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> Role: Lead Researcher

• Tasked with designing an upgrade to the current Astrobee navigation stack via the inclusion of the SVGS navigation algorithm into the existing vehicle EKF
• Working with NASA Ames to develop a solution that can be deployed to Astrobee onboard the ISS in Q3 2021
• Extensively leveraged code and experience from DR-1 project to significantly reduce development times
• Developing an HIL simulation of the system to thoroughly test all produced vehicle code

> Role: Lead Investigator

• Designed primary system architecture for approach and docking between a UAS and a UGV
• Developed compliant approach algorithm for noisy metrology sensor
• Performed validation tests for a metrology sensor developed at MSFC and currently onboard the ISS
• Performed hardware integration and testing for legacy UAS hardware

> Role: Lead Engineer

• Designed and simulated a 6U-Cubesat to offer a means of retrieving 1-kg payloads from the ISS
• Designed and simulated vehicle attitude dynamics and controls system (ADCS)
• Modelled vehicle reentry performance using Hy2Foam OpenFOAM solver
• Ensured vehicle compliance with Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD)
• Communicated with external investment firm regarding potential for future funding

> Role: Engineering Technician

• Designed a dehumidification system for usage on the International Space Station
• Designed a pressure vessel system for an experimental inflatable structure for use in the lunar permanently shaded regions
• Aided in designing and implementing a rapidly replaceable printing surface for regolith 3D printers
• Brought a few robots back from the dead

> Role: Engineering Team Lead

• Designed a system to condense volatiles extracted from lunar regolith in a solid-state condensing unit
• Created and demonstrated a solid-state optical liquid level detector system based on the principle of Fresnel reflections
• Designed a testing plan that complies with NASA flight hardware requirements for CLPS missions
• Submitted proposal to NASA Big Idea Challenge and performed highly in design reviews

> Role: Team Lead

• Designed functional requirements and interfaces for the entire pod. Assembled and delegated teams for the entire vehicle while also leading propulsion system development
• Investigated a variety of pod propulsions technologies through preliminary design in Solidworks and design validation in ANSYS
• Validated vehicle stability and propulsion system using Simulink in order to optimize the performance of the vehicle utilizing the acceleration curve that was developed and optimized in the ANSYS model
• Prepared high performing preliminary design report detailing current system design that was one of 40 in the world selected to go the next phase of competition out of more than 1500 entries

> Role: Structural Team Lead

• Designed, prototyped, and fabricated UAV primary substructure, swing-wing mechanism, and modular hardpoint
• Simulated flight and structural characteristics using ANSYS
• Designed and simulated circuit to reduce channel usage for payload release mechanism in Autodesk Eagle
• Prepared proposal to outline design elements and submitted it for national competition

> Role: Independent Researcher

• Designed hybrid UAV integrating elements of a fixed wing design with a multirotor platform to increase operational efficiency and mission flexibility
• Modified open-source flight control algorithms in C++
• Simulated modified code in SITL simulator using Python
• Received consecutive first-place finishes in senior engineering category at Brevard Mainland Science and Engineering Fair