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Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Assembled, tested, and conducted system characterization/validation of complex space flight hardware for use as permanent crew amenities on the International Space Station (ISS)• Assisted with mechanical designs, NASA required documentation, design reviews, fabrication, surface treatment, mechanical/ electrical assembly, acceptance testing, ISS payload commanding and microgravity experiment operations.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Wrote, executed and documented test plans to validate a novel Environmental Control/ Life Support System (ECLSS) model using a labview- controlled atmospheric composition test bed • Assisted with integrating discrete subsystem models into a single Simulink/ Matlab full system model for Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity studies• Wrote and documented an Arduino script for thermal, humidity, pressure & dew point data collection under prescribed atmospheric conditions using Arduino Mega and a Microsoft Excel macro to enable lab integration & testing. This data was then combined with the output data from the test rig for processing and storage in Matlab.• Designed, assembled & integrated an auxiliary instrument array to enable controlled use of an external sweep gas

Mechanical Systems Design & Integration Branch

• Produced 3D CAD models and drawings with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) per ASME Y14.5 • Performed structural analysis for integrity of designs (hand calculations and some FEMAP finite element analysis)• Experienced failure criteria, configuration management (PTC Windchill, Creo), and industry/NASA standards

Materials Chemistry And Physics Branch

• Mechanical integration specialist on Convergent Aeronautic Systems structural energy storage device• Experienced X-ray diffraction analysis, 3D Binderjet printing/sintering, electrochemistry, battery design, material compatibility, laser cutting, UV curing and adhesives, dry room operations• Received a NASA Team Achievement Award for exemplary contributions to the aerospace industry• Led multiple Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) to convey design points

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Wrote and operated a multi-day high-vacuum heat leak characterization procedure to inform Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) designs• Refurbished & expanded capability of ~1m3 thermal vacuum chamber with an integrated data acquisition system• Created a MatLab script for analysis of chamber thermal environment using temperature vs time data• Received Special Recognition Award for efforts beyond normal contributions for graduate-level projects• Integrated a cryogenic liquid nitrogen (LN2) cooling shroud system with embedded thermocouples• Fabricated, soldered & riveted approx. 50 T-type thermocouples & completed continuity testing during installation• Designed & installed power feed-through for heaters used inside the vacuum chamber during MLI heat leak tests• Expanded and organized three-phase electrical circuit breaker panel and added 15 A circuits for duplex outlets

Snoqualmie, Wa

Snoqualmie, Wa

• Progressed development of a reusable mold for casting PDMS micropost arrays using various polymer configurations and other laboratory processes • Assisted with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and tensile testing analysis of micropost array mold pieces

Kennedy Space Center (Prototype Development Lab)

• Worked with individual component design, design consultation, concept development, tolerance testing, design for manufacturability, presentation of analysis, and rapid fabrication techniques (waterJet, Objet 3D Printer)• Learned Creo Elements and Creo Simulate (Finite Elements Analysis) software

• Led machining and instruction of fabrication processes associated with aluminum, polycarbonate and magnesium projectile/obturator assemblies for hypervelocity experiments • Assisted with system maintenance, preparation, and firing hypersonic projectiles.

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Certificate, Satellite Systems Design

Graduate Certificate, Oceanography