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Austin, Texas, United States

Texas Rocket Engineering Lab - Stage Test Structures Engineer January 2024 - PresentConducted FEA analysis on the launch test stand’s hydraulic release mechanisms and truss, accounting for multiple cases such as wind, various launch angles and a load of 2900 lbfCreated GD&T drawings sent to Xometry for manufacturing, considering the necessary fits for each hole in the test stand’s brackets and release mechanism systemUsed Solidworks and ANSYS to design and model modifications to the test stand with the goal of performing a static fire test where the stand will need to withstand a 3500 lbf load without failingDesigned and modeled a concrete flame trench, meeting recommendations given by Firefly Aerospace

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

Work as a member of the Controls Group for Distributed and Uncertain System under Dr. Maruthi AkellaUtilized Gazebo to test a Kinova m1n6s300 robotic arm, with the goal of keeping an imported object in the view of a camera attached to the robotic arm throughout multiple trajectoriesWrote a .urdf file for the m1n6s300 robot arm, and utilized the MATLAB Robotics System Toolbox to find the joint angles required to move the robot to a specific position and orientation in cartesian coordinates

Austin, Tx

Led committee of 16 members that is responsible organizing six large-scale events, managing a budgetPlanned and executed event, “Cockrell School Kickoff”, by overseeing 30 collaborating organizations resulting in a 50% increase in attendance (300 participants) compared to the previous year despite a 60% cut in event budgetOrganized Cockrell-wide competition for “Engineer’s Week” with 1,000 participants, requiring management of the 18 teams and planning 4 legacy events that occur within E-Week. Despite a 10% budget cut, participation increased by 15%.Host an iterative design challenge, “Makeathon”, and expanding the competition to multiple days and capacity by 33%

Austin, Tx

Austin, Tx

Designed and constructed a remote-controlled aircraft, specialized to fly with an antenna attached to one wing, carry an efficient amount of cargo in flight, and fulfill other competition tasks required by an annual AIAA-regulated international competition.3D modeled problem-solving ideas such as an ideal wing antenna adapter on SOLIDWORKS to fulfill various competition designchallenges.Applied hands-on manufacturing techniques including, but not limited to woodworking, laser cutting, and 3D printing.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, 3.96

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Student Council (Secretary), Mu Alpha Theta (Secretary), Tau Beta Pi (Secretary), Speech & Debate (LD Team.