Projects

Over the past few years, I have worked on projects ranging from NASA lunar recycling systems and CubeSat mission concepts to ground station restoration, digital twin modeling, and atmospheric sensing payloads.

NASA LunaRecycle Challenge

Led a 20-person team to a $50,000 Milestone Round win and finalist round. Built a microwave-assisted plastic pyrolysis proof-of-concept for lunar waste recycling.

Ocean Plastics CubeSat Mission

Developed a 3U CubeSat mission concept at SDL to detect and track ocean plastics. Simulated orbits in STK and built Python image compression for plastic detection.

UHF Ground Station Restoration

Restoring and upgrading Penn State's legacy UHF ground station with added S-band capability to support SSPL satellite operations and student training.

Atmospheric Gas Detection Payload

Designed and built an atmospheric volatile gas detection payload using Arduino, Python, SolidWorks, and KiCad as part of SSPL's Student Training Program.

High Power Microwave Lunar Systems

Researched HPM systems for long-term lunar missions and proposed a centralized microwave network for in-situ plastic-to-propellant recycling.

6 DOF Robotic Arm Project

Developed 6 DOF robotic arm model within Python capable of attaining desired end effector state using forward and inverse kinematics.