Mingping Zheng

Experience

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  Kentucky Re-Entry Universal Payload System (KRUPs)

  Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  * Designed, built, and tested a parachute release device for the re-entry capsule* Assisted with Sounding Rocket Campaign at NASA Wallops in March 2018* Created drawing for ejection mechanism on re-entry capsule

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  Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Lab

  Jan 2018 - May 2019

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  * Developed and manufactured mounts for UAV using CAD + 3D Printing* Built and tested the Unmanned Aircraft; Researched in Real Time Kinematic system for drone* Worked full time in summer 2018, part time during semester

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  Pi Tau Sigma - Kentucky Alpha Chapter

  Jan 2018 - May 2019

  President

  * Managed monthly meetings and networking events

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  Tau Beta Pi - KY Alpha Chapter

  Jan 2018 - May 2019

  Tutor

  Part time job to provide engineering courses tutoring for UK students.

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  University of Kentucky

  Aug 2018 - May 2019

  Independent Researcher

  * Computational model for radiation heat transfer on fibrous material during re-entry* Currently working on update the conductivity code to account the effect of air in radiation heat transfer process

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  AIAA

  Aug 2018 - May 2019

  President for UK Student Branch

  * Built and tested the UAV; Coordinated guest speakers; Organized outreach events

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  NASA Langley Research Center

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  NASA Academy Research Associate

  * Conducted subsonic wind tunnel testing and analysis for Hercules vehicle* Hercules is a single stage Mars and Lunar lander currently being developed by NASA* Performed CFD studies using FUN3D to extend analysis beyond wind tunnel data* Heavily involved in model design & manufacturing, stress analysis, CFD, data post processing, etc.

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  University of Kentucky

  Jan 2020 - May 2020

  Teaching Assistant

  * Teaching Assistant (TA) for Finite Element Methods (FEM) course