Experience

USC Liquid Propulsion Laboratory (LPL)

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

• Lead Fluid Systems Engineer

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  - Leading 20+ graduate students in development & integration of LPL’s test stand & flight vehicle fluid systems; coordinated with the projects responsible engineers and their sub-teams for rapid design, build & testing, presented project updates in weekly meetings with sponsors GE & Aerospace Corporation- Designed P&ID for 1500 psi MEOP cryogenic test stand, wrote CONOPS & SOPs, completed FMECA & component specification – expected hot fire: May 2023 with LPL’s 10 kN thrust “Balerion” engine (375 psi chamber pressure, 4.25 kg/s total mass flow rate)- Conducted build sessions & hydrostatic proof tests (per ASME Section VIII), leak tests and cold flows for 22’ liquid bi-propellant flight vehicle for FAR’s “Dollar per Foot” Challenge ~ aiming for 40,000 ft apogee Show less

• Fluid Systems Engineer

  • Sep 2022 - Feb 2023

  - Performed CFD analysis (ANSYS Fluent) of pintle injector and regen-cooling channels for 10 kN thrustLOx/Kerosene engine to determine pressure drop & flow coefficients, verified the results through experimentson LPL’s Water Flow Test Stand, used findings to calculate inlet pressures for development of test stand- Designed various feed system components in CAD (Siemens NX), including a LOx tank stand with integrated S-beam load cells to sense fill level remotely; performed FEA analysis, created draft sheets and machined parts Show less



ION Mobility

• Singapore
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Intern

  • Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

  - Assisted in development of control system for motor of electric motorcycle - MATLAB & Simulink for design of control loop, setup of hardware testbenches - Assisted in development of control system for motor of electric motorcycle - MATLAB & Simulink for design of control loop, setup of hardware testbenches



University of Arizona

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant and Bachelor's Thesis

  • Oct 2020 - Jun 2021

  - 9 months of full-time research: proposed & investigated new parameter for Active Flow Control (AFC), possibly replacing existing parameter which dominated the field since the 1950’s, resulting in conference paper, bachelor thesis, and AIAA Journal paper with Caltech (accepted for publication on 11/17/2022) - Conducted subsonic wind tunnel experiments, deploying various measurement & flow visualization techniques (pressure tubes, force balances, oil flow, smoke, UV light, etc.); built & deployed data acquisition and postprocessing tools (MATLAB & LabVIEW); planned & orchestrated complex multi-week test sequences - Investigated AFC on blended wing body aircraft, increasing lift by over 20% and potentially eliminating need for control surface deflections by relying solely on AFC for maneuvering – dramatically decreasing drag and improving stealth capabilities Show less



Technische Universität Berlin

• Germany
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Oct 2019 - Oct 2020

  Teaching Assistant for Fluid Dynamics - Held lectures in front of 100-200 students, prepared and graded exams, and gave weekly consultation hours. Teaching Assistant for Fluid Dynamics - Held lectures in front of 100-200 students, prepared and graded exams, and gave weekly consultation hours.



FDX Fluid Dynamix GmbH

• Germany
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Intern

  • Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

  Developed sweeping jet nozzle calculation program in JavaScript, calculating various flow & sizing parameters and suggesting appropriate nozzle for the described use case; further enhanced this program with a cataloging and graphing tool, now being used on the company’s website: Developed sweeping jet nozzle calculation program in JavaScript, calculating various flow & sizing parameters and suggesting appropriate nozzle for the described use case; further enhanced this program with a cataloging and graphing tool, now being used on the company’s website:



Joyson Safety Systems

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

  Learned various machining and manufacturing techniques (milling, drilling, turning, etc.) Learned various machining and manufacturing techniques (milling, drilling, turning, etc.)