Team Coordinator

• Jan 2022 - Present

The Get Away Special (GAS) Student Satellite Team is a fully undergraduate-run team at USU that develops and sends small satellites to space.As Team Coordinator of the GAS Team, my responsibilities are a combination of a chief engineer and a program manager. I lead the overall development and guidance of the team, both technically and programmatically. Although I'm studying mechanical engineering, serving as Team Coordinator has allowed my knowledge to expand beyond my studies, providing me with experience in space systems engineering.The GAS Team is currently working on our next CubeSat project, GASRATS, which we expect to deliver and launch by 2026. GASRATS is a 3U CubeSat educational and technology demonstration mission focused on providing undergraduates at USU the opportunity to find their passions and gain valuable engineering knowledge and experience. Show less

NASA Space Grant Consortium / USU GAS Fellowship

• May 2021 - Aug 2023

During the summers of 2021-2023, I was a recipient of the NASA Space Grant Consortium Fellowship and USU GAS Team Summer Fellowship. In 2021, my work was focused on finishing the AeroBoom payload and the GASPACS CubeSat, including preparing for and delivering GASPACS to NASA in September 2021.In 2022 and 2023, I led concept development and early designing for the GASRATS CubeSat.

Mechanical Team Lead

• Dec 2020 - Jan 2022

As Mechanical Team Lead, I was in charge of designing, building, and verifying the Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite (GASPACS) AeroBoom Payload and other physical systems. The AeroBoom is a meter-long inflatable boom that is used as a passive attitude controlling mechanism. Two-axis stabilization is achieved due to aerodynamic drag from the AeroBoom, causing the satellite to stabilize along its velocity vector.Throughout my time as Mechanical Team Lead, I led critical design changes to the AeroBoom Payload, focusing on increasing its reliability and success rate. Quickly iterating and improving building and testing methods led to higher confidence in build quality and larger chances of a successful AeroBoom deployment.GASPACS was deployed from the International Space Station on January 26, 2022. The AeroBoom was successfully deployed shortly after. An image of the deployed AeroBoom was transmitted to the GAS Team ground station later that day, completing the main mission objective of GASPACS. GASPACS reentered 117 days later, marking the end of an enormously successful mission. GASPACS was the first entirely undergraduate CubeSat in the world and also featured the first Raspberry Pi to be used as a main flight computer. Show less

Mechanical Team Member

• Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

Research And Development Engineer

• May 2023 - Present

ColdSlayer is creating a novel heated sock and bringing it to market. As an R&D Engineer, I am responsible for iterating designs and testing the performance of the product. This includes creating automated testing machines using Python and forming test plans that result in metrics that identify areas in need of improvement. ColdSlayer is creating a novel heated sock and bringing it to market. As an R&D Engineer, I am responsible for iterating designs and testing the performance of the product. This includes creating automated testing machines using Python and forming test plans that result in metrics that identify areas in need of improvement.