I make things that fly.
I’m an Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Central Florida who enjoys hands-on engineering, from designing and manufacturing components to testing systems and learning from the results.
Through Knights Experimental Rocketry (KXR), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and other engineering projects, I’ve gained experience with high-powered rockets, RC aircraft, aerodynamic test vehicles, and recovery systems, developing skills in CAD, CFD, simulation, fabrication, flight testing, controls, and systems integration.
I'm particularly interested in propulsion, aircraft and rocket design, and aerospace vehicle development, and I hope to keep turning ideas into real, tested, and reliable systems.
View Resume ↗Designed, analyzed, manufactured, and tested.
Developing an autonomous recovery system to guide a 4-8 lb rocket from an estimated 2,000 ft apogee to a landing zone within a 100 ft radius. The concept combines a drogue parachute, steerable parafoil, wind aware MATLAB/Simulink guidance, OpenRocket trajectory analysis, and custom structures.
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Designed a balsa RC aircraft with a four person team, optimizing for speed while meeting competition constraints. Work included a NACA 2412 wing, XFLR5 aerodynamic analysis, SolidWorks modeling, and structural analysis under a 2G load, with a simulated factor of safety of 2.83.
View Project ↗Supported integration of a high powered experimental rocket targeting 10,000 ft, working across aerostructures, propulsion, recovery, controls, and payload. Designed and prototyped a four plate cam slot airbrake mechanism using CAD, simulation, and 3D printing.
View Project ↗Led a four person team designing and fabricating a 70 g 3D printed car model for wind-tunnel testing. Used ANSYS Fluent CFD, LabVIEW, and 50+ drag force measurements per run across five wind speeds from 10-30 m/s to study aerodynamic performance.
View Project ↗Designed, built, and flew Level 1 and Level 2 certification rockets with stable apogees of 1,500 ft, 2,600 ft, and 3,304 ft. Used SolidWorks, OpenRocket, 3D printing, soldering, and laser cutting for custom structures and parachute recovery systems.
View Project ↗When I'm not working on rockets or engineering projects, you'll probably find me dancing salsa and bachata, swimming, hanging out with friends, or trying something new.
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