Intern at Motiv Space Systems
Summer 2017 and 2018
Testing harmonic drive under simulated Martian conditions
Mars 2020 Robotic Arm Intern
Mars 2020 (now Mars Perseverance) is a NASA JPL mars rover that is part of the search for extraterrestrial life and planetary exploration. As an intern I joined the Mars 2020 Robotic Arm engineering team, and participated in various aspects of design, integration, and test.
stow/unstow life test
I was given full responsibility for the test design, SolidWorks CAD, EGSE design, test execution, data analysis, reporting, and presentation for the stow/unstow launch lock components on the JPL Mars 2020 robotic arm. The test was successful, and the RA met JPL requirements.
Additional projects
I assisted in integration and cleanroom safe-to-mate checkout for the robotic arm (RA) EM and conducted thermal testing of flight hardware. I tested and analyzed the azimuth/elevation harmonic drive for RA under a wide range of thermal and torsional loads. I also programmed and set up an LN2 thermal chamber.
My parallel beam flexure simulates stiffness of the robotic arm in two directions. All flexures came in within +/- 5% of design stiffness.