Heath Nilsen
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Experience
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REGENT
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United States
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Maritime Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Aerodynamics Engineer
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Sep 2023 - Present
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Aerodynamics Intern
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May 2023 - Aug 2023
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MIT AeroAstro
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Boeing Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar
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Sep 2022 - May 2023
- Year-long research program that enables student to tackle tough problem and strive for publication-worthy findings - Working with Professor Mark Drela on wind tunnel wall corrections method for the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel - Designing an aerodynamic device to serve as our test model for our preliminary force measurement tests - Year-long research program that enables student to tackle tough problem and strive for publication-worthy findings - Working with Professor Mark Drela on wind tunnel wall corrections method for the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel - Designing an aerodynamic device to serve as our test model for our preliminary force measurement tests
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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United States
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Defense & Space
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700 & Above Employee
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Computational Methods Intern
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Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
January 2023 (MIT 2023) January 2023 (MIT 2023)
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
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United States
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Mechanical Engineering Intern
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Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
- Designed plates and other fastening techniques for all components (payload, radio, power supply, GPS) of a R&D test flight - Performed structural analysis on all plates and fasteners using the calculated landing loads - Conducted thermal analysis on the payload, calculating the component temperature during expected flight conditions; concluded the temperatures were too high, designed the plate to act as a thermal mass with Al 1100 - Created a structural framework to house all antennas in an electronic warfare pod, included designing carbon fiber brackets Show less
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MIT Motorsports
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Aerodynamics Engineer
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Aug 2021 - Jun 2022
MIT Motorsports is a student organization that designs and manufactures an electric formula 1 car. I am apart of the Aerodynamics Subteam and have been tasked with the sidepods of the vehicle. This entails performing CAD while systematically conducting CFD analysis to help improve the design. MIT Motorsports is a student organization that designs and manufactures an electric formula 1 car. I am apart of the Aerodynamics Subteam and have been tasked with the sidepods of the vehicle. This entails performing CAD while systematically conducting CFD analysis to help improve the design.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Undergraduate Researcher - Sensing, Perception, Autonomy, and Robot Kinetics Laboratory (SPARK)
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Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
• The project is working on the monitoring and diagnostibility of autonomous car perception systems• Examined accident datasets to design meaningful scenarios that can be tested with a simulator and autonomous car software• Developed a sensor plugin with C# that varied the correctness of the GPS to observe how this altered the scenario’s outcomes• Wrote a paper reporting the results of these scenarios and how our diagnostibility algorithms detected error locations
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Undergraduate Researcher - Space Systems Laboratory (SSL)
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Jan 2021 - May 2021
• Designed a thermal cycling test that checks for survivability and operability while exposing the Wafersat, a 150g silicon satellite, to the expected orbital temperature range in a thermal vacuum chamber • Constructed a set of functionality tests that tests all subsystems during the temperature peaks of the thermal cycling test• Organized this test into a formal testing document that included procedural steps for when the test is officially executed Show less
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Mathnasium - The Math Learning Center
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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High School Math Tutor
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Dec 2019 - Sep 2020
• Managed 4 students at at time, keeping track of completed work and providing clarification when needed • Designed lesson plans for students, utilizing results from past assessments and other assignments completed • Received High School certification after showing mastery of all the required high school material • Managed 4 students at at time, keeping track of completed work and providing clarification when needed • Designed lesson plans for students, utilizing results from past assessments and other assignments completed • Received High School certification after showing mastery of all the required high school material
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Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering -
La Costa Canyon High School