Experience

Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant in COMPASS Lab

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Boulder, Colorado, United States • Modeling environmental & relativistic effects on clocks in near-earth orbits and cislunar space



Impulse Space

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

• Matthew Isakowitz Fellow

  • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Redondo Beach, California, United States • Conducted star tracker polarity tests with a simulated starfield for Mira LEO-Express spacecraft • Researched and optimized code to select the spring configuration to minimize angular momentum for Mira spacecraft upon separation from Falcon 9 launch vehicle



Cornell Rocketry Team

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Structures Subteam Member

  • Aug 2019 - Jun 2023

  Ithaca, New York, United States • Manufacture rocket fins using high density foam and carbon fiber layups • Design a ground-based antenna array to communicate with the rocket throughout flight • Spaceport America Cup Competition, New Mexico 2023: 1st place in 10K Student Research and Design Solid Motor category; 2nd place in overall competition of 158 teams

• Structures Subteam Lead

  • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

  Ithaca, New York, United States • Design, machine, 3D print, and integrate rocket airframe components and electrical wiring in student-led engineering project dedicated to the design, assembly and launch of reusable high-powered rockets in the Spaceport America Cup Competition • Spaceport America Cup Competition, New Mexico, 2022: 5th place in 10K COTS category; 10th place in overall competition of 151 entries; Runner Up for Innovation Award for implementation of main piston separation system



Cislunar Explorers

• United States
• Space Research and Technology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Engineer

  • May 2022 - May 2023

  Ithaca, New York, United States • Provide technical guidance and oversight to bridge 30 students across 9 subteams to converge on an updated design solution on schedule and on budget • Facilitate the 12U CubeSat configuration redesign including propulsion, attitude control, and electronics box systems • Redesigned 12U CubeSat trajectory to begin in GTO and raise apoapsis to escape Earth’s SOI • Co-author and winner of 2023 AIAA Region I Student Conference for paper entitled “Cislunar Explorers Redesign: Multiple… Show more • Provide technical guidance and oversight to bridge 30 students across 9 subteams to converge on an updated design solution on schedule and on budget • Facilitate the 12U CubeSat configuration redesign including propulsion, attitude control, and electronics box systems • Redesigned 12U CubeSat trajectory to begin in GTO and raise apoapsis to escape Earth’s SOI • Co-author and winner of 2023 AIAA Region I Student Conference for paper entitled “Cislunar Explorers Redesign: Multiple, Independent Technology Demonstrations Reduce Mission Risk”. As a result, will present at the January 2024 AIAA SciTech National Conference in Orlando, FL. • Implement holistic analytical thinking and leadership skills to all subteam leads for the benefit of the project

• Integration & Test Lead

  • Nov 2021 - May 2022

  Ithaca, New York, United States • Wrote project proposal to increase the 6U CubeSat build reliability based on revised problem statements from which I&T consulted with 8 other subteams • Updated and restructured entire CAD to reflect the 7 major subassemblies • Conformal coat safety lead; implement and enforce new protocols

• Integration & Test Member

  • Sep 2020 - Nov 2021

  Ithaca, New York, United States • Integrated entire spacecraft system into Artemis I Orion Payload dispenser and provided corresponding fit check and measurement documentation • Machined, assembled and tested satellite components including flight walls and solar panels and resolved interference issues



The Aerospace Corporation

• United States
• Space Research and Technology
• 700 & Above Employee

• Spacecraft Structures Intern/Cornell MAE 4291

  • Aug 2022 - Feb 2023

  El Segundo, California, United States • Continuation of Additive Manufacturing in Space Project (topic of Cornell MAE Senior Design)

• Brooke Owens Fellow Intern

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  El Segundo, California, United States • Co-Lead for overall Concept Design Center’s Intern Project Wildfire in which there were space architecture and segment concept design sessions to design a solution to detect and monitor active wildfires within the western continental United States. • Additive Manufacturing in Space Project



Cornell SmallSat Mission Design School

• Deputy Project Systems Engineer and Researcher

  • Jul 2021 - May 2022

  Ithaca, New York, United States • Develop Concept of Operations and Requirements Traceability Matrix for a Pre-Phase A Mission Concept Review for a hypothetical 12U lunar science CubeSat called HADES (H1 Absorption in the Dark Ages) • Modeling Hohmann transfer trajectory of HADES from initial orbit to the Van Allen Belt using STK



Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, LLC

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Jiminy Peak KidsRule Ski Instructor

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2018

  Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States • Certified Ski Instructor at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort for students 3-14 years old from beginner to advanced for 2016-2017 (taught 120 students) and 2017-2018 (77 students) ski seasons.



Toshiba Corporation

• Japan
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision National Competition (Honorable Mention)

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  Tenafly, New Jersey, United States • Designed a product called “Wearable Allergen Detector and Rapid Treatment” to detect, alert, and provide emergency treatment for anaphylactic allergic users