Stanford University, Stanford, California
M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics expected December 2009. GPA: 4.00/4.00.
Rice University, Houston, Texas
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude, May 2008. GPA: 3.89/4.00.
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
Exchange in the Mechanical Engineering program, fall 2006. Equivalent GPA: 3.88/4.00.
Texas Tech University, Houston, Texas
Twelve hours of math courses from August 2002 to May 2004. GPA: 4.00/4.00.
Intern | NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division, NASA Ames Research Center
June 2008 — August 2008 / Mountain View, California
Developed and employed benchmark cases and regression testing tools for the Cart3D CFD package. Implemented improvements in geometry processing in the Cart3D code.
Research Assistant | Rice University Department of Computer Science
September 2007 — May 2008 / Houston, Texas
Created and analyzed dynamic mechanical system models for mechanical system analysis software under development.
Undergraduate Student Research Program Intern | NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
June 2007 — August 2007 / Edwards, California
Performed systems engineering functions in preparation for flight tests of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy aircraft, such as modeling a control system in MATLAB, debugging controller software for this system, and creating test and software installation procedures.
Intern | KHS AG
June 2006 — August 2006 / Dortmund, Germany
Collected and processed dimensional data, redesigned bottle labeling machine components via CAD, digitized palette transportation system layouts, and translated between German and English.
Certifications
C-TECH Networking Cabling Specialist, Cisco Certified Networking Associate, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+
Computer Skills
Adobe Audition, Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, and Premiere; C/C++; JavaScript; Linux/Unix; MATLAB; Microsoft Excel, FrontPage, PowerPoint, and Word; OrCAD; PHP; Pro/ENGINEER; SolidWorks; VHDL; (X)HTML/CSS
Language Skills
Conversational German