Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Spring 2023
- Redesigned an acceptance testing station for the largest mechanism on the Starlink v2-mini vehicle
- Successfully implemented a custom bearing system with 30 ft of travel, <1 N of friction, and no seams
- Integrated a force profile measurement system to prove force capability of each mechanism before flight
- Developed Python code with SQL integration to analyze each force profile result in comparison to force profile bounds and energy bounds
- Qualified the mechanism for flight by conducting Instron testing, thermal testing, and associated analysis on the mechanism's sprung and passive hinges
- Conducted life testing to quantify degradation of the solar panel deployment mechanism over time
- Completed a trade study for potential future solid lubrication options for the mechanism hinges

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Fall 2021
- Identified parameters of a reduced-order dynamic model of a prototype Venus balloon system in MATLAB using field test data
- Developed Simulink model for the system, designed candidate altitude controllers using frequency domain techniques

Fall 2020 - Summer 2021
- Responsible for the design of a novel low-TRL anchoring science payload for deployment onto vertical natural surfaces by an aerial vehicle (UAV) toward future access of extreme terrains on Mars
- Constructed first functioning 1.2 kg mechatronic system, demonstrated deployment with linear actuators and servos operated with Python scripts on a Raspberry Pi
- Designed new UAV end effector mechanism for payload reattachment with relative misalignment
- Determined actuator backdrive force required for payload retention with no power draw
- Presented work with a poster at the 18th Interplanetary Probe Workshop

Summer 2020
- Used rigid-body dynamics to design science payload transfer interface between robotic vehicles
- Developed high-level sample return capsule point design for Ceres Sample Return mission concept study in 2023 Planetary Decadal Survey
- Designed and calibrated testbed for robotic gripper fingers with integrated (strain gauge) force sensing, for manipulation of Mars Sample Return tubes

Fall 2019
- Responsible for mechanical and electrical design of dust-protected, 90°F-tolerant rover masthead
- Created, documented, and improved new process to simulate Mars dust adhesion
- Developed visual storyboards for Mars lander arm, utilized in JPL mission architecture review
- Researched plastic snap fit design to produce robust annular joints for robot desktop models
- Designed adjustable MGSE to support conformal coating of 8 different flight electronics boards

Georgia Tech School of Mathematics

Spring 2020
- Led 15-student recitation section for Differential Equations, a 4-credit hour core math course
- Developed solutions, explanations, and exercises for one-hour recitation sections twice a week
- Proctored and graded quizzes and exams, held weekly office hours and exam review sessions

Summer 2019
- Designed and demonstrated robotic cart inverted pendulum testbed for experimental controls research
- Simulated controlled system in MATLAB with LQR control, derived linearized system equations of motion
- Fabricated custom aluminum parts using CNC mill, lathe, and waterjet, selected and integrated encoders
- Demonstrated stabilization on hardware following integration of a new linear brushless DC motor