Nicholas Siodlarz, EIT

Experience

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  The Music and Dance Suite

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2020

  Private Piano Instructor

  Responsible for preparing lesson plans for students aged 6 - 13, along with providing private instruction for 30 minutes a week for each student. Responsible for transitioning students into an online format during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with developing novel teaching styles over a virtual format.

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  Texas A&M University AggieSat Laboratory

  Feb 2021 - May 2021

  Rover Thermal, Mechanics, and Structures Specialist for AggieSat Perseus

  Responsible for researching, designing, and simulating a rover used as part of an end-to-end Martian sample return mission. Specifically, this involved providing CAD models of the rover design, along with developing numerical models of the rover. Personally developed a machine learning-based Python program used to model heat transfer across the rover body at varying times of the day, in addition to providing novel methods of sample collection and containment.

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  Texas A&M University AggieSat Laboratory

  Sept 2021 - Jun 2023

  Designed a CAD model for an aerobraking, interplanetary probe using SolidWorks for entrance into the 2023 CanSat competition. Performed finite element analysis and flow simulations (CFD) on the model. Responsible for leading a specialized, interdisciplinary group of undergraduate and graduate engineering students in developing a design for an autonomous lunar rover.

  • CanSat Mechanics Engineer

    Nov 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Electric Power Systems Lead - AggieSat ALARM

    Sept 2021 - Oct 2022
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  Texas A&M University

  Oct 2021 - May 2022

  Aero-Optics Undergraduate Student Technician - Laser Diagnostics and Plasma Devices Laboratory

  Worked under the mentorship of a graduate student and professor. Responsible for measuring and modeling the effect of heat-induced turbulence on the wavefront measurements of lasers. Hands-on experience in aligning and collimating laser beams with various lens arrays, sensors, and general optical equipment. Intensive study and experience in Schlieren imaging, Shack-Hartmann sensors, Zernike polynomials, modal decomposition/reconstruction, and numerical simulation for optical wave propagation.

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  Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory

  Aug 2022 - now

  Undergraduate Researcher

  Texas A&M's Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory's focus is to develop algorithms to design next-generation autonomous systems operating in uncertain environments. Currently leading a project to apply dynamical systems theory and nonlinear dynamics to the stability of various neural network architectures.Applied Lyapunov stability criteria to the attracting sets gathered from a given neural network to determine asymptotic characteristics. With the Undergraduate Research Scholars program at Texas A&M University, this research will result in a published thesis in April 2023. Presented findings orally to a panel of industry experts, professors, and peers at a university symposium. Show less

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  TAMU LAUNCH

  Oct 2022 - now

  Undergraduate Research Scholar

  A two-semester long program culminating in an undergraduate producing a thesis to be published by Texas A&M University, as well as give an oral presentation about the thesis. The thesis I am currently working on is related to my research with the Intelligent Systems Laboratory, in modeling and mitigating the propagation of error through neural networks using stochastic algorithms, computational graphs, and dynamical systems.

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  AggieSat Laboratory at Texas A&M University

  Sept 2023 - now

  Engineered a terminal-based application in Python to record and display live telemetry from a mock planetary probe, resulting in 2.5 min of clean flight data being collected during launch operations. Developed an autonomous, robust flight software capable of ground communication using C++ and Platform IO IDE, which led to successful probe software performance during flight. Regularly updated and briefed subsystem and system leads on progress, ensuring successful vertical and horizontal communication among the team. Show less

  • SOLACE Chief Engineer

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Flight Software and Ground Station Engineer

    Sept 2023 - Jun 2024