CLEARANCE Interim security clearance June 2014 to Present.
U.S. Citizen
EDUCATION
B.S. Aerospace Engineering
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA | May 2014
WORK EXPERIENCE
Systems Safety Engineer, Bastion Technologies Inc.
Huntsville, AL | September 2014-Present
• Review and analyze engineering designs and data affecting safety of products and processes using tools such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Hazard Analysis (HA). Specific hazards analyzed include Integrated SLS Vehicle Propulsion system flight Performance.
Safety and Mission Assurance Summer Intern, Bastion Technologies Inc.
Huntsville, AL | May 2014-Agust 2014 | June 2013-August 2013
• Review and analyze engineering designs and data affecting safety of products and processes using tools such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Hazard Analysis (HA). Specific hazards analyzed include Integrated SLS Structural Failure, and Integrated SLS Fire & Explosions.
• Create a tool in Excel to both concisely present information from a data base and extract metrics about the maturity of the analyses, giving management their first comprehensive qualitative and quantitative tool to inspect the health and status of the company’s primary deliverable items.
• Author safety testing procedures for the NASA Propulsion Academy’s Hydrogen Peroxide Thruster.
OTHER EXPERIENCE Young Professional & Career Enhancement Officer
Huntsville American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Chapter | May 2014 – Present
Astrobotics Team Member Virginia Tech Robotic Mining Competition | 2013-2014
• Assemble and modify drive train consisting of electric motors, batteries, and chains and gears; Perform system engineering analysis to achieve balance between performance goals, resource utilization, cost, and schedule; Assemble chassis from T-slotted 8020 aluminum; Assemble mining mechanism from carbon fiber and epoxy.
• Design integrated mining mechanism, dust shield and motor mounting for maintainability..
Vice Regent, Theta Tau, Professional Engineering Fraternity | Fall 2010-Spring 2013
• Coordinate an ethics seminar as Professional Development Chair (Fall 2010).
• Preside over meetings, acting as a neutral mediator to debates and discussions.
• Mentor future members by providing academic and social support to aid in their transition into college from high school as Pledge Director (Fall 2011).
Farm Hand, Shackelford Acres
Allensville, KY | 1995-2012
• Plant crops and raise livestock for a diversified agricultural operation.
• Repair fences, buildings, and machinery.
• Operate farm equipment such as planters, tractors, combines, and sprayers.
CLASSES Spacecraft Propulsion
• Spacecraft propulsion systems for launch, orbital, and interplanetary flight; Mission analysis such as effects of staging and orbital maneuvers; Physics and engineering of chemical rockets and electrical thrusters; Spacecraft integration issues.
• Project: Preliminary design of a propulsion system and launch vehicle to deliver a manned capsule from the Martian surface into Martian orbit to rendezvous with a return vehicle.
Spacecraft Dynamics & Control
• Space missions and the way pointing requirements affect attitude control systems; Rotational kinematics and attitude determination algorithms; Modeling and analysis of the attitude dynamics of space vehicles; Effects of energy dissipation; Gravity gradient, spin, and dual spin stabilization; Rotational maneuvers; Environmental torques; Impacts of attitude stabilization techniques on mission performance.
Engineering Design Optimization
• Mathematical programming methods for engineering design optimization including linear programming, penalty function methods, and gradient projection methods.
• Project: Formulate an approach and optimize a four-truss, hollow tube wing rib design for a small general aviation aircraft for minimum weight given airfoil geometry, design loads, and factors of safety.
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
• Mechanical properties and behavior of solid materials subject to static, cyclic, and sustained loads resulting from stress states, environments, and stress histories; Multiaxial failure criteria; Crack effects and propagation; Fatigue; Creep; Microstructure-property relationships.
Mechanical Behavior of Materials Lab
• Tension, compression, bending, hardness, nano-indentation, and impact tests; B...
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