About me
I'm a CU Boulder graduate in Integrated Design Engineering (IDE), with an Aerospace concentration and an Engineering Management emphasis. IDE is a design centered engineering degree built around team projects. You start from a user need, work through analysis and hardware, and finish with a business case. That meant owning five projects end to end, and it's why I think about a part's manufacturability and cost as early as its performance.
Aviation runs in my family
I grew up surrounded by aviation. My great grandfather was a lead machinist in Pratt and Whitney's experimental shop in the 1940s, and my grandfather, a retired Air Force lieutenant general, was the program director for the B-2 Spirit and F-117 Nighthawk programs.
Growing up around that history made aerospace personal to me long before it was my major. It's why I chose an aerospace concentration, why I took on the full tail of our senior design aircraft, and why I kept building after graduation with a wind tunnel at home.
I'm extremely passionate about this industry and completely motivated to build my career in it. My family set the bar high, and I'm here to meet it.
Tools and skills
Each one is tied to where I actually used it.
| Area | Tools and methods | Used in |
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| Aircraft design and analysis | Static stability, CG and NPTail sizing, volume coefficientsDrag polarsSensitivity studiesAirfoil selectionOpenVSPXFLR5 |
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| Aerodynamics and CFD | SimScale CFDMeshing, boundary layer inflationLaminar low Reynolds number flowConvergence and error barsWall interference analysisXFLR5 benchmarking |
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| Test and data | Flight test supportLoad cell wind tunnel testingWind tunnel design and buildFlow visualizationAirspeed calibrationFlight data reductionValidation and usability testing |
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| Programming and electronics | MATLABPythonC++ArduinoRaspberry PiServo controlSolderingExcel |
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| CAD and fabrication | OnshapeSolidWorks xDesign4-axis CNC foam, G-codeCarbon fiber, wood, foam structures3D printing: PLA, TPU, ASADesigning for the printer bed |
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| Product and business | User researchRequirements definitionMarket sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM)Pricing and financial modelsTechnical writingProject management |