Experience

Caltech

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Conducted research in the area of robust, hierarchical, safety-critical control systems. Produced 20+ research articles on various topics addressing challenges facing real-world systems such as model uncertainty, disturbances, measurement errors, input sampling, and under-actuation. Developed rigorous theoretical characterizations of safe system behavior, which were verified through experimental demonstrations on mobile robotics, automated vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and both quadrupedal and bipedal robotic platforms. Additionally served as a research mentor for several younger graduate students, offering both high-level direction and low-level technical advice. Show less



BLUE ORIGIN

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Flight Sciences Intern

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Was a member of the Navigation team at Blue Origin. Researched applications and limitations of vision based navigation using LiDAR. Investigated different methods of point cloud data manipulation for navigation, and conducted experiments to characterize LiDAR behavior. Was a member of the Navigation team at Blue Origin. Researched applications and limitations of vision based navigation using LiDAR. Investigated different methods of point cloud data manipulation for navigation, and conducted experiments to characterize LiDAR behavior.



BLUE ORIGIN

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Flight Sciences Intern

  • May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Was a member of the Navigation team at Blue Origin. Investigated and characterized the performance of commercial GPS receivers for prototyping applications. Developed and conducted simulations to evaluate receiver behavior in varying environments. Was a member of the Navigation team at Blue Origin. Investigated and characterized the performance of commercial GPS receivers for prototyping applications. Developed and conducted simulations to evaluate receiver behavior in varying environments.



Michigan eXploration Laboratory

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

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2016

  Worked on MXL's Strato high-altitude balloon team for 2.5 years, including 1.5 years of filling the role of team lead. Developed various electrical and structural designs for flight termination units, payload attitude control, and APRS trackers. Am now working as the Attitude Determination & Control Systems Lead for MXL's upcoming TBEx CubeSat mission. Worked on MXL's Strato high-altitude balloon team for 2.5 years, including 1.5 years of filling the role of team lead. Developed various electrical and structural designs for flight termination units, payload attitude control, and APRS trackers. Am now working as the Attitude Determination & Control Systems Lead for MXL's upcoming TBEx CubeSat mission.



NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Payload Systems Engineering Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Worked as an intern in the Payload Systems Engineering Group (313F) for the upcoming Europa mission. Worked with model-based systems engineering techniques to capture payload requirements. Studied mission instrument designs for potential trades and critical spacecraft requirements. Explored a systems engineering modeling architecture for instrument performance. Worked as an intern in the Payload Systems Engineering Group (313F) for the upcoming Europa mission. Worked with model-based systems engineering techniques to capture payload requirements. Studied mission instrument designs for potential trades and critical spacecraft requirements. Explored a systems engineering modeling architecture for instrument performance.