Career

NASA Johnson Space Center

Aerospace Engineer
Flight Operations Directorate (FOD)
Flight Controller for ISS Mission Planning Operations, interacting with various FOD specialties and International Partners
Researcher for Crew Autonomous Scheduling Tests on ISS, and for Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway for a crew cislunar space station
FOD Planning Lead and Flight Controller for NextSTEP habitat ground tests

Aircraft Operations Division (AOD)
Development of desktop model of T-38 trainer aircraft primary flight displays; conducted J85 engine projects.

Human Health and Performance (HHP)
Habitability and Human Factors: Human error on significant incidents in human spaceflight, and human in the loop evaluations of Orion docking hatch and displays.

Houston, TX

Analog Missions

Mission Specialist
Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA)
Participated in two-week simulated mission to an asteroid, in addition to pre and post mission activities to address risks and gaps associated with human performance during spaceflight. HERA serves as an analog for simulation of isolation, confinement, and remote conditions of mission exploration scenarios.
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX

Executive Officer
Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS)
First Engineers Crew 155 performing habitat maintenance and repairs tasks while in simulation. Six crew members participated in two-week mission where we trained for human operations on a simulated mission to Mars.
Mars Society, Hanksville, UT

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mechanical Engineer
Robotic Manipulators and Deployable Booms
Sample Acquisition, Processing, and Handling verification and validation surface tests for the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover)
Pasadena, CA

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Systems Integration Test Engineer
Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations
Integration and testing of in-house developed components, assemblies, and systems of government and commercial satellite programs
Newtown, PA

Mechanical Engineer
Antenna Mechanical Design
Design, systems and project engineering of Global Positioning III Satellite Program
Newtown, PA

Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services

College Student Tech Specialist
Internal Research and Development
Development of Enterprise Mission Analysis Framework
King of Prussia, PA

United Technologies Pratt & Whitney