Aerospace Engineer
Project Manager
Entrepreneur
Projects
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Opus MicroEV
An innovative electric vehicle platform designed with cost and efficiency in mind.
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Prosthetic Sea Turtle Shell
A first-of-its-kind 3D Printed prosthesis for an injured sea turtle.
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NASA RASC-AL
A crewed Mars mission proposal that went to national finals.
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Rover Mini
A powerful, cost-effective ground robot utilizing the newest micromobility technology.
Press
St. Joseph Company Aims to Bring Little Electric Cars to City Streets - MPR News
A St. Joseph Company has Started to Sell its Low-Speed, Short-Range Electric Car - St. Cloud Times
Thanks to U of M, Gaseous Sea Turtle can Dive Again - Kare 11 News
RASC-AL Team Makes it to Finals - UMN
MN Cup Semifinalists Include More than 10 Companies with CSE ties - UMN
Experience
Opus Motorcar Co.
Founder, CEO
I founded an innovative vehicle startup using his scaled-up technology from the micromobility industry to power street capable MicroEVs. During my time there, I carved out a legal pathway for low speed vehicle ownership and achieved national media attention for our work.
I managed hiring, development, and marketing campaigns during my time there and was very involved in the development. I personally maintained and prepared vehicles for delivery and designed many fixtures and components for manufacturing.
Skill highlights:
Project management, communication, electronics, design, marketing, automotive engineering, Autodesk Inventor.
NASA RASC-AL Competition
Team Lead
I led a student team to national finals in a NASA design competition. We were tasked with proposing a near-future crewed Mars mission using readily available technologies. Judges cited our planetary protection policies and surface operations as particularly innovative, and I was personally awarded “Most Likely to Host a Future RASC-AL Competition” for my effective presentation skills.
As Team Lead, I set design objectives and development timelines. Using systems engineering principles, I managed a team of 7 through multiple design revisions. As well as management tasks, I was actively involved in the design process. I was responsible for determining trajectories and vehicle specs for our Martian Transfer Vehicle, as well as the design of our surface habitat.
Skill highlights:
Systems engineering, public speaking, orbital mechanics, STK, GMAT, Jira, Trello, spacecraft design, human spaceflight standards.
Rover Robotics
Lead Mechanical Engineer/Product Owner
Rover Robotics is a company developing ground robots for academic and commercial applications. I managed costdowns, production, and revisions for their existing platform, the Rover Pro, as well as design and prototyping tasks for their next generation project, the Rover Mini.
Rover being a small company, I wore many hats during my tenure there. From managing the company website to troubleshooting RMAs, I became intimately familiar with the quirks of hardware, software, and firmware in robotics. I spearheaded rapid prototyping efforts on the Mini and turned around a pre-production prototype in 2 months.
Skill highlights:
Project management, communication, robotics, ROS, rapid prototyping, injection molding, Solidworks, Onshape, networking.
Progeny Systems Corporation
Engineering Support Specialist IV
I worked with the Intelligent Systems Group to support their in-house drone platform. I balanced time between design, assembly, and operations tasks as we spun up the system for field tests. During my time there, I designed a quick-release system for the vehicle’s landing legs, reducing deployment time by a half hour per drone.
In this time I became deeply familiar with drone operation, troubleshooting, and deployment. I monitored real-time telemetry data from the ground and performed field repairs on vehicles in rugged conditions.
Skill highlights:
Drone design, ground operations, flight operations, communication, mechanical design, Pixhawk flight controllers, ardupilot, Fusion 360.