Daniel Marella

Structures Lead Engineer at Brown Space Engineering
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  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Italian Limited working proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Structures Lead Engineer
      • Dec 2021 - Present

      - Leads the Structures subgroup developing Brown’s next 3U CubeSat satellite to be launched in 2024- Guides the structures’ projects which include the complete design and manufacturing of a CubeSat chassis, understanding attitude control systems through flywheel physics, development of a spring-loaded robotic camera arm, and experimental design of a structural/vibrational testing apparatus - Designs CAD tutorials and voluntarily prepares space engineering lesson plans for high school students

    • Structures Engineer
      • Sep 2021 - Present

      - Designs and develops the attitude control mechanisms as a member of the Structure’s subgroup for Brown Space Engineering’s next satellite, called to be launched into space in 2024

    • Research and Design Engineer
      • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

      Prototypes and develops short term design projects such as a high-altitude weather balloon and experimental rocket engines in the Research and Development subgroup

    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      - Continuing work on experimental wind tunnel engineering developing further models of robotic bat flight assemblies with increased degrees of freedom- Leading project for developing a new calibration system for wind tunnel's high-speed PIV laser system

    • Summer Research Intern
      • Jun 2022 - Sep 2022

      - Granted, through Brown’s UTRA program, the opportunity to research unstable aerodynamics and biomimetic bat flight in an experimental wind tunnel engineering laboratory - Designed, prototyped, and constructed robotic assemblies that mimic animal flight to gather data that explores the correlation between the angle of attack and pitching moment of flapping wing aerodynamic bodies

    • President
      • Feb 2021 - Present

      -Founded the first standalone Rocketry team at Brown with the mission to launch a student-designed high-powered rocket over the Kármán line and into space -Developed and guides the club progression system that has students simulate, design, and construct model rockets, with the option to continually climb the scale of high-powered rockets to compete -Founded the first standalone Rocketry team at Brown with the mission to launch a student-designed high-powered rocket over the Kármán line and into space -Developed and guides the club progression system that has students simulate, design, and construct model rockets, with the option to continually climb the scale of high-powered rockets to compete

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for Electricity and Magnetism
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      - Guides students in Electricity and Magnetism by holding office hours, running lab sections, and providing additional help in one of Brown Engineering’s most challenging courses

    • Undergraduate Student Researcher in Fluid Mechanics
      • Feb 2022 - Present

      - Ault Fluids Laboratory undergraduate student researcher where research combines applied mathematics, scientific computing, and complex fluid dynamics to tackle real-world problems- Exploring dynamic meshing approaches in OpenFOAM to model and solve research problems in the realm of fluid-structure interactions

    • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for Dynamics and Vibrations
      • Jan 2022 - May 2022

      Guides students in Engineering: Dynamics & Vibrations, offering office hours, teaching course concepts and MATLAB programming, and fostering student’s passion for engineering

    • United States
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Academic Tutor
      • Jan 2022 - Present

      - Educates distance learning students at former high school, acting as a mentor for students who cannot attend school. - Educates distance learning students at former high school, acting as a mentor for students who cannot attend school.

    • Real Estate
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Private Tutor
      • Sep 2018 - Present

      - Run private tutoring business, helping grades 1-12 students in multiple subjects (math, English, etc) - Run private tutoring business, helping grades 1-12 students in multiple subjects (math, English, etc)

    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • NASA's BIG Idea Challenge Laboratory Engineer
      • Dec 2020 - Nov 2021

      - Received an $89k team grant to research, design, and test unique technologies capable of mitigating dust for lunar applications as a part of a joint Brown-RISD team competitively selected to solve the problem of lunar dust abrasion - Researched and conducted experiments to verify and analyze the lunar regolith solution’s electrostatic repulsion, using static generators to apply a charge to “lunar simulant” and developed methods to quantify repulsion - Quantified and analyzed mechanical properties such as tensile stress…, etc

    • United States
    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Student Engineer
      • Jul 2019 - Jul 2019

      - Selected for a highly competitive summer engineering opportunity at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, praised for excellent work ethic and most growth in the program after presenting to a panel of engineers - Collaborated with skilled scientists and engineers in a radar laboratory gaining in-depth experience in building small radar systems, as well as increasing technical skills by soldering, using MATLAB, and designing in SOLIDWORKS - Selected for a highly competitive summer engineering opportunity at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, praised for excellent work ethic and most growth in the program after presenting to a panel of engineers - Collaborated with skilled scientists and engineers in a radar laboratory gaining in-depth experience in building small radar systems, as well as increasing technical skills by soldering, using MATLAB, and designing in SOLIDWORKS

Education

  • Brown University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering
    2020 - 2024
  • Brown University
    Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering, Fluids and Thermal Sciences
    2020 - 2024
  • Cranston High School West
    High School Diploma, 5.08/4.0
    2016 - 2020

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