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NASA Langley Space Mission and Analysis Branch Internship

April 30 through August 2018
Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Strategic Analysis Team
- Working to define industry trends and determine needed technology capabilities in order to meet NASA's goals in the upcoming 20 years
Gateway
Mars Study Capability
- Developing cost models for various Mars mission architectures
Miscellaneous Project Support
- Developing cost models for lunar in-situ resource utilization
- Utilizing historical mission data to analyze current cost models

NASA Langley Pathways Agency Cross-Center Connections (PAXC)

Worked on creating a model of the Venusian atmosphere and understanding the effects of planetary rotation rate and axial tilt on the upper atmosphere
"Using the Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model to understand the importance of planetary attributes on Earth's upper atmosphere" poster for the Women in Planetary Science and Exploration 2018 conference
"Using the development process of the Venus Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model to understand the importance of planetary attributes on Earth's atmosphere" poster for the Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) 2017 conference
"Differential Drag Analysis to Infer the Geometrical Configuration of a Cubesat" poster contributor for the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2016 conference

June 6 through August 12, 2016
Overall project was on developing the technology to implement boron nitride nanotubes into a metal matrix for use in aerospace structures
"Boron Nitride Nanotube-Titanium Alloy Nanocomposites" presentation contributor for the 2016 Pacific Rim Symposium on Surfaces, Coatings and Interfaces (PacSurf)
Individual work on integrating the nanotubes into the metal matrix
Sample preparation including polishing and microtoming
Sample analysis through SPM and optical microscopy
Materials characterization with DSC, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy

National Science Foundation funded program
June 1 through August 7, 2015
Group policy project and poster, "State Level Attitudes About Wind Energy, Public Policy, and Representation"
Group video project on manufacturing wind turbine blades
Individual project in the Wind Energy Manufacturing Lab
Investigated the effects of a new automated manufacturing method (shifting) for deforming fiberglass to fit a mold of the trailing edge of a wind turbine blade
"Automated Composite Fabric Layup for Wind Turbine Blades" - co-author, published 2017 in ASME's Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
"The Mesostructural Effects of Shifting on Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing" - individual research paper and poster presentation
Participated in varied lectures on aspects of wind industry
Toured a local blade manufacturing plant, explored an area wind farm, and visited a utility company

REU Poster Symposium

Undergraduate Research Assistant
April 2014 through April 2016
Contributing author on "A Microstructurally-Informed, Continuum-Level Life Prediction Model for Thermo-Acousto-Mechanically Fatigued Ti-6242S and IN617", which was published at the January 2015 AIAA SciTech Conference in Kissimmee, Florida
Worked on mechanical testing methods for small punch tests and lab support
Worked on understanding the effects of applied, thermal, and acoustical loads on a metal sample to simulate flight conditions at hypersonic speeds
Analyzed test data and compared with data from a thorough literature review
Exploratory work on fitting mathematical models to test data