Research
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
- Developing cost models for lunar in-situ resource utilization
- Summer 2018 Chair
UMich Research
- 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
NASA Langley Advanced Materials and Processing Branch Internship
- 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
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Iowa State University Wind Energy Science, Engineering, and Policy REU
- 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
University of Central Florida Mechanics of Materials Research Group
- 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
