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Aalborg, North Jutland, Denmark

• Created and executed a new test plan and procedure for a Thermal Balance Testing campaign• Created and executed test plans and procedures of Thermal Cycling Tests to ensure full qualification for both satellite campaigns and product campaigns. • Analysed thermal performance of CubeSat satellites to CDR level for both LEO and Deep Space missions.• Thermal-Mechanical analysis of a 3 m antenna to investigate twisting and bending in orbit.• Produced designs and drawings for primary and secondary CubeSat structures. • Assisted with an R&D campaign of a 3 m deployable antenna with respect to rapid prototyping, drawings, build and sign-off. The product is now being marketed to customers. • Assisted with environmental test campaign for a 16U CubeSat and payload (Vibration and TVAC).• Assembled flight models of payload antennas and a Structural Thermal Interface Model (heaters, thermal tapes, thermocouples) in clean room environment.

Harwell

• Reviewed solar panel deployable systems as part of a CDR board- identifying collisions, deployer constraints and reviewing the ability to assemble the design. • Devised and implemented new quality control processes to identify non-conformance parts. • Within my first few months I updated and cleared a backlog of issues on customer focused CAD modelling. • Designed and presented a new compact AOCS system to PDR level. • Testing and rolling out a new CRM module and revising the structure of how the company does BOMS and version control.

Switzerland

Working in the Technology Department of CERN within the Magnets, Superconductors and Cryostats group (MSC) on the development of the Future Circular Collider (FCC). My role entails investigative work into the dipole magnet and associated cryostat design with respect to the integration of the cold mass within the cryostat.• Design of the cryostat with respect to heat loads, materials, bending forces and assembly.• CAD modelling of new dipole magnets designs of the FCC (SPACECLAIM and SOLIDWORKS)• FEA modelling of the cold mass under self weight and magnetic displacement using the LHC baseline. (ANSYS/ MAXWELL)• Heat load calculations of the supporting system and the thermal shields. • Liaising with subcontractors and designers

Bridgewater

I completed a 12 month placement with Exova, based in Bridgwater, where I worked as a material testing technician. I worked predominantly in the preparation lab where samples were measured, tabbed and weighed for different conditioning temperatures and humidity’s. There I was also responsible for void content tests including density testing, burn offs, acid digestions and microscopic validations. Whilst preparing and performing material tests I had to schedule the DMA machines on a weekly basis including bimonthly temperature verification's. These temperature verification's were performed on the TA Q800 and the NETZSCH. The TA Q800 was also ran to two different standards where the machine had to be calibrated for single and dual cantilever testing. On top of working in the preparation lab of Exova, additionally I assisted with the dynamic lab where fatigue testing of corner bend composites were being undertaken. The samples were taken to either one million cycles or a fifteen percent stiffness reduction. Communication was vital in these operations, so in a small group of three we micro managed our daily work to ensure that samples were ready for testing on time.