Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University, and 2 years of experience in various roles for the CySat-1 Earth scence satellite, including:* Leadership of a team of engineers* Development of a UHF communications system using Python, C, and GNU Radio* Development of a space to ground large file transfer protocol in C and Python* Development of CySat-1's command and data handling subsystem to interface with addidional subsytems through UART and I2C* Development of a satellite ground station software suite* Design, ordering, assembly, integration, and testing of hardware and software for a space based software defined radiometer using Python, GNU Radio, and C, running on an FPGA* Assembly and testing of CySat-1's power distribution board* Cryogenic calibration of a software defined radiometer* Electrical and data integration for a high altitude balloon test flight of a software defined radiometer* Electrical, software, thermal, and vibrational testing of the fully assembled satellite