneously.• Trustworthiness in being liable of maintaining and utilizing a Quality Assessment stamp for test and inspection operations.• Given a new internship role to learn how to assemble, inspect, test, and troubleshoot HybriDrive Energy Storage Systems, particularly Lithium-Ion Battery Tubs

• Conducted computational research at the Summer Research Immersion program (SRI) in the Clean Energy stream at Binghamton University for development of Lithium-ion batteries using Quantum ESPRESSO Open Source supported by density functional theory• Documented a 10-page scientific manuscript that explained the research findings during the summer

• Instructed math and assisted students in their educational environment while maintaining high academic standards in school and being a student role model