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Colorado Springs, Colorado, US

Falls Church, VA, US

• Performed data analysis to develop, design, evaluate, and iterate on requirements, models, software, and hardware
• Managed quarterly deliverable to customer including development of content, coordination of team efforts, and final submission of document
• Supported frequent meetings interfacing with customer to foster communication and maintain a positive working relationship
• Agile Scrum Master for growing team leading Scrum daily standup, product backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint review & retrospective, and program increment planning meetings

Fort Collins, CO, US

• Assisted in the development and maintenance of a worldwide telescope network to provide commercial SSA support
• Designed, developed, and managed the orbital analyst tool suite (in Python 2.7) and process workflow from the ground up
• Trained teammates on operation of aforementioned orbital analyst tool suite and workflow
• Acted as company representative in multiple Sprint Advanced Concept Training exercises involving military, civil, and commercial parties collaborating to improve global Space Domain Awareness
• Assisted in Python 2to3 migration of entire SSA codebase

Boulder, Colorado, US

• Monitored conjunction data for approximately $3B worth of NASA’s Earth Observing System missions: Aqua, Aura, and Terra
• Ensured timely, proper action was taken for events deemed high interest, i.e. a high probability of collision
• Assessed historical data to better characterize future conjunction events
• Authored a number of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Austin, TX, US

• Investigated continuation methods to improve robustness of trajectory design algorithms for spacecraft in highly perturbed dynamical environments
• Targeting parameters included rendezvous, intercept, and orbit transfers, with both free and fixed flight times
• Propulsion mechanisms included low-thrust and impulsive model

Los Alamos, NM, US

• Conducted comprehensive summary of past, present, and future heat shield technology (also, “thermal pro­tection systems”) in reference to atmospheric re-entry vehicles
• Culminated in a literature review style paper for use as training material to LANL employees
• Paper available upon request

Austin, TX, US

• Primarily held office hours for students and graded homework/exams
• Classes included: Applied Aerodynamics, Applied Orbital Mechanics, and Attitude Dynamics

Los Alamos, NM, US

• Summer program consisting of classroom and guest lecture elements along with a fast-paced, nine-week research project
• Research focused on developing novel, automated approach for conducting experimental modal analysis us­ing remote sensing techniques, particularly through motion-magnified, high-speed video
• Spent December 2015 working at Chonbuk National University (Jeonju, South Korea) in LANL partner lab -focused on fabrication of smart composite with integrated damage detection capability via addition of PNN-PZT.

Buffalo, NY, US

• Explored implementation of net-zero energy building principles to larger clusters of buildings to increase energy use efficient by allowing for real-time interaction between buildings
• Investigated the development of a more robust attitude control system through use of canfield joint in order to eliminate singularities

Master Of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering