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Houston, Texas, United States

- Currently lead the SAE Advanced Aero competition team of 25 members in designing, manufacturing, and testing a 10-foot wingspan primary aircraft, three 1 lb autonomous deployment aircrafts, and a ground transport rover to prepare for the competition in March 2023- Document all design work for the competition technical memo- Led the Design, Build, Fly team with four areas (Aerodynamics, Electronics, Propulsion, Structures) in developing and testing an electric model plane for the 2022 competition- Wrote a 65 page report with complete documentation of decision matrices, final aircraft design, manufacturing methods, testing plan, and 3-part drawing packages- Solicit funding and manage finances for the projects, and present our work at conferences and on our website

Houston, Texas, United States

- Serve as a liaison between industry and academic and student organizations to introduce members to a range of activities and opportunities in aviation and aerospace- Organize events for enriching members’ knowledge of aeronautics, such as flight museum visits and airshows- Reach out to professionals in industry and academia to arrange the AIAA speaker series

Orlando, Florida, United States

- Analyzed the behavior of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) in labyrinth seals for aviation and power generation applications- Created labyrinth seal geometries in Siemens NX and ran CFD in Ansys Fluent to determine the flow characteristics at different pressures- Delivered conference-style presentations and wrote a formal paper describing results, following AIAA journal submission requirements

Houston, Texas, United States

- Support the development of Archimedes, a launch vehicle for our 40,960 Newton-second impulse hybrid-liquid rocket engine, Titan II- Solve problems relating to integrating the engine into a custom-built airframe

Houston, Texas, United States

- Led 6 teams (Airframe, Composites, Payload, R&D, Recovery, and Structures) in designing and manufacturing the team’s first-ever dual stage launch vehicle, set to launch to 30,000 ft at supersonic speeds at the Spaceport America Cup in June 2023- Spearheaded the design of our first-ever student-developed payload, an autonomous drone that deploys in midair during flight

Houston, Texas, United States

- Developed a dual-separation system from scratch for Eclipse’s 2022 competition rocket, which flew to 30,000 feet at the Spaceport America Cup in June 2022- Led a team of 8 members to design, implement, and test this recovery system by flying a scratch-built test rocket- Managed a competition group at Spaceport in preparing, assembling, and launching the rocket during the week-long event in New Mexico

Houston, Texas, United States

- Packaged internal components for Venus’s first flight of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE)- Developed the fuselage of the upcoming Mach 3 drone to accommodate a delta-wing waverider shape and all propulsion components while minimizing supersonic drag

Houston, Texas, United States

- Assisted engineering design teams with lab equipment, including wood shop and machine shop tools, laser cutters, and 3D printers to support a wide range of projects- Troubleshot malfunctioning equipment- Prepared and organized materials in the makerspace used by more than 1000 students

Long Beach, California, United States

- Designed potential fairing geometries for Terran R, Relativity's first fully reusable 3D printed rocket, scheduled to launch in 2024- Modeled and simulated the fairing geometries in NX CAD and FEMAP to simulate responses to the forces of flight and separation- Presented trade studies to a team of 48 full-time engineers upon the conclusion of my internship

Houston, Texas, United States

- Led programming for SEDS Rice, including helping to organize the SpaceVision conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center, which had over 400 attendees- Represented Rice at SEDS USA Council of Chapters meetings and report all relevant information at Executive Committee meetings- Assisted the President in leading the chapter

Houston, Texas, United States

- Mentored engineering design students in writing technical memos about their work- Edited for effective figures and strong writing- Taught students about the engineering design process

Houston, Texas, United States

- Developed a portable incubator to store Petri films of water samples at body temperature for 48 hours to test drinking water for E. coli in low-resource settings- Designed the schematic for all the electronics and soldered them into a perfboard- Communicated with the client at regular meetings and wrote descriptive technical memos weekly

Houston, Texas, United States

- Analyzed F-35 models in MATLAB to study how aircrafts use Von Kármán Ogives for area optimization

Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, United States

- Rebuilt and performed maintenance on a 1980 Supermax CNC Milling Machine- Shaped barrels of replicas of 19th century black powder rifles using lathes and mills, to be used in historical re-enactments

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Wildlife Conservation Club, Equestrian Team, Sailing Team

Exchange Student, History

Study Abroad In Paris, French Studies

Education record

Activities and Societies: Robotics Team Coach, Chemistry Club President, Concourse Code Co-Leader, Musical Stage Manager, Engineering.