Robert Aaron Email & Phone Number

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.

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 &.
• 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

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