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Denver, Co, Us

Louisville, Colorado (Co), Us

Denver, Colorado, Us

Designing and building new imaging satellites to bring new, affordable, high resolution visible and thermal satellite imaging capability to the masses!Led the design and setup of a facility tailored for the rapid integration of an optical satellite, crucial for meeting production targets aimed at establishing a constellation of Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellites. Played a pivotal role in all aspects of vehicle design, focusing on vehicle structure and implementing Design for Manufacturing (DFM) considerations utilizing SolidWorks, Contributed to early architectural vehicle baseline design, ensuring alignment with human factors and Ground Support Equipment (GSE) requirements essential for swift satellite integration and delivery to the launch site. Provided early-stage harness routing solutions to accommodate long-lead components within the spacecraft design, ensuring timely procurement and compatibility during assembly, My work also involved optimizing the design and integration of vehicle solar panels to maximize cell pack factor while maintaining a modular and robust architecture.

Hawthorne, California, Us

Led key initiatives in Forward Starship Assembly & Highbay Operations, Ogive Stud & Heatshield Integration, and Thermal Protection System integration. In Highbay Operations: Streamlined integration processes, improved tank safety with ventilation systems, and tackled challenging vehicle issues at the Starship final-stack that required cross-discipline coordination to resolve. For Ogive Stud & Heatshield Integration, and TPS: Developed advanced robotic welding processes, work instructions, and kicked off the development of a vehicle access solution to improve heatshield installation efficiency. I also established Thermal Protection System specifications for installation and spearheaded the collaboration for process standardization across Starship for optimized installation efficiency across multiple integration teams.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Mechanical design lead for a critical strategic program successfully navigating design reviews, while also conducting design trade studies for hypersonic vehicles, and R&D efforts utilizing finite element models an additively manufactured materials to meet challenging design targets.Served as the mechanical design lead for a critical strategic program, overseeing updates to a reentry thermal protection system while implementing GD&T practices to ensure optimal fit, form, and function and successfully navigating Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews. Conducted design trade studies using parametric modeling practices in Creo to rapidly iterate and optimize modular enhancement mechanisms and systems for hypersonic vehicles. Served as mechanical designer for a small R&D team for an advanced reentry payload deployment structure, employing finite-element models, topology optimization software and additive manufacturing to enhance reliability and streamline assembly. Contributed to the development, manufacture, and testing of specialized, additively manufactured materials to protect sensitive avionics components in hostile space environment and utilized finite-element models to optimize load-bearing geometry to survive extreme reentry load scenarios.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Memphis, Tn, Us

Indianapolis, In, Us

Coordinated with an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate students, graduate students, teachers, and faculty mentors to spread enthusiasm and knowledge of STEM concepts with middle and high school students to encourage the pursuit of a STEM career through higher education.

Memphis, Tennessee, Us

• Maintained building and grounds.• Worked independently on tasks around building.• Provided onsite IT support.• Assisted in organization for contracted work.

Front Range, Colorado, Us

• Coordinated with science departments for laboratory requirements • Prepared material for classroom laboratory use.• Worked with other coordinators for all science classes.• Maintained physics stock room and classroom inventory.

Designed and fabricated new experimental apparatuses for mouse hind limb suspension tests as an analog for microgravity to study bone mass loss from non-load bearing environments.Provided logistic support for the CBTM-3 mission aboard space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-135 mission that studied bone degradation for mice in microgravity with and without a bone loss preventative drug.

Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Associate Of Applied Science