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Jan 2024 — Present

NASA TechRise Student Challenge

Team Lead & Proposal Author

Lead author of engineering proposal that was one of 60 nationwide to win the challenge out of 800+ teams
Lead author of engineering proposal that was one of 60 nationwide to win the challenge out of 800+ teams
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Highlights

  • Lead electrical design and component selection for NASA flight payloads
  • Evaluate power, mass, and system requirements for high-altitude balloon experiment.
  • Selected as 1 of 60 winning teams nationwide
  • Awarded $1,500 in NASA funding through the TechRise program
  • Received recognition from Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester
  • Launching experiments to 95,000 ft aboard World View balloons

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