Brandon Lee

Interested in Aerospace | Caltech ‘27

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

About

Current third-year mechanical engineering undergraduate student interested in mechanical systems with applications in the aerospace industry and robotics.

Experience

  • Caltech (Pasadena, California, United States · On-site)
    • Mary P. and Dean C. Daily SURF Fellow
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      Designing an embedded system measuring pressure differences inside a modified RC fixed-wing drone for testing a reinforcement learning control algorithm that predicts turbulence for smooth flights

    • Undergraduate Researcher
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      Student researcher in the Gharib Research Group

  • Mechanical Engineer at PARSEC - Caltech Rocketry
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Fabricated a nose cone into sections compatible with 3D printing and easy assembly Learned how to make progress and be adaptable through ambiguity or incomplete information

  • Mechanical Engineer at Caltech Air and Outer Space
    Sep 2023 - Apr 2024 · 8 mos

    Designed and dimensioned a mechanical coupling mechanism for transmitting motor power to the robotic manipulator arm’s gearbox Sought guidance from team members and proactively learned from others to improve design quality and skills

  • MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community at MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs
    Jun 2022 - Dec 2022 · 7 mos

    Built a two-liter bottle rocket capable of reaching heights up to 50 feet and presented the rocket’s design and flight results at a virtual symposium