Austin, Texas, United States
Student currently working towards a bachelors and a masters in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University through the BS/MS program. I have a passion for controls engineering specifically in the aerospace field that may include avionics, stability and control, and GNC work. Currently apart of Purdue Space Program's Hybrids team working as the DACS Specialist which gives me hands on experience with the controls side of our propulsion system. This task requires me to ensure that our ground systems plumbing can actuate valves while also collecting data from various sensors such as pressure transducers and thermocouples. In the future, I hope to gain and grow a career as a controls engineer in the aerospace industry.
Automation Controls Engineer for Starlink Production
Allow students to develop a better understanding of course material and allow them to work harder and do better in classes that they may be struggling with. Answer questions on our online form that students are free to ask anything that they need either clarity on or a way to get a good start on a problem. Assist in lectures by providing them when professors are absent and allowing students to ask me questions afterwards to help them understand what they just learned. Courses TA'd: AAE 20400: Aeromechanics II AAE 35200: Structural Analysis
As the DACS Specialist, I am required to ensure that our controls for our grounds system is completely separate from our plumbing system. This means that I will have to solder Amphenol connectors into the DACS to ensure that the fluids side can easily and securely be connected. Currently, the DACS is connected to the fluids side on a cart, and it is my job to carefully transfer all electronics off of this cart and put them in a mobile box. This will allow the team to rework the fluids side to ensure less vibrations that can cause leaks in our system. I was also tasked to programming a LabVIEW script that will be used to program an NI USB-6343 so we can control the ground systems from a safe distance. Detailed timeline below: - Create LabVIEW Script - Simulate Script in NI's device simulator program - Set up the box to ensure that all electronics will be fit - Carefully move all electronics, label all wires that were unplugged, and create an electrical diagram on the whole system. - Hook up ground systems cart to compressed air and test valve actuation using LabVIEW Script - Analyze what works and what does not work - Troubleshoot errors and come up with solution - Fully integrate system and add any additions before a hot fire campaign can be made
Purdue Space Program (PSP) is a student led chapter of SEDS that focuses on ensuring the undergrads have a chance to obtain hands on experience with rocketry that don't get a chance to do from their classes. There are seven different subteams that anyone can join. In this case, the subteam here is Hybrids. This team focuses on designing, building, and testing a Hybrid rocket that utilizes solid fuel and liquid oxidizer. I worked on this team with both the Airframe and the Propulsion IPT ensuring that projects were meeting correct deadlines while also checking to see if decisions being made by each subteam would not affect the design choices of another subteam. Originally, I joined this team when we were finishing up their first project HAVOC. Currently, we are in the design phase of a new rocket, SPECTRE, and we plan to launch it by the end of Spring 2025 Projects Include: -Testing a quick disconnect system for HAVOC to ensure that the rocket does not over fuel on oxidizer and can easily disconnect from the rocket. -Testing Avionics computers to ensure that our rocket will deploy out parachute safely and ensure that out rocket does not come down at a high terminal velocity. -Sonicated and cleaned plumbing for our Ground Systems -Conducted leak checks on a high pressured nitrous line -CAD and 3D-printed boards that would house our Avionics computers -Ensure all design work done for SPECTRE is designed for manufacturing.
At my second round of interning at Heraeus Electro-Nite, they allowed me to get a lot more hands on work with the control systems on each machine. This includes programming PLC controllers that were then implemented into the machines, testing out programs for efficiency and product per cycle, and research different safety sensors that will be implemented to increase the safety for the operators. I would also be tasked with designing a new frame that will be implemented onto one of the tubewinder machines. Projects Include: - Design an junction box that can house a programmed PLC, terminals, and power converter that will safely power on a machine. - Test my programs before implementing them to machine to ensure correct inputs and outputs. - Wired a switch that will allow a pneumatic actuate leg to lift up and down - Design an electrical rewiring stand encompassing an entire tube winder machine that can also accommodate a future cut unit - Write OMS instructions on how to clean the tubewinding machines
Work with other Manufacturing Engineers to ensure that production lines are running smoothly and production quota is being met. Helped start up new product by developing and manufacturing fixtures utilizing Inventor to make drawings that were sent to machine shops. Was also tasked with conducting time studies and experiments to determine whether certain decisions about production needed to be made. Projects include: -Programming and writing work instructions for a production scoreboard that keeps track of product being produced. -Redesign a fixture that will house a staple gun and allow operators to safely make their product - Writing work instructions for making a new product while also teaching operators how to check the quality of product. -Conduct moisture analysis on paper rolls to check and see what glue settings needed to be set in order to ensure our paper tubes would not have too much moisture in there while there being enough glue to hold the tube together. -Created technical drawings that were given to a machinist for parts to be manufactured. -Utilized AutoCAD to create new layouts for certain areas of the plant.