Chad Pflieger (U.S. Citizen)

Boulder, CO 469-***-**** adhpd9@r.postjobfree.com

Education

University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder)

● Pursuing B.S in Aerospace Engineering (Class of 2022)

● Minor in Communications

Experience

GTU Jet (Georgetown, Tx)- Line Service Technician May 2018 - August 2018

● Fueled prop, turbo prop, jet and rotorcraft as requested

● Greeted, parked, towed, moved and marshalled aircraft arriving or departing ramp area.

● Worked closely with all team members and airport personnel to ensure customer needs are met Hudson House (Addison, Tx)- Host May 2020 - August 2020

● Greeted and sat guests, and helped insure a positive customer experience

● Assisted wait staff and management

● Maintained restaurant cleanliness

Sounding Rocket Laboratory (Boulder, CO)- Engineer December 2018 - Current

● Exposed to lathes, mills, manufacturing motor casings

● Modeling and manufacturing an actuated valve to control propellant flow for liquid fueled engine development

Leadership

Phi Sigma Pi Honor Fraternity - Member November 2019 - Current

● Foster ideals of scholarship, leadership and fellowship

● Hold fundraising and service events throughout the school and through the community of Boulder Varsity Tennis (Heath, Tx)- Co-Captain (2013-2014) August 2012 - June 2014

● Rallied team through practices and tournaments

International Thespian Society (Heath, Tx)- Member & President November 2013 - June 2016

● Produced and performed shows for ITS festivals and the local theater community

● Held fundraising events for the theater department and Rockwall county Projects

Rotary Position Control Experiment - Dynamics (ASEN 2003) April 2020 - May 2020

● Modeled the effects of control gains on a spinning rotor in Matlab and Simulink

● Derived transfer function for the second-order control system to match Simulink data Aircraft Design Lab- Vehicle Design and Performance (ASEN 2004) January 2020 - March 2020

● Used analytical aerodynamics to successfully develop an open-ended aircraft design that achieved specific requirements

● Computationally modeled in Matlab, and physically manufactured and tested Skills

● Classes: Aircraft Dynamics, Structures, Orbital Dynamics and Attitude Control

● Coding: Proficient in Matlab, experienced in C++, and Mathematica

● Word Processing: Microsoft Applications and LaTeX

● Prototyping: Proficient in 3D printing. Exposed to Fusion 360 AutoDesk, Solidworks

● Other: Project organization, team building and leadership, quick learning, verbal and written communications

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