Resume

8 Years of Experience

Education

Present
Carnegie Mellon University

PhD Candidate - Electrical Engineering

Relevant Coursework: Computer Vision, Sensors & Sensing, Computational Problem Solving, Convex Optimization, Space National Security

2019
University of California Los Angeles

Electrical Engineering

Relevant Coureswork: Computational Imaging, Computational Robotics, Deep Learning, Science Policy

2013
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Aerospace Engineering

Courses: Computational Physics, Orbital Mechanics, Materials Science, Space Systems Design, Aircraft Dynamics & Controls

2011
Morehouse College

Applied Physics

Relevant Coursework: Classical Mechanics, Vector & Tensor Analysis, Solid Mechanics, Engineering Dynamics

Experience

2017 - Present
MITRE Corporation

Level 2 Engineer

ML-based radar classification, Remote sensing emulator validation, Oversubcribed radar scheduling, ML-based cyber defense

2014 - 2017
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Assistant Staff

Lead space payload subsystem engineer, inflatable antenna prototyping, system analyst, remote sensing radar systems engineering

2012 - 2014
Plasmadynamic & Electric Propulsion Lab

Research Assistant

Fabrication & installation of plasma measurement instruments, design of choked gas sprayer for inert gas mixing study on plasma efficiency

2012, 2013
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Research Assistant

Orbital trajectory analysis for propulative CubeSat, GRACE-FO instrument accommodation, SMAP power systems engineering

Publications & Patents

  1. Watson, C., Clarke, B., Eilingsfeld, A., Fantinato, N., Hassan, B., Iliev, S., Knippschild, J., Kroller, M., Malhotra, S., Julibert, O., Muhlberg, M., Patel, K., Pfeiffer, L., Elhefny, N., Sfendla, Y., Skuppin, N., Ramirez, A., Vermeulen, A., Wagner, T., Zakzouk, A., "Arkadiko: A lunar space station mission proposal for the development of deep space exploration," AIAA SciTech Conference, 2020. [PDF]

  2. Mills, J., Fenn, A., Crowley, S., Hassan, B., Robey, F., Dufilie, P., & Hecht, M., "Space-Deployed Inflatable Dual Reflector Antenna: Design and Prototype Measurements," AIAA Utah State University Conference on Small Satellites, 2019. [PDF | PPT]

  3. Fenn, A., Mills, J., Finnell, J., Hassan, B., Crowley, S. 2019. "Inflatable Antenna and Related Methods," U.S. Application 16/355,052, Int'l Application PCT/US19/22532, filed March 15, 2019. [PDF]

  4. Price, J., Tanner, M., Krishnamoorthy, S., Chadwick, A., Dahir, A., Kumar, A., Williams, A., Thomas, C., Igbinosun, O., Nizenkov, P., Schlottke, K., Nathanson, E., Hall, S., Do, S., Kolmas, J., and Hassan, B., "A design proposal for Asaph-1: A human mission to Phobos," Journal of Space Operations, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2014. [PDF | PPT]