I am a graduate student in the School of Aeronautics & Astronautics at Purdue University, having earned my Bachelor's degree from Michigan Technological University in Materials Science & Engineering. My industry experience has been through internships at NASA Langley Research Center, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, and the Skunk Works. My academic experience has been enriched by successfully publishing in technical journals and speaking at local, national and international conferences. For my own interest, I have also pursued research in artificial gravity design since 2015 alongside collaborators at NASA and Berkeley National Laboratory.