STAR Lab
Mechanical Design Research Assistant
Developing a spacecraft attitude-control testbed and integrating mechanical and electrical hardware.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Mechanical design, simulation, and manufacturing.
RESEARCH & ENGINEERING
Developing a spacecraft attitude-control testbed and integrating mechanical and electrical hardware.
Modeling battery-pack airflow and heat transfer to evaluate cooling performance and identify hot spots.
Designing rocket structures in SolidWorks, modeling 10,000-ft-class flight performance, and evaluating airbrake and recovery concepts.
Comparing straight-inlet, plenum, and Y-split cooling configurations with Dr. Siddharth S. Thakur.
Designed an air-powered food slicer, created toleranced drawings, and machined and inspected air-engine components.
Designed propellant-processing hardware in Fusion 360 with manufacturing and assembly constraints.
Built an underwater ROV with camera hardware and an AI coral-classification system; awarded a $1,200 research grant.