EDUCATION
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV • Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering (GPA: 3.75) 2013 – 2015
• Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.72) 2009 – 2013
WORK EXPERIENCE
Applied Space Exploration Lab at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Summer 2013 – Present
Graduate Research Assistant
• Researching the field of autonomous optical spacecraft navigation for small spacecraft to be implemented with Kalman filter
• Prepared and submitted a proposal to fund a 1U CubeSat mission to be used for autonomous optical navigation experiments
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Summer Undergraduate Research Participant Summer 2012
• Collected and analyzed data obtained from 1 year experiment tested in conjunction with NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Program in Houston, TX
• Created computer code to read and sort acquired data
• Correlated data with behavior of a fluidized bed under zero-gravity conditions and presented results at the WVU STEM Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) poster symposium
URS Corporation, Morgantown, WV Summer 2011
Mechanical Engineering Intern 2
• Designed support structure for various components (flow meters, pressure transducers, control valves) of large-scale experiment
• Developed arrangement and layout of structure and components using Autodesk Inventor
• Reviewed and revised Quality Assurance Procedures
• Assisted mentor in completing miscellaneous mechanical design efforts
URS Corporation, Morgantown, WV
Mechanical Engineering Intern 1 Summer 2010
• Completed Piping and Instrumentation Diagram for site-wide nitrogen distribution system
• Assisted mentor in completing miscellaneous mechanical design efforts
• Presented summary of work to fellow URS interns from Pittsburgh, PA and Morgantown, WV as well as employees from URS and NETL (National Energy Technology Lab)
PUBLICATIONS
• Straub, M. N., Christian, J. A. “Autonomous Navigation for Earth Observing Satellites using Coastline Matching”, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Con...
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