Skip to content

Home

Jump to bottom
benhalley edited this page Aug 16, 2018 · 1 revision

Welcome to the Portfolio wiki!

First entry towards my Portfolio: Resume

Academic Achievement

 Iowa State University
 Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering – Cum Laude
 Minor in Leadership Studies
 Sigma Gamma Tau Aerospace Honors Fraternity

Professional Summary

Make:2:Innovate

CySAT Payload Team Lead: 01/2017 – 08/2018

  • Responsible for the design of a 3U CubeSat’s payload capable of reading soil moisture levels of the earth’s surface using a software defined radio based radiometer.
    • This included overseeing the entire process from designing the satellite to multiple testing procedures, fabricating, and validating the 3U CubeSat
  • Served as Team Lead along with two talented engineering students to create a functioning payload system, including an antenna using SolidWorks, circuit boards and RF front end using KiCad, and software in a Linux environment using Python.
  • Responsible for testing the system using oscilloscopes, DMM’s, spectrum analyzers
  • Using my leadership skills I was able to keep the project on schedule by prioritization and managing the team’s schedules.
    • Working knowledge of government regulations
    • COTS product research and validation and integration of the Payload into the CubeSat as a whole.
  • Upon completion, CySat-1 will become Iowa’s first student group to launch a satellite designed and fabricated entirely by students.

Boeing Senior Design Project

Team Member: 08/2017 – 04/2018

  • Working with a geographically diverse team of 12, we created a proposal and the design of a VTOL vehicle which was presented to Boeing engineers, who judged the group’s vehicle concept and presentation skills.
    • This required utilizing trade studies, a full understanding of the customer’s requirements, market analysis, and technological research to make design decisions.
  • Create 3D models of various configurations of the concept on SolidWorks, and then import, mesh, perform aerodynamic analysis on the models using Star-CCM+.
  • Facilitated geographically diverse teamwork in a cross-disciplinary team using tools such as Google Hangouts, GroupMe, emails, and other online teamwork programs.
  • As a team we presented the design to Boeing engineers in a Product Design Review and Conceptual Design Review.
    • In both reviews. my group was judged to have the superior presentation.

Core Competencies

Leadership - MATLAB - Solidworks - STAR-CCM - KiCAD - Product Integration - MS Office - Customer Requirement Analysis

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Civil Drone Ethics and Applications using Value Function: 05/2017 – 12/2017
  • Testing Effectiveness of Team Tutors using Virtual Environment: 04/2017 – 08/2017
  • Quantifying and Coding Value-Driven Design techniques using MATLAB: 01/2015 - 05/2015

COLLEGE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Beta Sigma Psi Fraternity: 08/2014 – 05/2018

  • Fostered, encouraged, and inspired success in 8 different leadership positions including 2nd Vice President, IFC Representative, and Homecoming General Co-Chair, among others.
  • Learned valuable leadership skills such as leading large and small groups, working and succeeding with difficult people, and successfully delegating tasks

Sunday School Teacher: 09/2014 – 05/2018

Habitat For Humanity Volunteer

Clone this wiki locally