Alice W.

NH State Rep | Aerospace Engineer at JBE

Dover, New Hampshire, United States

About

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).

Experience

  • NH State Representative (Strafford-15) at State of New Hampshire
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer at Jackson Bond Enterprises LLC
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at UNH Space Science Center
    Apr 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • 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

  • UNH Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • President/Propulsion Lead Engineer
      Apr 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      • 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

    • Payload and Recovery Lead Engineer
      May 2020 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

      • Led the inaugural rocket payload team in creating a 2-axis self-stabilizing camera connecting to a live VR headset

    • Treasurer
      Sep 2019 - May 2020 · 9 mos

      • Raised $25,000 increasing annual team budget by 500% Team Website: https://www.unhseds.org/

  • Starship Avionics Engineering Intern at SpaceX
    May 2022 - Aug 2022 · 4 mos

    • 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