Experience
Work Experience
Supernal - Hyundai Motor Company Affiliate ― Airframe Designer Current Position since October 2021
Supernal (Su·per·nal) is a U.S.-based smart mobility service provider on a mission to redefine how people move, connect, and live. We are developing an Advanced Air Mobility eVTOL vehicle and working to responsibly co-create the supporting ecosystem and integrate it into existing transit options. As part of Hyundai Motor Group, we are both a new business and an established company, with plans to harness our automotive manufacturing heritage to make Advanced Air Mobility accessible to the masses.
As an Airframe Designer, I work collaboratively with the stress, manufacturing, mass properties, and flight sciences teams (among others) to design a lightweight airframe that can be produced at high rates. I have the opportunity to work on a wide-range of tasks; including modeling in 3DExperience CATIA,
I joined the team near the beginning of the design process for a clean sheet aircraft, so I have directly contributed to the layout of the primary structure and design of joints. This is a rare opportunity for an aerospace engineer, particularly at this stage of my career. I'm excited to continue working with my amazing team as we mature our design and progress through the design process.
Purdue System-of-Systems Lab ― Research Assistant May 2020 – June 2021
I joined the System-of-Systems lab to study Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Operations Limits under the guidance of Dr. Dan DeLaurentis, Prof. Bill Crossley, and Prof. Dengfeng Sun. I took initiative and developed my own Research Questions which culminated in writing a paper entitled, "Assessing the Suitability of Urban Air Mobility Vehicles for a Specific Aerodrome Network". The research compared UAM vehicles using economic metrics and simulated UAM passenger trips. From the comparisons, we inferred preferrable vehicle characteristics, like cruise speed and relationships between passenger capacity and vehicle weight. The paper was presented at the AIAA Aviation 2021 conference.
I am proud of this work, from coming up with the topic, building a team around me, and contributing to the literature on UAM and eVTOL vehicles. This project helped me develop as a systems thinker and as a technical writer.
ATA Engineering ― Engineering Assistant May 2017 ― May 2020 (5 sessions)
Joining a small aerospace consulting company allowed me to engage in many types of problems, as I helped tackle challenges in design, test, analysis, and business development. I collaborated with full time engineers to solve nonlinear vibration analysis on complex structures, perform ground vibration tests on aircraft, use advanced signals processing techniques to analyze stresses for a launch vehicle, among other projects. This professional experience taught me to juggle multiple projects, work with groups of all sizes, learn proper balance of when and how to ask questions, and other practical technical skills.
Education
Purdue University ― BS in Aerospace Engineering Class of 2021
Concentration in design and structures, with an emphasis on aircraft design and systems modeling.
Student Organizations
Vertical Flight Systems Purdue ― President, Structures Lead Jan 2019 ― May 2021
Vertical Flight Systems is designing, manufacturing, and flying a passenger-capable, all-electric eVTOL vehicle. In my two years on the team, I served multiple roles including Structures Team Lead and President. Not only did this develop my technical design skills by applying modeling, analysis, and project management, I learned to work on a multidisciplinary team and maintained communication between team members, faculty, industry sponsors, and the FAA. We are registering our aircraft and flying under Public Aircraft Operations.