A decade of unmanned-systems work — from research flight test to field campaigns in the Arctic to next-generation drone development.
Current · KAZE Drones
UAS Systems Engineer — KAZE Drones
Developing interceptor and strike drone solutions as a systems engineer —
working across airframe, integration, and test to turn capability requirements
into flyable, mission-ready platforms.
Systems engineeringInterceptor UASStrike UASIntegration & test
Design · Flight Test
Kestrel — subscale concept aircraft
Designed and built the Kestrel, a subscale prototype of a concept business
aircraft — taking a clean-sheet design from CAD all the way to a finished,
flyable testbed.
See the build →
Aircraft designPrototypingFabrication
RIAS · UND
Autonomous Systems Operator — RIAS
Several years at the Research Institute for Autonomous Systems supporting a wide
range of research: agricultural surveying, NASA UTM, target-aircraft builds, and
counter-UAS test & evaluation for federal partners.
Agricultural surveyNASA UTMTarget aircraftCounter-UAS T&E
Flagship · Arctic Field Campaign
Alaska — Arctic infrastructure & permafrost study
The largest project of my time at RIAS: a multi-year field campaign in Alaska for
a joint arctic infrastructure and permafrost study supporting the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers. We surveyed the Nome / Teller region and the full lengths of the
Steese and Dalton Highways — flying at the peak of winter in January and again in
summer.
Aircraft: DJI M600 · Inspired Flight IF1200A · Parrot ANAFI USA.
Payloads: electro-optical, infrared, thermal, multispectral,
3D LiDAR, and ground-penetrating radar.
Multi-year campaignExtreme-cold opsLiDAR & GPRUSACE
