Experience

University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Aerospace Engineering Masters Candidate and Research Assistant in the Space Power and Propulsion Lab at the University of Maryland. Aerospace Engineering Masters Candidate and Research Assistant in the Space Power and Propulsion Lab at the University of Maryland.



University of Maryland

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  • Use MATLAB to create a numerical model of a Standing Wave Direct Energy Converter (SWDEC)• Create a PIC model of the decelerator of the SWDEC• Mentor a group of sophomores working on the power sub-team of a Direct Drive Centrifugal Confinement Fusion Propulsion System• Attend weekly meetings to learn more about Direct Drive Centrifugal Confinement Fusion Propulsion Systems

• Undergraduate Teaching Fellow

  • Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Run lab sections, assisted students with labs, and hold weekly office hours for Aerospace Computing.

• Undergraduate Teaching Fellow

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Ran lab sections, assisted students with labs, and held weekly office hours for Flight Software Systems.• Tutored sessions for 2 hours a week on material from Aerodynamics I

• Research Assistant

  • May 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Model and analyze the behavior of magnetostrictive materials using COMSOL, JAVA, MS Excel, and MATLAB to determine the best composite to be used in a 4-D printed strain sensor• Manufacture and do tensile testing of PLA-Fe composite to be used as a filament for a 4-D printed strain sensor• Gave a technical presentation and wrote a research paper based on my findings



University of Maryland

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Independently designing and conducting experiments on 4-D printed strain sensor design under professor supervision.• Designing a magnetic particulate composite that can be used as 3-D printer filament • Using Java to create COMSOL models of particulate composites• Use COMSOL Multiphysics, a finite element analysis software, to predict the material properties of particulate composites• Use COMSOL Multiphysics to analyze how particulate composite behaves while moving in the presence of a magnetic field• Creating and analyzing models using COMSOL Multiphysics, a finite element analysis software• Report findings to professor using slides and graphs Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  • Independently researching the design and characterization of 3-D printed piezoresistive strain sensors.• Designing a magnetic particulate composite that can be used as 3-D printer filament • Using Java to create COMSOL models of particulate composites• Use COMSOL Multiphysics, a finite element analysis software, to predict the material properties of particulate composites• Creating and analyzing models using COMSOL Multiphysics, a finite element analysis software• Report findings to professor using slides and graphs Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2019 - May 2020

  • Independently designed and conducted experiments on improving the effectiveness of a non-contact magneto elastic torque sensor under professor supervision• Successfully recreated the findings of previous research on the test set up• Design and conducted experiments on the correlation between bias magnet strength and sensor voltage output• Troubleshooted, debugged, and simplified test setup• Collected and analyzed data using LabView, Excel, and MATLAB• Improved and created MATLAB scripts for analyzing data• Reported findings to professor using slides and graphs Show less

• Research Assistant

  • May 2019 - Sep 2019

  • Conducted research independently, under the mentorship of a professor, on improving the effectiveness of a non-contact magneto elastic torque sensor• Determined that bias magnet strength does not directly correlate with voltage output and reduced noise in the test setup.• Gave a technical presentation and wrote a research paper based on my findings

• Research Assistant

  • Dec 2018 - May 2019

  • Independently designed and conducted experiments on improving the effectiveness of a non-contact magneto elastic torque sensor under professor supervision• Successfully recreated the findings of previous research on the test set up• Design and conducted experiments on the correlation between bias magnet strength and sensor voltage output• Troubleshooted, debugged, and simplified test setup• Collected and analyzed data using LabView, Excel, and MATLAB• Improved and created MATLAB scripts for analyzing data• Reported findings to professor using slides and graphs Show less



Optimal Solutions Group

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Analytics Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  • Design test cases for sprint testing web-based software • Ran manual and functional tests on web-based software • Worked on creating user manuals • Design test cases for sprint testing web-based software • Ran manual and functional tests on web-based software • Worked on creating user manuals



Optimal Solutions Group

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Analytics Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  • Design test cases for sprint testing web-based software • Ran manual and functional tests on web-based software • Worked on creating user manuals • Design test cases for sprint testing web-based software • Ran manual and functional tests on web-based software • Worked on creating user manuals