Portfolio

A collection of technical projects, (contact me for unlinked items)

Technical Reports

• The DANDE Separation System, an Overview of the Design, Analysis and Testing Effort
  
• DANDE, System Level Testing Background Document
  
• DANDE Separation System Kinematic Mount Structural Analysis
• DANDE Primary Structural Analysis
• DANDE Separation System Mechanism Preload Analysis
• DANDE Vibration Testing Procedure
• Design and Flight Data Comparison of Aluminum and Sandwich Composite Sounding Rocket Deckplates
  

Composites and Materials

• For my work with materials I'd refer you to my thesis summary:
  
• Sounding rocket composite deckplates
  

CAD / Mechanical Drawings

• DANDE Satellite Separation System Assembly Drawing (1mb)
  
• DANDE Satellite Top Level System Assembly Drawing (4mb)
  
• SPIRIT III Sounding Rocket, Mission #41.056 - Science Payload
  

Fun Stuff

• High School Video: A news report I put together in May of 2002 to discuss the FM Cross Country Course which contained a renown "water pit". The news article discusses the events leading up to the removal of this obstacle.
• Lego Building Tips - An amateur’s technique to building realistic models
  
• A podcast talking about one of my favorite bands: Guster and a sample of their music

Coursework Final Projects

• Aerospace Structural Dynamics - System Identification and Modal Updating, 7-DOF
• Aerospace Remote Science - Earthquake Monitoring via Ionospheric Variability
  
• Aerospace Solid Mechanics - Structural Analysis of a Spherical Spacecraft Heat Shield
• Fundamentals of Vibration Physics - Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization of Mass-Spring Sheets
• Spacecraft Systems Engineering - James Webb Space Telescope System Engineering Analysis & Comparisons to the Hubble Space Telescope
• Aerospace Independent Study - Lunar Dust Mitigation Vestibule
• Space Policy - The Next NASA Administrator, FY10 and Beyond (Written in 2007)
  

Conference/Journal Papers

• See my CV for a complete list, the papers are available online