Work Experience

• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Optical Engineer, February 2017 - Present
  Optical Engineer in the 'Advanced Optical Instruments' group of the 'Optics' section.
• California Institute of Technology, Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, April 2015 - February 2017
  Post-doc in the 'Advanced Optical Instruments' group of the 'Optics' section.
• Texas A&M University, Research Assistant, Dr. David Hyland, Intensity correlation imaging and stellar occultation, Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2014
• NASA - Michoud Assembly Facility, Intern - Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans, La, Summer 2009
  Intern in the administrative office of the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility. Main summer project consisted of working with local school teachers to promote NASA awareness within schools. I led a group of 6 teachers and organized meeting and seminars with professional engineers, project managers, and astronauts to educate the school teachers on the working NASA.
• Texas A&M University, Research Assistant, Dr. Tamás Kalmár-Nagy, Dynamics of Non-linear Systems, Fall 2008-2011
• Texas A&M University, Grader, Dr. Tamás Kalmár-Nagy, Engineering Mechanics, Fall 2008
• Lockheed Martin, Intern, New Orleans, La, Summer 2008
  Production support for the external tank of the space shuttle in the "propulsion & electrical design" department. Main summer projects involved wiring harness design and testing in cryogenic environments.
• Lockheed Martin, Intern, New Orleans, La, Summer 2007
  Production support for the external tank of the space shuttle in the "propulsion & electrical design" department. Main summer projects involved sensor design and product quality testing.

Consulting Clients

• Excalibur Almaz, Jan. 2015 - March. 2016
  Experimental launch vehicle feasibility study and structural analysis.
• Experimental Center for Applied Physical Systems, Jun. 2013 - Dec. 2014
  Mission simulation and design for an asteroid mitigation mission utilizing albedo-change techniques.

Former Interns and Mentees

• Philippe Des Boscs - Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) 2022
• Charles Ross - JPL Summer Internship Program (JPLSIP) 2018
• Anusha Pai - Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) 2018
• Matthew McGinnis - Summer 2017

Activities and Organizations

• Reviewer for the The Optical Society: Applied Optics, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
• Sigma Gamma Tau, Aerospace Engineering Honors Society, inducted 2014
• SAE Aero Design intercollegiate design competition
  • 2014 team - Design lead & pilot, 1st place overall out of 33 universities, 1st place for oral presentation, 2nd place for written design report
  • 2013 team - Pilot
  • 2012 team - Design lead & pilot, 4th place overall out of 35 universities, tied 1st place for oral presentation
  • 2011 team - Design lead & pilot, 6th place overall out of 33 universities, 1st place for oral presentation
  • 2010 team - Pilot
  • 2009 team - Structural design lead & pilot
• Student member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2008 - 2012
  Served as officer for the 2010-12 school years
• Student member of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)-Aerospace Division, 2008 - 2014
• Sigma Nu Fraternity, 2006 - 2010
  Served on executive committee
• Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), 1999 - 2001, 2007 - 2014
• Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), 2001 - 2002
• Boy Scouts of America (BSA), 1998 - 2005
  Served as Patrol Leader, Acting Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Instructor, and Junior Assistant Scout Master

Volunteer Experience

• Texas A&M Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) final presentation judge, August 2013
• National WWII Museum, restoration of a Higgins PT boat electrical systems
• Our Lady of the Americas - Missionary to Yucatan, Mexico, Summer 2005
• Post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction - Resurrection of Our Lord Parish School, New Orleans, LA