Experience

Cal Poly Space Systems

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Certification Rocket Team Lead

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  - Manage the certification rocket team, whose goal is to successfully launch and recover H and I class rockets to get a Tripoli Level 1 Certification- Mentor club members in the design, development, and launch of L1 certification rockets- Currently designing an L2 certification rocket kit that others can follow along on- Manage the design frameworks, teaching, and logistics for 10+ individual rockets

• Structures/Recovery Team

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  - Performing CAD development of rocket design and evaluating trade space to maximize rocket body structure durability while balancing design and cost constraints.- Learning to manufacture rocket components of various materials in the machine shops- Contributing to the design, manufacturing, and testing of the parachute deploy system in the rocket- Machining various parts of the rocket, including couplers, bulkheads, nosecones, and body tubes



California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

• San Luis Obispo, California, United States

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  - Researcher in the 2023 Cal Poly Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) - Spearheaded groundbreaking initiatives to analyze communication issues in aerospace failure reports - Gained valuable knowledge on the behind the scenes of the aerospace industry - Brainstormed methods to develop essential systems thinking skills in industry and academia - Co-author of two separate papers as well as a poster presentation to showcase impactful findings - Emphasis on ways to convince education as well as the workforce to adapt to better systems thinking changes Show less



Yifang USA

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shift Lead / Barista

  • Aug 2020 - Oct 2022

  - Generated online presence, increased productivity, trained new employees. - Created welcoming environment, crafted boba-tea drinks to deliver excellent customer service. - Generated online presence, increased productivity, trained new employees. - Created welcoming environment, crafted boba-tea drinks to deliver excellent customer service.



University of California, Santa Cruz

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Intern

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  - UCSC Science Internship Program (SIP) - Performed data reduction and analysis on orbital data from over 5,000 exoplanets to directly support a University of the Pacific astrophysics graduate student with his PhD Thesis research. - Wrote python code to identify exoplanets with detectable precession rates with dynamical and light curve modeling, analyzed simulations to filter out two planet systems with fast precession rates. - Presented end of summer research presentation to professors and fellow interns. Show less



Cosmos for Kids

• Founder

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2021

  - Created 4 week “Introduction to Astronomy” curriculum encouraging STEM interest in K-6th graders - Taught and inspired 50+ students during three sessions over the course of two summers - Created 4 week “Introduction to Astronomy” curriculum encouraging STEM interest in K-6th graders - Taught and inspired 50+ students during three sessions over the course of two summers