Tiwana Lashai Copeland
813 Rilee Drive
Suffolk, VA 23434
Day Phone: 757-864-8552
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position as an engineer.
EDUCATION
2006-2010 Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, North Carolina
BS Major: Mathematics
2010-2012 Old Dominion University Norfolk,Virginia Master of Engineering: Systems Engineering
2013-2015 Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia Master of Engineering: Aerospace Engineering Expected graduation date: June 2015
PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE: Statistical Analyst Software (SAS), Expert Choice, Matlab, RAMS Plus, Logical Decisions, Minitab 16, Mathematica, Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, Microsoft Visual C++, CORE 5.0 of Vitech Corporation
COMPUTER LANGUAGE: C++
WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2009-Present
Graduate Engineering Co-op, NASA Langley Research Center: Summarized portions of IRAC technology assessment results using weighted sum models. These results were included in the white paper titled Integrated Resilient Aircraft Control (IRAC) Project Portfolio Assessment Results in which I was listed as a co-author. This paper was submitted to the IRAC project in support of IRAC milestone 4.2.4 (Integrated Resilient Aircraft Control (IRAC) Project Portfolio Assessment). It included evaluating criteria methods, models, and tools to determine the type of technology that will make aircraft safer to mitigate future accidents and incidents.
My research task was to assist the multidisciplinary Aviation safety team (AvSP) with program (or portfolio) assessment of aviation safety technologies for (AEST). In program assessment, assisted with collection and reporting of data in an excel spreadsheet and did an analysis reporting of my research findings in Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) that allows the analysis to be done in an automated process.. Used probabilistic, statistical, and systems analysis methods in addition to decision analysis programs to predict whether NASA's technologies will reduce the number of commercial aircraft accidents in the future. Looked at accident data obtained from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) to count the number of times a particular accident takes place and whether or not its weather related. Using the FAA and NTSB data along with estimates from aviation experts to try to determine the probability of a particular type of accident happening in the future. Collected atmospheric hazards to aviation accidents and incidents that were investigated from the NTSB Aviation Accident and Incident Data System, collected and assembled the data in a Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS) database and analyzed it using frequency data and other statistical methods to identify the trends and factors in WSTRW occurrences. Evaluated existing system safety methods to determine the extent to which they provide sufficient confidence in safety and whether it can be applied to my current task.
Applied new systems analysis methods learned in prior coursework and documented results in a paper and presentation presented at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) Conference. Attends technical and professional workshops and symposiums to remain aware of the developments and new methods in the systems engineering research field.
Worked with the SORM project for NextGen, with the intended purpose of increasing the national airspace. Programming was done in SAS to determine the route of flights and several types of software were tested to ensure that there is a tool that can model the airspace and can provide sufficient confidence in the m...
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