Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Mechanical Design Intern

Summer 2011 (June 2011 – August 2011)

  • Conducted trade studies on propellant and pressurant system components
  • Modeled and drafted engineering drawings for 25 lapping tools for engine sealing surfaces
  • Drew a detailed J-16 size engineering drawing in Pro/E for a source controlled thruster valve

Summer 2010 (May 2010 – August 2010)

  • Modeled vehicle components, assembly tools, and shop aids in Pro/E
  • Tracked drawing metrics and optimized method to monitor progress with Excel
  • Used geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to edit, create, and publish 35 engineering drawings

The video below shows a device similar to what I worked on. 


US Missile Defense Agency video of the 2 December 2008 free-flight hover test of Lockheed Martin's Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV-L). The MKV is designed to allow a single interceptor to destroy a ballistic missile equipped with multiple warheads or countermeasures.