John McDonald

Faculty Research Assistant at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
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College Park, Maryland, United States, US

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Credentials

  • Certified Commercial UAS Pilot
    Federal Aviation Administration
    Oct, 2020
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Faculty Research Assistant
      • Apr 2022 - Present

      ● Responsible for the shift into using photogrammetric software paired with multiple different UAS platforms to map the vegetation health and elevation data from marshes on the Chesapeake Bay ● In Charge of all UAS flights, safety operations, and setup of new VTOL UAS aircraft ● Living shoreline vegetation characterization through multi-spectral UAV imagery ● Responsible for the shift into using photogrammetric software paired with multiple different UAS platforms to map the vegetation health and elevation data from marshes on the Chesapeake Bay ● In Charge of all UAS flights, safety operations, and setup of new VTOL UAS aircraft ● Living shoreline vegetation characterization through multi-spectral UAV imagery

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Mission Systems Intern
      • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

      ● Architected a comprehensive path-planning system, encompassing everything from multi-agent teaming dynamics to individual drone maneuvers. ● Architected a comprehensive path-planning system, encompassing everything from multi-agent teaming dynamics to individual drone maneuvers.

    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Flight Dynamics Engineering Intern
      • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Summer Research Intern
      • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

      ● Designed, Fabricated and Assembled Pan and Tilt Antenna Tracker for UAS ● Wrote Lua Script to maintain radio link by pointing gimbal, correcting for UAS Maneuvers as well as account for real-time position changes in UAS and Ground Station ● Designed, Fabricated and Assembled Pan and Tilt Antenna Tracker for UAS ● Wrote Lua Script to maintain radio link by pointing gimbal, correcting for UAS Maneuvers as well as account for real-time position changes in UAS and Ground Station

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Full Stack Software Developer
      • Jun 2019 - May 2021

      ● Custom-built software for handheld XRay machine, including visual tracking and hardware integration ● Built WordPress CMS and database from the ground up with the goal of serving and easily configuring up to 100+ chemistry tutoring domains for colleges across America. ● Wrote numerous scripts including one that books library study rooms everyday ● Go to developer for adding features and fixing bugs in large Python Django REST API that processes E-Visas Globally ● Custom-built software for handheld XRay machine, including visual tracking and hardware integration ● Built WordPress CMS and database from the ground up with the goal of serving and easily configuring up to 100+ chemistry tutoring domains for colleges across America. ● Wrote numerous scripts including one that books library study rooms everyday ● Go to developer for adding features and fixing bugs in large Python Django REST API that processes E-Visas Globally

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Undergraduate Researcher
      • Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

      ● Test Pilot for the Autonomous Intelligent Flight Management System (AIFMS) Research Project ● Taught U.S. Army Soldiers about the AIFMS software and oversaw their flying of our aircraft at Maneuver Support, Sustainment and Protection Integration Experiments-2020 (MSSPIX-20) ● Flew experimental UAS Aircraft at 45+ outings and gave guidance with UAS related issues ● Test Pilot for the Autonomous Intelligent Flight Management System (AIFMS) Research Project ● Taught U.S. Army Soldiers about the AIFMS software and oversaw their flying of our aircraft at Maneuver Support, Sustainment and Protection Integration Experiments-2020 (MSSPIX-20) ● Flew experimental UAS Aircraft at 45+ outings and gave guidance with UAS related issues

    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • PREP Software Developer Internship
      • Feb 2020 - May 2020

      ● Developed improved functionality to NIST web application front end using Java Server Pages, Bootstrap, HTML, and CSS ● Connected front end changes with MySQL database using Java to process database information ● Developed improved functionality to NIST web application front end using Java Server Pages, Bootstrap, HTML, and CSS ● Connected front end changes with MySQL database using Java to process database information

    • United States
    • Aviation & Aerospace
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Summer Engineering Intern
      • Jun 2017 - Aug 2018

      ● Assembled, designed, and built steel robot tug to tow light aircraft around airports ● Repaired 3D printer and installed upgrades. Wrote custom G-code scripts for dual nozzle design ● Programmed 360 degree LIDAR scanner to implement simultaneous localization and mapping software to map entire office ● Assembled, designed, and built steel robot tug to tow light aircraft around airports ● Repaired 3D printer and installed upgrades. Wrote custom G-code scripts for dual nozzle design ● Programmed 360 degree LIDAR scanner to implement simultaneous localization and mapping software to map entire office

Education

  • University of Maryland
    Bachelor's degree, Aerospace Engineering
    2019 - 2024
  • University of Maryland
    Minor, Computer Science
    2019 - 2024
  • The Heights School
    High School Diploma
    2015 - 2019

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