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- Coordinate overall architecture of rocket and ensure fluidity between 6 different sub-teams.

New York, Ny

- Launched school’s first-ever hybrid rockets, in Spaceport America 2023 and FAR-OUT 2024- Developed in-house, custom pneumatic valve actuating improving thrust by 100% and impulse by 50%- Designed, analyzed, fabricated, and tested 900 PSI nitrous oxide system of the hybrid rocket- Mentored new members through process of hand calcs, CAD, FEA, CAM, CNC, testing, and iterating- Led hydrostatic tests of valves, tanks, and plumbing at 1250 PSI, then conducted successful static fires

New York, Ny

- Led and organized the administration of the biggest engineering club at Columbia Engineering. including working to organize and promote space related events

New York, Ny

- Installed and tested 3 enhancements of CHαS instrument operating on 2.4m telescope.- Results: 10 times improvement of exposure time; clearer images; faster data collection- Co-authored paper published in SPIE conference detailing the upgrades made to CHαS instrument- Designed a 4 stage actuation mechanism correcting the flexure of CHαS telescope - Manufactured mechanism with .002-.003” of precision on a CNC Haas mill- Achieved reliable <5 µm actuation precision in 3 degrees of freedom within 5 inch diameter constraint- Analyzed and iterated on design using hand calculations and FEA simulations to downselect piezomotor actuators- Resulted in a fivefold increase of the exposure time and a correction accuracy of 3 microns.

University Of California, Santa Cruz

- Researched the specification of oligodendrocyte neurons in the brains of mice- Executed brain splicing, pcr, pcr preparation, gel electrophoresis, gel electrophoresis preparation, gene identification, centrifuging, neuron staining, analyzed brain maps and protein expression