Sagar Kc

Experience

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  The University of Texas at Arlington

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Research Associate

  Worked with Dr. Miguel Amaya in developing the surface for maximum heat transfer via micro bubbles generated from heated surface.

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  US Army

  Jun 2014 - Oct 2017

  • Efficiently used Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat to author, review and manage company policies, and personnel reports without any issue.• Worked with support staff in a customer facing setting to manage Human Resources responsibilities for 141 soldiers, and regularly practiced problem solving and professional communication with minimal supervision. • Conducted numerous trainings in person to customers, on proper application of the products, and technical procedures.• Maintained accountability of sensitive equipment and weapons worth approximately $5.7M with zero loss of property. • Successfully graduated US Army Basic Leader Course within the top 20% of the class. -Demonstrated superior leadership skills and technical proficiency resulting in beingpromoted to Sergeant.-Supervised and led up to six soldiers during garrison and field environmentmaintaining complete readiness of the team at all times.-Mentored the soldiers for communication and technical proficiency winning the“Soldier of the Month” competition among 600+ soldiers.

  • Training Room Supervisor

    Aug 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Armorer

    Jun 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Team Leader

    Jun 2014 - Aug 2016
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  US Army Corps of Engineers

  Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

  Planning Engineer

  • Participated in plan formulation, involving inventory, forecast, and analysis of water and related land resources conditions within the planning area relevant to the identified problem and opportunities. • Coordinated the preparation of appraisal, survey review, feasibility and special reports on flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and other civil works projects.• Conferred with technical elements on the basic data needed for analytical models (hydrologic, hydraulic, economic, etc.) used in the planning of Civil Works projects.• Conferred and negotiated with representatives of other Federal, State and local agencies relative to plan formulation, exchange of information, assistance and cooperation.• Prepared Government cost estimates that establish funding requirements and serve as a basis for negotiating Planning Service contracts. Show less

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  NASA Langley Research Center

  Aug 2018 - now

  Aerospace Engineer

  • Served as the Detect and Avoid (DAA) Subject Matter Expert for NASA Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign Project providing expertise and guidance on simulations and flight test activities for next five years.• Served as Principal Investigator for Sensor Uncertainty Mitigation project under the national umbrella project of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in National Airspace System (UAS-NAS).• Worked on a team environment to develop traffic alerting scheme for UAS to allow routine UAS access in the National Airspace. Managed both human-in-the-loop experiments as well as fast-time batch simulation studies to collect necessary data for analysis.• Worked in Air Traffic Management-Exploration (ATM-X) project, contributing towards human factors analysis, system architecture development and other aspects including development of Traffic Aware Strategic Aircrew Requests TASAR software.• Participated in the preparation of test bed for NASA’s Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting (MMIP) Challenge.• Served as a technical reviewer and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for multiple SBIR projects.• Participated in research projects from initial concept phase to final report publication while ensuring the project stays aligned with overall interests of NASA, and other stakeholders. • Prepared detailed test plans, reports and documentation in compliance with FAA as well as other partners in aerospace industry.• Employed technical tools such as Matlab, JMP, SPSS etc. on a daily basis to efficiently process collected data and provided recommendations based on data analysis.• Participated in numerous technical presentations and interacted with key players in aviation industry. Show less