Capsat uiuc
Tasked with the responsibilities of a full-time launch engineer, I owned my projects and daily hangar operation tasks to ensure launch campaign deadlines were met. Each day was a fast-paced challenge with new curveballs at almost every turn. I had the fantastic opportunity of working directly with highly skilled technicians and engineers on both new and flight-proven rocket hardware and systems. Included creating an extensive installation and operational procedure that will be utilized during every launch campaign at SLC-39a
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Procuring a $15k magnetic level indicator system to upgrade a hangar TVC checkout system that streamlines operation Panel will be used during every launch campaign to perform fairing separation and guidance system checkouts The platform can support 3 technicians with safety margins satisfying OSHA guidelinesĭeveloping a 9,000 psi rated drag-on fluid panel that integrates with existing checkout panels to fill Falcon 9 fairing composite pressure vessels I worked directly on the following launch campaigns:ĭesigning a modular work platform to improve access inside the Falcon 9 aft skirt, while acting as a mobile workstation. I was responsible for the disposition of non-conforming flight hardware authored issue tickets, work instructions, test plans, and worked directly with skilled technicians and engineers across sites to quickly find solutions to failed inspections and functional tests. The Vehicle Integration team is the last set of hands and eyes on the rocket before rolling out to the pad for launch, performing final rocket assembly and system inspections/checkouts. Part of the Vehicle Integration (Pre-Launch engineering) team at Cape Canaveral, operating at SLC-39a, SLC-40, and the Payload Processing Facility (PPF). LAUNCH INTERN, VEHICLE INTEGRATION CAPE CANAVERAL, FL: May 2018 - Aug 2018 SPACEX LAUNCH INTERN, VEHICLE INTEGRATION CAPE CANAVERAL, FL: May 2018 - Aug 2018 TEST EQUIPMENT INTERN, LSGSE MCGREGOR, TX: Jan 2017 - April 2017
CAPSAT UIUC FULL
This allows for robust verification of individual components - as well as a full satellite assembly - to verify flight readiness.
CAPSAT UIUC CODE
The code I developed is used to simulate the various electromagnetic environments LASSI’s satellites will encounter during the missions.
CAPSAT UIUC SOFTWARE
I focused on developing software for verifying satellite magnetometers that were tested within a custom Helmholtz Cage assembly using C++. During my Summer research position, our team was focused on displaying flight readiness for CAPSat, a 3U CubeSat with an active cooling system, strain actuated solar arrays, and a quantum annealing payload built by the Physics department at UIUC. This closed-loop test is used to perform hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing of CubeSat hardware. Michael Lembeck, and employed through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Īssisted in developing a closed-loop test system for verification and performance testing of small satellites. Undergraduate researcher under supervision of Dr. LABORATORY FOR ADVANCED SPACE SYSTEMS AT ILLINOIS (LASSI) UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER, UROP PROGRAM CHAMPAIGN, IL: May 2019 - Aug 2019 An Improved Measurement of the Secondary Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies from the SPT-SZ + SPTpol Surveys. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 7(1). Origins Space Telescope: Baseline mission concept. M., Bradley, D., Burgarella, D., Carey, S., Carter, R., Chi, J. G., Bell, R., Beltran, P., Benford, D., Bergin, E., Bolognese, J., Bradford, C.
Leisawitz, D., Amatucci, E., Allen, L., Arenberg, J., Armus, L., Battersby, C., Bauer, J., Beaman, B. Molecular Line Observations in Two Dusty Star-forming Galaxies at z = 6.9. S., Aravena, M., Archipley, M., Béthermin, M., C. Detection of Galactic and Extragalactic Millimeter-wavelength Transient Sources with SPT-3G. S., Basu Thakur, R., Benabed, K., Bender, A.
Guns, S., Foster, A., Daley, C., Rahlin, A., Whitehorn, N., Ade, P. A demonstration of improved constraints on primordial gravitational waves with delensing. J., Boenish, H., Bullock, E., Buza, V., Carlstrom, J.