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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering with a specialty in electric thruster diagnostics. Experienced in discharge plasma laser spectroscopy, numerical programming, and field simulation.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Dec. 2009)
Master of Science in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Dec. 2006)
Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (Aug. 2003)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Ion thruster erosion (Fall 2004)
Qualitatively assessed cathode, keeper, and ion optics' erosion in a single-stage ion thruster in contribution to a research proposal promoting plasma probing and simulations in place of long-duration engine wear testing.
Ion beam velocimetry (2004-06)
Measured absorption spectra of singly-ionized xenon from the steady discharge plasma of a hollow-cathod lamp and developed, from scratch, an algorithm which estimates mean temperature and nuclear properties through spectrum fitting. The determination of these values contributed to a team's effort to resolve singly-ionized xenon's velocity distributions from laser-induced fluorescence spectra of an ion gun's plasma .
Hall thruster Magnetostatics (2005-09)
Experimentally and numerically mapped the magnetic field of a Hall thruster discharge plasma to study thrust generation in Hall thrusters.
* Experimental magnetostatics
Set up a laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) diagnostic system and applied a custom curve-fitting algorithm based on quantum mechanics to compute local magnetic field strengths from LIF spectra measured throughout the thruster's discharge channel.
* Simulated magnetostatics
Applied a commercial magnetostatics solver to validate the LIF-based field measurements and map a 'JxB'-approximation of the thrust vector field of the Hall thruster from simulations of the interaction of its magnetic field (B) with its internal Hall current with a known radial current density (J) distribution.
SKILLS
Thrusters: P5 Hall thruster and NSTAR-type ion engine
Optical devices: diode-laser, galvatron, confocal etalon, wavemeter, and monochromator
Data acquisition: LabVIEW, lock-in amplifier, and oscilloscope
Data processing: MATLAB, Excel, Mathematica, and TechPlot
Programming: MATLAB, Bash, C++, FORTRAN, and IDL
Optimization: Conjugate gradient and Nonlinear Least-squares methods
Spectral modeling: Zeeman effect in fine and hyperfine structures
gas kinetics: natural and Doppler spectral broadening
Magnetostatics: MagNet
Computer-aided drafting: AutoCAD and CATIA
DISTINCTIONS
Graduate research assistantship award (2005-09)
Rackham Merit fellowship (2005-09)
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program fellowship (Summer 2002)
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English and French
Novice in Spanish
Holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering with a specialty in electric thruster diagnostics. Experienced in discharge plasma laser spectroscopy, numerical programming, and field simulation.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Dec. 2009)
Master of Science in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Dec. 2006)
Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (Aug. 2003)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Ion thruster erosion (Fall 2004)
Qualitatively assessed cathode, keeper, and ion optics' erosion in a single-stage ion thruster in contribution to a research proposal promoting plasma probing and simulations in place of long-duration engine wear testing.
Ion beam velocimetry (2004-06)
Measured absorption spectra of singly-ionized xenon from the steady discharge plasma of a hollow-cathod lamp and developed, from scratch, an algorithm which estimates mean temperature and nuclear properties through spectrum fitting. The determination of these values contributed to a team's effort to resolve singly-ionized xenon's velocity distributions from laser-induced fluorescence spectra of an ion gun's plasma .
Hall thruster Magnetostatics (2005-09)
Experimentally and numerically mapped the magnetic field of a Hall thruster discharge plasma to study thrust generation in Hall thrusters.
* Experimental magnetostatics
Set up a laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) diagnostic system and applied a custom curve-fitting algorithm based on quantum mechanics to compute local magnetic field strengths from LIF spectra measured throughout the thruster's discharge channel.
* Simulated magnetostatics
Applied a commercial magnetostatics solver to validate the LIF-based field measurements and map a 'JxB'-approximation of the thrust vector field of the Hall thruster from simulations of the interaction of its magnetic field (B) with its internal Hall current with a known radial current density (J) distribution.
SKILLS
Thrusters: P5 Hall thruster and NSTAR-type ion engine
Optical devices: diode-laser, galvatron, confocal etalon, wavemeter, and monochromator
Data acquisition: LabVIEW, lock-in amplifier, and oscilloscope
Data processing: MATLAB, Excel, Mathematica, and TechPlot
Programming: MATLAB, Bash, C++, FORTRAN, and IDL
Optimization: Conjugate gradient and Nonlinear Least-squares methods
Spectral modeling: Zeeman effect in fine and hyperfine structures
gas kinetics: natural and Doppler spectral broadening
Magnetostatics: MagNet
Computer-aided drafting: AutoCAD and CATIA
DISTINCTIONS
Graduate research assistantship award (2005-09)
Rackham Merit fellowship (2005-09)
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program fellowship (Summer 2002)
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English and French
Novice in Spanish
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