As part of senior design, I led a group of nine other engineering students designing a NASA Discovery Program-class proposal from scratch. My main role is orchestrating science mission requirements and budgetary constraints between all the respective subsystems (e.g. power, comms, propulsion, structures, etc.).

I worked on a Pre-Phase A concept study of a mission to drill through and look for biosignatures on Jupiter's moon Europa for NASA. On the GNC team my role was to lead a feasibility study for using conformal synthetic-aperture radar for subsurface obstacle avoidance under the ice.

SysML is a graphical modeling language used for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), which is the process of specifying a system's components and interconnections at different levels. As part of a group modeling the Apollo command and service module (CSM), I was in charge of creating the electrical subsystem and integrating it with the rest of the team's subsystems. Individually, I simulated the performance of FireSAT II by using the ParaMagic plugin for MagicDraw.

Traditionally, air pollution is monitored by static ground stations, which can be few and far between. By being able to collect data anywhere, at any time, this air quality monitoring sensor suite on a UAS is able to locate point sources of pollution better. The project was awarded first place engineering presentation at the undergraduate research symposium.

Each year, tens of thousands of black tip sharks migrate along the eastern seaboard of the United States. In collaboration with FAU Shark Lab researchers, I used a waterproof quadcopter to help gather aerial footage of the migration for an upcoming documentary airing on the National Geographic Channel.

I worked on the Buzz in a Box entry for the SAE Micro Class competition as part of Georgia Tech's Design Build Fly Club. The objective was to create a light-weight aircraft that can be rapidly deployed from a small package while carrying as much payload as possible, in the form of PVC pipes. Our aircraft received 1st place overall, out of 25 international teams.

A maze challenge was created as an event of a national aerial robotics competition for secondary school students. Quadcopters flew in a large square maze made of PVC pipe, with randomly placed walls of nine different colors inside. After being piloted by students throughout the entire maze, software they created was used to map the location and colors of the walls.

I was nine years old when I saw Robert Downey Jr. suit up as Iron Man on the big screen for the first time. Watching Tony Stark build the Iron Man armor left a permanent impression on me and inspired me to pursue engineering. Now a decade later, I felt it would be fitting for me to base my ME1770 project on the movie that set me on this path all those years ago.

This small glider was constructed out of materials limited to a sheet of balsa wood, a balsa rod, several thumb tacks, and some wood glue, with the ultimate goal of flying the furthest forward distance. The glider was dropped from the running deck of the rec center (a height of approximately one story), and had a maximum distance of 63' 6", exceeding the length of the volleyball court below.

This was created for a group project to modify and launch an off-the-shelf model rocket. The object was to get closest to a maximum altitude of 120 feet, without exceeding it. This was accomplished using a 3D printer, lathe, and the OpenRocket software to simulate the flight trajectory. It earned the top prize in the class with an apogee of just over 112 feet.

While I was a STEM educator at the Jewish Community Center (JCC), I built a 5 foot tall trebuchet as inspired by Storm the Castle. It was built primarily out of plywood, using barbell plates as the counterweight. After launching several tennis balls into the ground and adjusting the sling, the trebuchet was successfully sending tennis balls 50+ feet.

When we were getting a new pool table, there were a bunch of old pool balls left over from the old table that didn't form a full set. Rather than throw them out, I decided to "upcycle" them into a wooden wall clock for my apartment. A large piece of scrap wood was used to form the base, and a kit was used for the clock's hands and movement.

To combine my interests in playing the piano and lighting things on fire, I built a Rubens' Tube that I hooked up to a keyboard piano. Ruben's Tubes (also known as Sonic Flame Tubes) are devices that make a bunch of small flames oscillate at different rates according to which sound frequencies are pumped in.

I built a Van de Graaff generator using random parts from an old electric scooter, resistance exercise bands, PVC plumbing, and IKEA salad bowls. Based off the spark length between the charged sphere and the grounding wand, about 75,000 volts of static electricity were generated.