Engineering experience.

My work

• Designed and drafted components for flight controls, landing gear, and other aircraft subsystems.
• Drafted and revised more than 100 part and assembly drawings to FAA and internal engineering standards.
• Worked directly with welders, machinists, and technicians to align designs with fabrication capabilities.
• Incorporated structural review feedback, FEA, and test results into design revisions.
• Owned four to six design, DFM, or drafting projects per week, reporting progress to senior engineers and leadership.

The internship also gave me practical exposure to FAA certification processes and mechanical airworthiness.

My work

• Created more than 50 system and design requirements for early development.
• Produced three CAD design variants within two weeks.
• Modeled vehicle trajectories in Python and evaluated propulsive and aerodynamic forces.
• Conducted three structural trade studies under loading.
• Led weekly process failure mode and effects analysis sessions, reducing estimated manufacturing time by up to 50%.
• Authored a 40-page engineering report covering the analysis, design trade-offs, and development roadmap.

Teaching through experiments

I mentored more than 20 STEM teachers and 50 students through workshops using over 150 rockets and custom avionics.

• Guided participants through hypotheses, test-flight planning, data collection, and analysis.
• Helped students connect design decisions with measured flight performance.
• Used participant surveys to improve the course structure and support expansion into more Illinois classrooms.

My work

I led a six-person avionics team and prepared engineering design reports for both systems. Each report included full design specifications and exceeded 30 pages.

I trained on rocketry, avionics, and systems-analysis software, and presented the technical and commercial case for the designs to company leadership. Both proposals received approval on the first presentation.

Connections formed during the internship later led to our team entering the International Planetary Aerial Systems Challenge.