Experience

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  Exosonic, Inc.

  • United States

  • Aerodynamicist

    • Oct 2020 - Present
    • United States

    Aerodynamics + Stability & Controls (S&C) methods development across three programs: conceptual/preliminary design of a supersonic commercial airliner and a 5th-Gen representative fighter UAS, and design + testing of an autonomous subscale demonstrator of the UAS. • Directed wind tunnel test campaigns, coupled with extensive CFD to generate aerodynamic and S&C datasets for the full flight envelope. • Worked closely with propulsion and configuration teams to support inlet design and propulsion-airframe integration, and closely with the GNC team to build 3- and 6- DOF flight dynamics models.• Developed pilot, mission, and system operating procedures for the test vehicle, and supported the design of the physical control laws and architecture.• Drafted and submitted proposals to USAF / DoD for the UAS programs, and created presentations + product sheets for investors and the public.

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  University of Washington - William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

  • Germany
  • Higher Education
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Research Team Lead

    • Sep 2019 - Sep 2020

    Led the Supersonic Aircraft Design Capstone group - tasks were focused on using classical methods, VLM codes, and existing wind tunnel data to compute aircraft aerodynamics and stability derivatives. Traded airframe configurations at the conceptual level to guide future wind tunnel test campaigns.

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    • Nov 2018 - Aug 2019

    Worked in the Space Propulsion and Advanced Concepts (SPACE) Lab to design and manufacture a microscale Hall Thruster. Created a MATLAB interface with a Finite Elements Magnetic Modeling (FEMM) software to optimize the magnetic channel and wall geometry of the thruster.

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    • Jun 2018 - Nov 2018

    Student researcher in the UW Aircraft Icing and Aerodynamics Research Group (AIARG). Manufactured pressure taps for use on a variety of 3D-printed leading-edge ice buildup models, and analyzed resulting wind tunnel data to determine the icing impact on low-speed aircraft flying qualities.