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