Graduate Research Assistant, University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida Area
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida Area
Student with experience in Aerospace, Mechanical and Materials engineering. Specialties include controls, structures, sensors/actuators and flapping wing micro-air vehicles (i.e.: artificial hummingbirds). Enjoy bringing people together with Web 2.0 tools and working in multi-disciplinary teams.
Ornithopters, Aerospace Structures, Composites, UAV Design/Control, Actuators, Sensors, Control Systems, Production Methods, Adaptive Materials, Robotics, Web 2.0
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Working in the flight control lab with Dr. Rick Lind on flapping wing micro air vehicles
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMT; Defense & Space industry)
May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)
Worked with the F-2 Production Line support team.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2003 — May 2006 (3 years 5 months)
Worked on 5 research projects:
DOE-INEEL “Joining of Ferritic Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels”
GammaMetPX, High Temp. Tensile and Oxidation Testing
NASA Glenn and Boeing Rocketdyne “Materials for nuclear electric propulsion"
Air Force Research Labs “Biomimetric underground payload emplacement”
Hot Stage Light Microscopy Wettability Studies with Image Analysis
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 2007 — 2008
B.S. , Aerospace and Materials Engineering , 2002 — 2007
aerospace, engineering, control systems, structures, flapping wings, ornithopters, materials
AIAA, The Navigators
Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Gamma Tau, Alpha Sigma Mu, Alumni Fellow University of Florida