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Grigory Heaton

Grigory Heaton

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Physics graduate student at Caltech

  • Education

    • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

      2015 - 2019
      Aerospace Engineering (BS) and Physics (BA) Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 3.8 GPA

    • Caltech

      2019 - 2024
      Master of Science - MS Physics

      PhD Candidate, Observational Cosmology. I work on the CIBER2 suborbital space telescope to study the cosmic near-infrared background light.

  • Experience

    • PolySat

      Nov 2015 - Jun 2019

      Project manager for the Ionospheric Scintillation Explorer (ISX) Cubesat Mission, a small spacecraft developed to explore the upper ionosphere, funded by the National Science Foundation as a collaboration between Cal Poly and SRI International. Developed a complete passive magnetic attitude control system for the ISX mission.Conducted radiation analysis and designed radiation shielding for the Aerodynamic Deorbit Experiment (ADE) CubeSat mission. Developed simulations using MATLAB to model orbital perturbations, spacecraft rotational dynamics, magnetic radiation shielding, and spacecraft power budgets.Conducted research on various spacecraft systems and environments while developing missions, including radiation mitigation/shielding in the Van Allen belts, magnetic spacecraft attitude control, and orbital mechanics.Assembled and tested various Cubesat components, including magnetometers and magnetic torque coils.Completed the full assembly of an engineering test unit for an upcoming Cubesat mission. Show less

      • Lead Aerospace Engineer

        Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

      • ISX Mission Manager

        May 2017 - Jun 2019

      • Aerospace Engineer

        Nov 2015 - Jun 2019

    • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

      Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

      Tutored college students in introductory physics material (classical mechanics, electromagnetism, wave properties). Modelling charge transfer and thermoelectric properties for layered doped semiconductor junctions using MATLAB and Python 3.

      • Physics Tutor

        Jan 2018 - Apr 2019

      • Research Assistant

        Apr 2018 - Sept 2018

    • SpaceX

      Jun 2019 - Sept 2019
      Associate Engineer Intern - Electromagnetic Effects

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • General Class Amateur Radio License

      FCC