Experience

Drake State Community and Technical College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Frontiers Research Program ADM Intern

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  I participated in the Frontiers Research Program at J.F. Drake State Community & Technical College over the Summer. The Frontiers Research Program was established when NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center selected Drake State to collaborate in the MMPACT Project. MMPACT is an acronym for Moon-to-Mars Planetary Autonomous Construction Technology Project. The goal of the MMPACT project is to develop and demonstrate on-site and on-demand capabilities to create infrastructure on the Moon. I was assigned to work with two teams; the first team was in charge of fabricating a device called a fiber-puller. This device is designed to melt moon regolith in an electric crucible, extrude the molten material and wrap it into a spool of material, similar to how plastic filament is spooled for use in FDM 3D printers. The extruded moon regolith can then be fed into a large concrete 3D printer, which could potentially be used for creating structures during future expeditions to colonize the Moon and Mars. These structures include surface landing pads, blast shields, habitats and roadways. The second team was in charge of converting a Dobot industrial robotic arm into an FDM 3D printer using a heavy-duty MakerBot extruder. Python was the main programming language used to control the Dobot arm and MakerBot nozzle. Getting both nozzle and arm to communicate synchronously and to accept .gcode from a slicer were the main challenges of this project. Show less



The University of Alabama in Huntsville

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Part-time work in a laboratory on the campus of UAH to further research in the field of flexible electronics. Part-time work in a laboratory on the campus of UAH to further research in the field of flexible electronics.

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  I was recommended by a professor to participate in the Research and Creative Experience for Undergraduates program, hosted at UAH. My task was to conduct research on the adhesive properties of electrically conductive ink when applied to PET substrates. I did this by designing and fabricating a device called an Interfacial Wedge Tester using 3D printing and off-the-shelf components. I developed a method to consistently characterize the length of a propagated crack, caused by splitting two adhered substrates with a razor blade mounted in the wedge tester. I compiled my results into a poster and presented it at the Shelby Science and Technology center and at the 2nd annual Engineering Showcase during E-week to prospective employers and curious students. The poster is now displayed around campus to inspire other students to participate in the RCEU program. Show less