Work
Every project, research role and job, newest first. Project sheets open with a calculation-sheet title block, say which part was mine, and mark limitations in red pencil. Roles link to the CV.
| Date | Entry | Filed under | Kind | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 – present | Automation Engineer, R.E. Mason Develop and verify DeltaV control logic for continuous and batch processes: closed-loop control, interlocks, permissives and fault detection. | Control & automation | Role | Current |
| Summer 2024 | RxMental A survey, interviews and two rounds of prototype testing on what college students want, and fear, from AI-powered mental-health tools. | Human factors | Coursework | Complete |
| Jan – Apr 2024 | AV takeover alert study A 2 × 2 mixed-design experiment on whether spoken or tonal takeover requests change how fast drivers take control from an automated vehicle. | Guidance & supervision, Human factors | Coursework | Complete; null result, N = 8 |
| 2023–2025, 8 weeks | Orbital transfer calculator A browser calculator for Hohmann transfers that plots the transfer and shows every intermediate step, tested with three undergraduate and three graduate aerospace students. | Dynamics & astrodynamics, Guidance & supervision | Project | Prototype and formative study, n = 6 |
| Aug 2023 – May 2025 | SDA decision support Human-factors research on how operators analyze satellite maneuvers and triage anomalies, and what a decision-support system must do to help them. | Guidance & supervision, Dynamics & astrodynamics | Research | Research role complete |
| 2023–2025, 12 weeks | Kilo Wai Kōkua dashboard A mobile-first dashboard that brings a restored fishpond's scattered sensor streams into one place for staff and visiting students. | Human factors | Coursework | Prototype |
| May – Oct 2023 | Cockpit Design Intern, Universal Avionics (Elbit Systems) Led interface design for a multifunction dial display, about 1.5 in across, on a new flight deck; four design iterations for pilot inputs and flow. | Guidance & supervision, Control & automation | Role | Completed |
| Fall 2022, 6 weeks | Venus fog-mesh study Comparing three passive mesh designs for condensing fog droplets, on a modular rig built for the test. | Measurement & test | Research | Complete; one trial per mesh |
| Fall 2022, 8 weeks | Six-axis load-cell rig A compact fixture that applies known axial, transverse and moment loads to a strain-gauge load cell at the same time, so its error terms can be measured. | Measurement & test | Research | Built and proof-loaded; characterization not run |
| Fall 2022, 12 weeks | STARS L1 platform A ten-person mission proposal for a propellant depot and lunar communications relay in a halo orbit around the Earth–Moon L1 point. | Dynamics & astrodynamics, Control & automation | Project | Proposal complete; concept study |
| May – Aug 2022 | Mechanical Engineering Intern, Raytheon Intelligence & Space Produced AutoCAD and Creo drawings, with GD&T, for FPGA research prototypes sent to chip manufacturers. | Measurement & test | Role | Completed |
| May – Aug 2021 | RF Engineering Intern, Intelsat Mapped coverage areas for future software-defined satellites while limiting overlap with the existing fleet. | Dynamics & astrodynamics | Role | Completed |