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Education
- Texas A&M University, College Station, Tx
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, December 2014
Dissertation Topic: The Phase Retrieval Problem and its Applications in Optics Download PDF
Concentration: Dynamics and Control, Phase Retrieval applied to spaceborne intensity correlation imaging (ICI) and stellar occultation for asteroid characterization.
Advisor: Dr. David Hyland
Committee: Dr. Suman Chakravorty, Dr. Tom Pollock, Dr. Alexey Belyanin - Texas A&M University, College Station, Tx
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, December 2012
Thesis Topic: Phase Retrieval with Application to Intensity Correlation Interferometry Download PDF
Concentration: Dynamics and Control, spaceborne Intensity Correlation Imaging (ICI)
Advisor: Dr. David Hyland - Texas A&M University, College Station, Tx
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, December 2010
Honors: Designated as a Texas A&M Student Research Scholar. Download Thesis
Skills and Training
- Engineering Software: Visual Studio, Git, Matlab, Solidworks, Solidworks Simulation, LabView, Abaqus, Maple, AutoCAD
- Programming Languages: ISO C++, C++/CLI, C#, CUDA, CMake, Matlab, SQL, Python, TypeScript, Javascript, Java, Powershell, Bash, PHP, HTML, CSS
- Notable APIs: C++ STL, CUDA, DirectX (9 & 11), OpenGL, WinForms, wxWidgets, ZeroMQ, SQLite3, TCP Sockets (Windows & Posix), .Net Framework, Android SDK, CMake, Arduino, Angular
- Licensed: HAM radio operatior callsign W5RET, FCC Record #2343036
- Project Management:
- Software cost estimation using COCOMO
- Task scheduling to meet milestones using Gantt charts, PERT charts, precedence diagrams, critical path tracking, and workforce tracking
- Example laboratory skills and experience:
- Optical lab equipment: proficient in basic opto-mechanical design and alignment, fiber optic system design, optical power meters, lens cleaning, precision motion control (PZT, stepper motor, and servo actuated), polarization controllers, incoherent sources (tunable and fixed freq. lasers), optical switches
- Manual and software interfacing with electronic test equipment such as oscilloscopes, function generators, spectrum analyzers, frequency counters, frequency synthesizers
- Trained and experienced with lasers up to 1000 Watts CW, including design of associated safety systems and protocols with the FAA and Laser Clearing House.
- High-speed analog-to-digital Data Acquisition (DAQ)
- CMOS and CCD camera characerization
- Use of machine shop tools: various hand tools, drill press, lathe, mill, sheet metal bending brake, tap & die, precision measurements, laser cutter
- Trained and experienced with liquid helium and liquid nitrogen cryogenic pressure systems
- Trained and experienced with soldering, electronics board layout and fabrication
Relevant Course Work
- Graduate:
- Celestial Mechanics
- Complex Analysis
- Continuum Mechanics
- Estimation of Dynamic Systems
- Fluid Mechanics
- Methods of Applied Math
- Modern Control Theory
- Numerical Simulations
- Optimal Control Theory
- Random Dynamical Systems
- Spacecraft Dynamics
- Statistical Analysis
- Undergraduate:
- Aerospace Structural Design - FEM intensive
- Aerothermochemistry
- Classical Control Theory
- Spacecraft Design - Apophis asteroid mitigation project in conjunction with NASA Ames Research Center and King Abdullaziz City for Science and Technology