Work Experience

Fall 2021/Spring 2022 - Consulting Team

Performs market forecasts and competitive assessments for clients in the aerospace sector
Research use cases and market viability for emergent aerospace technology
Conducts interviews with stakeholders and value-added service providers

Summer 2019 - Guidance, Navigation, and Control

Recipient of the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship
Integrated high fidelity structural simulations with full 6DOF Matlab/Simulink simulations for rocket landing
Developed and tested multiple control methods for touchdown stabilization of New Glenn first stage
Ran Monte Carlo analysis in order to gauge controller performance and make system architecture decisions

Summer 2018 - Advanced Concepts and Design

Wrote multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO) scripts for preliminary aircraft design, sizing, and performance analysis
Integrated OpenVSP to MDAO framework for post-processing visualization

Summer 2017 - Juno Operations

Automated and generalized Python scripts to statistically compare Juno mission telemetry data to ground test data to find potential risks during critical flight events
Investigated Juno’s past flight anomalies to prepare an extended mission proposal to NASA headquarters

Summer 2016 - Team X / A Team

Implemented entry, descent, and landing models as well as ground data system cost models through Python and VBA to be used to explore trade-space for early mission design and formulation
Integrated high-fidelity EDL analysis software with new modeling environment
Developed independent low-fidelity ballistic entry model in Python
3D printed SmallSat prototypes for demonstrations and proposals
Worked with design teams to develop early design phase prototypes for Europa lander and Mars cave exploration concepts