Engineer Project

Enmanuel Madera

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Campus Address Permanent Address

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Morgantown, WV 26506 Oceanside, NY 11572

Cell Phone: 646-***-**** Home phone: 718-***-****

Education

West Virginia University Morgantown,WV 2009-present

Pursuing a B.S in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 3.43 GPA

Expected Graduation Date: December 2013

Research/ Internship Experience

NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 2012

- Aeromechanics Branch Intern under Dr. Manikandan Ramasamy (U.S Army

Aeroflightdynamics Directorate, Aeromechanics Division). The primary goal of the project

was to develop experiments that will help measure the rotor performance by varying various

design parameters in a multi-rotor system. The tests examined the thrust, torque, and

download from the rotor. The experiments were conducted in both isolated rotor condition

and in fully installed condition (with wing and fuselage mounted). Received an

encouragement coin for this research from AMRDEC director, Eric Edwards.

NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 2011

- Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholar. Worked in the Small Unmanned Aerial

Vehicle Lab under Michael J. Logan. Investigated the effects of a Linked Swarm in a system

of UAVs. Linking the UAVs at the wing tips proved to reduce the induced drag due to the

fact that the aspect ratio increases with each additional UAV. This showed that if one were to

fly more than one UAV linked at the wing tips, one would increase the range and decrease

the power needed, compared to UAVs flying alone. The internship also consisted of

designing a simple UAV to test the theory of a linked swarm and building a prototype.

West Virginia University’s 2011 Microgravity Research Team 2011-2012

- A study on fluidized beds was conducted under Dr. John Kuhlman in order to enable their

applications to space or zero gravity environment. The purpose was to analyze the findings in

NASA’s Zero G aircraft through the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program. The

proposal titled; Electrostatically Enhanced Fluidized Bed in Microgravity, was accepted by

NASA and six of the team members were able to fly on the aircraft with the experiment.

Work Experience

WVU School of Nursing Research Dec. 2012- Apr. 2012

WVU Night Staff Nov. 2010- Aug. 2011

Airmax International Shipping and Courier Jun. 2009- Aug. 2009

Vector Marketing May 2010- May 20011

East Coast Sports Academy Sep. 2008- Jun. 2009

Extra Curricular Activities

National Society of Collegiate Scholars Spring 2010- Present

WVU chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta honor society Spring 2010- Present

WVU Boxing Club Fall 2009- Present

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fall 2009- Present

Technical Skills

Experience with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access,

Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Visual Studio. Proficiency in MATLAB. Beginner in C++.

Proficiency in SolidWorks. Experience with AutoCAD, Pro Engineer and Rhinoceros.

Fluency in English and Spanish.

References Available Upon Request.

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