Dover, New Hampshire, United States
Currently a Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer at Jackson Bond Enterprises and New Hampshire State Representative for Dover's Ward 2. Former Vice Chair of SEDS-USA, Research Assistant at UNH's Earth Ocean Space Center, Starship Avionics Intern at SpaceX Hawthorne, and President of UNH SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space).
• Assisted with development of a synthetic diamond Cherenkov radiator to detect high energy particles in space which is lighter, cheaper, and has a wider detection range than current instruments
• Led overall managerial duties of the team including running all meetings and overseeing organization goals • Optimized hybrid rocket engine to produce over 2X previous thrust
• Led the inaugural rocket payload team in creating a 2-axis self-stabilizing camera connecting to a live VR headset
• Raised $25,000 increasing annual team budget by 500% Team Website: https://www.unhseds.org/
• Led novel heatsink development project, reducing assembly weight by over 50% • Developed and iterated PCBA connector enabling testing of flight parts which previously had no test campaign • Built and implemented several fixtures on Starship and SuperHeavy production line