Engineer Engineering

Drew Ryan Jones

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OBJECTIVE

An entry level engineering position, in the space research or industry sectors, to best utilize my skills in GN&C,

mission design, systems engineering, and/or trajectory design and optimization.

Key Interests: Orbit determination, spacecraft trajectory optimization, GN&C, and mission conceptual design.

EDUCATION

PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Orbital Mechanics Focus, May 2013, In Progress, The University of Texas at

Austin, Advisor: Dr. Cesar Ocampo

Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, May 2010, 3.86 GPA, The University of Texas at Austin.

Bachelors of Science in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, May 2008, 3.47 GPA, Arizona State University.

Graduate Level Technical Coursework: Advanced Dynamics, Numerical Methods in Optimization, Optimal

Spacecraft Trajectories, Celestial Mechanics, Optimal Control Theory, Statistical Estimation Theory, Satellite

Geodesy, Design Automation and Optimization, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, and Orbit Determination.

Orbital Mechanics Software Experience: Copernicus, GMAT, STK/Astrogator, SGP4 and TLE Propagation, and

a variety of commercially available optimization and targeting routines including VF13, SNOPT, and DIDO.

Programming and OS Fluency: Linux, PC, Apple, MATLAB/Simulink, FORTRAN, C++, Basic, Labview,

MuPAD, LaTeX, Graphical Analysis, Maple, PDM data management, and the Microsoft Office Suite.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Department of Defense NDSEG Graduate Research Fellowship (2010-Current): Funded dissertation research

to satisfy the requirements for PhD, involving design and optimal maneuvering of Coulomb formations.

Research Assistant (2009-2010): Worked with Dr. Cesar Ocampo on a NASA/JSC grant to develop Copernicus

algorithm support, and stand-alone methods, for targeting anytime fuel optimal Moon-to-Earth trajectories.

Teaching Assistant (2008-2010): Weekly lecture to 40+ students, courses included: Statics, Flight Controls, and

Spacecraft Dynamics, Systems University of Texas at Austin.

Applied Physics Laboratory Advanced Concepts Project (2009): Mission designer within a multi-disciplinary

group charged with developing a pre-proposal feasibility study for a Uranus orbiter mission.

Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (2008), Funded with $3000/semester for self-developed research

project entitled Space Telescope Pointing System Diagnostics under Actuator Failure .

o FURI program Symposium presenter, Tempe, AZ, April 2008.

o AIAA Region VI Student Conference presenter and publication in conference proceedings.

Arizona State University MIMIC Project (2003-2005), Member of engineering team that was competing to send

a Martian satellite aboard NASA s 2009 Telesat Orbiter.

Research interests: Dynamical analysis and optimal reconfigurations of Coulomb formations, spacecraft formation

flight, multi-body gravity trajectory design mixed-integer and branching techniques for optimal space

trajectories, low-thrust trajectory optimization, adaptive control methods, and multi-body tour design tools.

Professional Website: webspace.utexas.edu/~dj5559/

Detailed Portfolio and References Available Upon Request

WORK EXPERIENCE

NASA internship at the Applied Physics Lab, Laurel MD, May 2009-August 2009.

o Radiation Storm Belt Probes (RBSP) Guidance and Control team engineer.

o Developed and tested spacecraft dynamical models and estimation tools. Assisted in program documentation

tasks and system test development.

Subcontract software engineer assigned to Honeywell Aerospace, Glendale AZ, May 2008-August 2008.

o Boeing 787 flight control system engineer.

o Responsibilities included overseeing software test procedures performed in the United States, India, and Russia.

Test Engineer Internship, Honeywell Aerospace, Tempe AZ, May 2005-May 2007.

o Airframe valve group with various program experience including JSF and Airbus A-380.

o Produced test procedures, reports, and change requests. Evaluated engineering drawings, MIL specifications,

and customer requirements. Involved aircraft hardware lab test experience.

Subsystem Lead (Structures), NASA Space Grant, Tempe AZ, May 2006-May 2007.

o High Altitude Balloon Project entitled ASCEND.

o Performed analytical structural analyses, and initiated structural integrity tests.

o Developed (in addition to program requirements) a ground control tracking system.

JOURNAL AND CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

Jones, D.R. and Ocampo, C., Optimization of Impulsive Trajectories between a Circular Orbit and a Hyperbolic

Asymptote, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 35, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2012, pp. 234-244.

Jones, D.R. and Schaub, H., "Optimal Reconfigurations of Two-Craft Coulomb Formations along Manifolds, Acta

Astronautica, AA-4588, Accepted for Publication.

Jones, D.R. and Schaub, H., Collinear Three-Craft Coulomb Formation Stability Analysis and Control, Journal of

Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Submitted for Publication.

Jones, D.R. and Schaub, H., Periodic Dynamic Two-Craft Coulomb Formations, Submitted for Publication.

Jones, D.R. and Schaub, H., Collinear Three-Craft Coulomb Formation Stability Analysis and Control, AIAA/AAS

Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Minneapolis, MN, August 2012.

Jones, D.R., Optimal Reconfigurations of Coulomb Formations along Invariant Manifolds, AAS Space Flight

Mechanics Meeting, Charleston, SC, Jan.-Feb. 2012.

Jones, D.R. and Ocampo, C., Optimal Impulsive Escape Trajectories from a Circular Orbit to a Hyperbolic Excess

Velocity Vector, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 2010.

HONORS, AWARDS, AND MEMBERSHIPS

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG), tuition and $30,000 yearly stipend for 3

years, awarded by the Department of Defense and the American Society for Engineering Education, 2010-Present.

Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas, 2008-2010.

Fulton Undergraduate Research Fellow Award, Arizona State University, 2007-2008.

Arizona State University s Provost Scholarship and the Howard and Dot Worth Private Scholarship, 2003-2008.

Membership in AIAA, ASME, and the International Astronautical Federation.

PERSONAL

Volunteer research mentor for a participant in the Women in Engineering GLUE program, Spring 2012.

Performed community service instructing underprivileged children in rocket science and model construction.

Amateur Astronomer, and Singer-Songwriter musician with 10+ years live performance and recording experience.

Cultured individual with extensive travel within: Russia, The United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey,

The Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, and Mexico.

Professional Website: webspace.utexas.edu/~dj5559/

Detailed Portfolio and References Available Upon Request

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