Engineer Engineering

ALEXANDER J EVANS

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science Cambridge, MA

EDUCATION

PhD in Planetary Geophysics, MS in Geobiology May 2013

GPA: 5.0/5.0

University of Michigan College of Engineering Ann Arbor, MI

B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering April 2006

Major GPA: 3.8/4.0; Overall GPA: 3.6/4.0

Persistent Earth Imager Project Satellite Constellation (PEIP) 2006

PROJECTS

Martian Core Dynamo and Surface Magnetization Review 2005

Autonomous Martian Surface Rover 2005

Human Powered Helicopter, Drive Train and Cockpit 2003

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA

EXPERIENCE

Mission Concepts - Systems Engineer November 2006-August 2007

Conducted analysis of in-situ and observational mission instruments in support of planetary science

objectives

Developed mission architectures for future Mars missions in support of scientific goals

Supported tool development to aid current and future mission concepts

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation Washington, DC

Technical Intern III, Legislative Affairs May 2006-August 2006

Assisted legislative policy and budget analysis for the aerospace industry

Conducted investigative technical research in the area of policy and budgets as it pertains

to NOAA, NASA, DOD, and other federal agency projects

Coordinated political dinners, meetings and events on behalf of the company which require

continuous interaction with both Congressional staff members as well as members of Congress

The Boeing Company Integrated Defense Systems Houston, TX

NASA Systems, Ascent GN&C Intern May 2005-August 2005

Supported development of analysis tools for evaluation/implementation of atmospheric wind effects

on filtered ascent trajectory response

Performed integrated guidance, navigation and control analysis in support of the ascent flight

phase for the Space Shuttle program

Evaluated mission designs and critical math model changes using simulation programs to

support determination of flight readiness, day of launch verification and post flight analysis

Environments: Windows Vista/XP/NT/2000/98/95, UNIX, MacOS, Linux

COMPUTER

Applications: LabView, MATLAB, STK, AutoCAD, MS Office, Visual C++, I-DEAS, FLUENT

SKILLS

Languages: C, C++, MATLAB, FORTRAN, MS Visual Basic, LaTeX

MIT Graduate Student Council, President 2011-2012

ACTIVITIES

National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS), Director 2009-2011

National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS), President & CEO 2009-2010

MIT Graduate Student Council, Legislative Action Chair 2008-2010

Sigma Gamma Tau (Aerospace Honor Society), Member 2005-Present

The Epeians (Leadership Honor Society), Member 2004-Present

Students for Exploration and Development of Space (UMSEDS), President Emeritus 2005-Present

National Association of Engineering Student Councils (NAESC), Vice President 2003-2006

University of Michigan Engineering Council (UMEC), President 2002-2006

National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS), Lifetime Achievement Award 2011

HONORS

Outstanding Student Leader, Honorable Mention 2006

Dean s List and University Honors 2003-2006

ScholarPOWER Banquet, Honoree 2002-2006

Landes Class Prize in Technical Communications 2004

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