Experience

Columbia Space Initiative
• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Rocketry Airframe Lead

  • Sep 2022 - Present


Columbia University Engineers Without Borders

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  • Providing Moroccan villages, Izguaren and Ilguiloada, sustainable access to clean water • As the PM, steering the club’s direction and making the final decisions about the technical goals, community development efforts, EWB-USA standards, and university policies • As the Community Development Lead, led a team to work with the community, gather data, review case studies, and create a management plan for the water distribution • As a Tapstands engineer, oversaw pipeline hydraulics, maintained structures, and designed CAD models of tapstands while considering community feedback/design constraints



Relativity Space

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Propulsion Integration Intern and Brooke Owens Fellow

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Leveraging Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) to design flexible engine components and comparing the analyses to commercial counterparts • Designing, coordinating with stakeholders, simulating, and leading manufacture of PBF fuel feedline manifold for Aeon-R engine • Adhering to protocol/manufacturability requirements while creating fixtures intended to improve engine assembly efficiency • Leveraging Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) to design flexible engine components and comparing the analyses to commercial counterparts • Designing, coordinating with stakeholders, simulating, and leading manufacture of PBF fuel feedline manifold for Aeon-R engine • Adhering to protocol/manufacturability requirements while creating fixtures intended to improve engine assembly efficiency



Robotic Manipulation and Mobility Lab

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Work in a team of undergraduate students to rebuild and improve the latest generation hands designed for NASA’s Astrobee • Explore and implement underactuated tendon-driven hand designs • Work in a team of undergraduate students to rebuild and improve the latest generation hands designed for NASA’s Astrobee • Explore and implement underactuated tendon-driven hand designs



NikitasPrint on Etsy

• Founder

  • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

  • Design, prototype, and create drawings of my products, including camera covers and planters, through SolidWorks before printing, packaging, and sending goods across the country • Design, prototype, and create drawings of my products, including camera covers and planters, through SolidWorks before printing, packaging, and sending goods across the country



Made In Space, Inc.

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

• Mechanical Engineering Intern and Zed Factor Fellow

  • May 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Modeled test fixtures and assembled large mock payloads for harnessing through Autodesk Inventor by using requirements, supplies, FDM/SLA printers, and past models to create solutions, working with ASME GD&T standards • Utilized the cable and harnessing environment to model wires on payloads • Designed and prototyped lightweight, carbon fiber version of payload for testing purposes • Modeled test fixtures and assembled large mock payloads for harnessing through Autodesk Inventor by using requirements, supplies, FDM/SLA printers, and past models to create solutions, working with ASME GD&T standards • Utilized the cable and harnessing environment to model wires on payloads • Designed and prototyped lightweight, carbon fiber version of payload for testing purposes



AIAA at Columbia University

• Treasurer

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Oversee aerodynamic design, including wing and fuselage, of model aircraft for competition • As of summer 2020, additionally manage budget and recruiting • Oversee aerodynamic design, including wing and fuselage, of model aircraft for competition • As of summer 2020, additionally manage budget and recruiting



Clocky

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Industrial/Product Design Intern

  • Mar 2021 - May 2021

  • Work independently to ideate and iterate on potential designs for consumer products • 3D model product designs in SolidWorks while experimenting with surface and assembly tools • Work independently to ideate and iterate on potential designs for consumer products • 3D model product designs in SolidWorks while experimenting with surface and assembly tools


Dr. Jim J. Soltani, DDS
• Office Assistant

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019