Pierce Elliott

Experience

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  Spectra Jet, Inc.

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2020

  Assistant to Maintenance Manager

  Worked in the summer of 2019 and 2020- Aided in inspection and repair of multiple Learjet series aircraft

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  University of Cincinnati Rocketry Club

  Aug 2020 - now

  - Developing a program for designing and building high powered motors for use with the UC Rocketry club - Active team member of high-powered rocket design team with an altitude goal of 10,000 ft.- Collaborated with members to design and manufacture 70+ in. tall rocket- Developed and 3D-printed custom camera housing and avionics bay

  • Experimental Propulsion Chair

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Core Team Member - Level 2 Project Rocket

    Aug 2020 - Apr 2023
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  University of Cincinnati - College of Engineering and Applied Science

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Undergraduate Research Assistant - Protégé Program

  Summer 2021 Assisted in research involving the study of liquid fuel atomization and combustion instabilities- Developed MATLAB programs to analyze time resolved high-speed images- Aided in experimental set up, which utilizes high speed imaging and laser induced fluorescence techniques- Utilized PDPA (phase Doppler particle anemometry) to quantify flow field particle size and velocity- Performed image analysis using SPOD (spectral proper orthogonal decomposition) in MATLAB- Designed and fabricated transparent acrylic injector for internal flow visualizationCoauthored two liquid jet in crossflow (LJICF) papers and presented at SciTech 2022Presented research on liquid jet structures at the Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (March 2022) Show less

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  Rhinestahl Advanced Manufacturing Group

  Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  TPM/AMG Supply Chain Co-op

  The first half of the co-op was spent working as a TPM (Technical Program Manager) co-op, and the second half of the co-op was spent working as an AMG Supply Chain co-op. This was a unique opportunity, as the supply chain initiative was a brand new three-person department that I was chosen to be a part of.TPM Co-op:- Maintained project schedules to ensure on-time delivery- Presented updates to customers on weekly calls- Requested quotes from suppliers for component machiningAMG Supply Chain Co-op:- Developed and created systems that improved the efficiency of the new department. This included excel spreadsheets coded in VBA for automation purposes, the utilization of power query in conjunction with VBA to analyze data from an ERP system (Epicor 10), and the use of VBScript for automating simple tasks.- Created and prepared quotations to be submitting to customers- Supported supplier validation and onboarding Show less

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  University of Cincinnati - College of Engineering and Applied Science

  Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

  Undergraduate Researcher

  U.C. Non-Destructive Evaluation Laboratory- Designed and tested a high-temperature Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT)- Designed and sourced a test fixture for short-term and long-term loss testing on magnets- Developed a control application for running and programming lab furnaces using Matlab- Developed a control application and alignment housing for precision magnetic field measurement using a teslameter and LabVIEW

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  University of Cincinnati - College of Engineering and Applied Science

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Undergraduate Researcher

  U.C. Non-Destructive Evaluation Laboratory- Refined previous designs for a high-temperature EMAT to improve survivability at repeated high-temperature thermal cycles- Developed control application for running dual oscilloscopes, for purposes of burst signaling in conjunction with a gated amplifier setup

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  Relativity Space

  Jan 2024 - now

  Test Operations Intern