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This section covers how I apply my engineering skills, working on space-related projects with other students in Rochester Institute of Technology Space Exploration (RIT SPEX).
Micro-Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster for Aerostats
Micro-Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster for Aerostats
Principal Investigator, Jan 2024-Present
Skills: Magnetoplasmadynamics, OnShape, 3D Printing, Machining, Iterative Design, Extensive Research Practices
The goal for this project is to create a cost-effective, air-breathing, thruster that uses electricity and the air around it as fuel.
These thrusters have been studied and used extensively in space applications, but much less so in an atmosphere due to the low amount of thrust they generate. What makes my approach different is that the vehicle is not orbiting Earth, it is neutrally buoyant in the atmosphere (think of a balloon) so all it needs to move is a horizontal force, even if it is a small one.
To make this vision a reality, I was awarded the Dick and St. Jane Reeve Endowed Fund by Kate Gleason College of Engineering at RIT.
I aim to have a finished design by January 1st 2024, and a working prototype by May 1st 2024.
RIT Space Exploration: Cube Satellite Team
RIT Space Exploration: Cube Satellite Team
Mechanical Lead, Jan 2022-Jan 2024
Radiation Test Stand for different magnet configurations
L2 Rocket Payload with our crystal -scintillation detector
Since January of 2022, we've been designing a payload to deflect high-energy protons away from our satellite using strong permanent magnets that we're calling Cosmic Radiation Shielding.
To confirm that our deflection is successful, we've developed a version of a device called a scintillation detector to detect any stray charged particles inside the center of the satellite.
We've taken on several additional supporting projects for this goal such as a linear particle accelerator, a cloud chamber, a radiation test rig, and much more!
Skills: SOLIDWORKS Professional, Fusion360, OnShape, 3D Printing, Machining, ANSYS, Iterative Design, Leadership
The RIT SPEX CubeSat Team meeting with Congressman Joe Morelle
RIT Space Exploration: High Altitude Balloon Team
RIT Space Exploration: High Altitude Balloon Team
Principal Investigator and Mechanical Lead, Jan 2023-Jan 2024
The High Altitude Balloon or HAB is a test platform used to rapidly validate the flight-readiness of a design before launch.
This project was started in 2014, but this iteration of the HAB began in Spring of 2022 as a supporting project to the CubeSat project.
The HAB holds a scientific payload and carries it using a weather balloon to 100,000 ft, about one third of the way to space.
This high up, the HAB acts as an excellent platform for testing in cold temperature and low pressure environments.
As of Spring 2024, the HAB has launched and had success with 3 out of 4 systems. LinkedIn writeup here.
(Filling, Tracking, Popping, Descending)
Skills: Fusion360, 3D Printing, Machining, Leadership
RIT Space Exploration: Biohabitat Team
RIT Space Exploration: Biohabitat Team
Mechanical Team Member, Aug 2022-Jan 2024
Skills: Fusion360, 3D Printing, Iterative Design, Biotechnology
The Biohabitat Team's goal is to design and manufacture a relatively low-cost system to grow nutrient-dense human edible cyanobacteria that can operate in a low-gravity environment to be used in future manned deep space missions.
The image to the left shows a bioreactor used to grow the cyanobacteria that I helped design and build using Fusion360. This is the second version of the biohabitat and will be shown off at Imagine RIT, an event held by Rochester Institute of Technology where over 30,000 people visit campus to learn about student's projects and work.
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