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Lafayette, Colorado, United States

• Facilitated customer and subcontractor communications, enhancing planning and decision-making
• Managed execution of integration and test phases, accommodating requirement and scope changes

Lafayette, Colorado, United States

• Stood up satellite program technical development team, including proposal and requirement documentation
• Facilitated meetings, actions, and customer communications to enable Mission Assurance team success
• Supported engineering development and preparation to enable successful design reviews

Lafayette, Colorado, United States

• Developed interface specifications, requirement and verification matrices, and other design documents

Littleton, Colorado, United States

• Led six-person team to integrate Augmented Reality into satellite assembly, achieving labor cost savings
• Managed schedule, strategy, training, travel, and oversight of IRAD and program funding
• Wrote integration procedures for new satellite bus design and generated assembly, test, and launch plan
• Directed execution of system module mechanical assembly procedures for three satellite busses

Ann Arbor, MI

• Managed executive committee responsible for four project teams and over 100 members
• Developed and maintained corporate relationships to provide mentorship and over $10,000 in funding to teams

Littleton, CO

• Created finite element models and spreadsheets for component and assembly analyses
• Determined scope and setup for saddle clamp and V-band clamp testing

Ann Arbor, MI

• Led mechanical team in designing, building, and testing of rovers for NASA’s annual Robot Mining Competition
• Managed scheduling and execution of weekly meetings, design reviews, and recruitment and outreach events
• Mentored incoming Mechanical Lead and created guide documentation to maximize retention of knowledge

Littleton, CO

• Designed and redesigned flight parts and analyzed and developed assemblies and drawings for EM-2
• Monitored critical strain gages during crew module pressure and load testing

Sunnyvale, CA

• Created and developed parts, assemblies, and drawings in PTC Creo to assist SBIRS technical refresh
• Designed satellite mechanism test fixtures for shock, thermal, and lifecycle tests

Ann Arbor, MI

• Increased involvement by 100% to 100+ members
• Organized and executed on-campus events, workshops, and cross country trips with a $20,000 annual operating budget

Stratford, CT

• Reorganized, updated, and expanded the user guide for high performance computing software
• Led web development and graphic design for a new employee onboarding Q&A SharePoint site

Ann Arbor, MI

• Led mechanical subsystem in designing, building, and testing of model satellite for NASA CanSat Competition
• Designed CAD models in SolidWorks, integrating work of multiple subsystems
• Presented design reviews to NASA personnel

Ann Arbor, MI

Promoted interest in space by organizing speaker, outreach, social events (e.g., Yuri's Night, Articles in The Michigan Daily, and Space Week)

Ann Arbor, MI

• Placed 1st in both the bathysphere and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) competitions
• Designed and fabricated model-scale bathysphere and ROV for team-based competitions
• Prepared technical reports and presentations supplemented by SolidWorks mockups

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Space Engineering

Activities and Societies: Student Space Systems Engineering Laboratory (S3FL)

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratory (S3FL), The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Swim Team, Crew Team, Kairos Retreat, Engineering Society, Jazzuits, Robotics Team, Math Team, Trig Stars