2017 - 2018

• Directly leading team designing rocket - named Black Tusk - to travel to 30,000’ at the 2018 Spaceport America Cup.

• Responsible for overarching design, organization of team, adherance to budget and purchasing for Black Tusk project.

• Conducted internal & external design reviews with all subteams, including preliminary, critical, and ongoing reviews.

• Designing rocket fins, including optimizing for stability / drag effects on rocket and manufacturability.

• Developing vacuum infusion manufacturing process for carbon fiber body tubes and fiberglass nosecone and couplers.

• Using ANSYS Fluent and PrepPost to quantify loading on rocket and ensure structure will perform nominally.

• Using rocket simulation software (OpenRocket, Rocksim, RASAero) and ANSYS Fluent to predict flight trajectory with high accuracy. Also developing verification model using Simulink.

• Planned and implemented recruitment strategy, fundraising, and application for and subsequent move into new team space.

Detailed description will be compiled after Black Tusk launches