Career Goals

At the core of aerospace engineering is a desire to propel humanity forward in ways that are faster, farther, and higher than ever before. Rockets push payloads and people to extraterrestrial bodies at the absolute fringes of human exploration, while cargo planes and passenger airlines uphold the delicate logistical network that maintains the comforts of the modern world. As an undergraduate aerospace engineer at the University of Texas at Austin, my immediate goal is to master programs such as Fusion 360, Ansys, and MATLAB to develop the skills necessary to design, simulate, and build groundbreaking systems that advance scientific progress and human understanding. Through organizations such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Longhorn Rocketry Association, I have already begun to master these skills and develop systems, including next-generation airframes for the Navy and dynamic airbrakes for high-power competition rockets. In the long term, I aim to design, simulate, and build systems such as the structural layout of  the International Space Station which keep astronauts alive, or the groundbreaking delivery drones which aim to revolutionize logistical transportation. In essence, I hope to investigate both the robotics aspect and the structural design of aerospace vehicles. To do this, I plan to continue to pursue the rigorous aerospace curriculum at the University of Texas at Austin while also working closely with hands-on, student-led organizations, and driven aerospace industry companies.