Experience

Applying my enthusiasm for and expertise in engineering, science and space to a myriad of projects like the moon resource prospector, modeling ultracool brown dwarfs, shear thickening fluid technology for space suits, and the Integrated Science Instrument Module, one of three major elements of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Work Experience


2016 - Present

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Aerospace Engineer, Greenbelt, MD

  • NASA JWST launch team engineer partnering with European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency for critical launch campaign from ESA Spacport, Kourou, French Guiana

  • Lead JWST thermal & contamination NASA engineer for integration and testing at Northrop Grumman to ensure optimal thermal and optical mission performance

  • Lead Roman Space Telescope Contamination Engineer for the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) and Instrument Carrier (IC)

  • Perform analysis and statistical studies investigating the influence of orientation of sensitive flight hardware for particulate fallout accumulation

  • Provide analysis and interpretation expertise of cryogenic quartz crystal microbalance (CQCMs) data to understand contamination deposition rates during testing along with supporting thermal and contamination requirements verification in collaboration with thermal, optical, and mechanical engineers to ensure a successful optical telescope element thermal vacuum chamber test at Johnson Space Center


2015

NASA Kennedy Space Center, Lunar Advanced Volatile Analysis) Intern, Cape Canaveral, FL,

  • Integration and testing of the Regolith and Environment Sciences & Oxygen and Lunar Volatile Extraction payload for NASA’s In-Situ Resource Utilization initiative

  • Calibration, assembly, analysis and procedure documentation of gas chromatograph-mass spectrometers (quadrupole, magnetic sector)

  • Validate reproducibility and accuracy of LAVA mass spectrometer units by utilizing gas analysis software


2015

Department of Defense, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Engineering Intern, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD


2015 - 2019

University of Delaware Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering


April Kloxin, Ph.D. Research Group

  • Investigate novel biomaterials for dynamic cell culture, therapeutic delivery, and regenerative medicine; evaluate hydrogel-based models of extracellular environment


Norman Wagner, Ph.D. Research Group

  • Optimized lower earth orbit shear thickening fluid (STF) formulations for use in astronaut space suits to provide an extra layer of protection

  • Tested formulations for Materials International Space Station Experiments samples using rehology techniques


John Gizis, Ph.D. Research Group

  • James Webb Space Telescope Early Release Science proposal research on ultra-cool brown dwarf targets using Mid-Infrared Instrument Imaging Exposure Time Calculator tool



Education


2014 - 2019

University of Delaware Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Bachelor of Chemical Engineering


2020 - 2023

Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering, School, Candidate for M.S. Space Systems Engineering


International Programs


2016

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, Materials Science & Engineering Study Abroad


2017

University of Melbourne, Australia, , Biochemical Engineering and Product Design Study Abroad

Attending the 2022 SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference with the Webb Space Telescope Contamination Team after Lee Feinburg Plenary Keynote