Engineer High School

MICHAL DRAPINSKI, B. Eng Aerospace Engineer

**** ***** **** ****, *** 1202 – Toronto, Ontario – M9P 3A6

Tel. 416-***-**** / 647-***-**** Email: ****************@*******.***

Work Experience

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) January, 2009 – present Intermediate Mission Systems Engineer

Current responsibilities:

• Responsible for organization, planning, setup and execution of end-to-end (ETE) testing of safety critical software used by robotic systems on the International Space Station.

• Analyzing and interpreting test results and providing feedback on test setup/criteria.

• Preparing technical reports and editing test plans to demonstrate compliance with test plan criteria.

• Performing kinematic/dynamic simulations/analysis of CANADARM2 and Dexterous, two-armed robotic system behavior using in-house simulation software in a LINUX environment.

• Led and managed the ETE team in testing during superior's absence to deliver product on time.

Previous responsibilities:

• Developed algorithm for determining stiffer CANADARM2 configurations which helped determine possible worst case stress loading scenarios during payload berthing missions.

• Modified existing mathematical thermal models of space flight hardware for thermal simulations in SINDA and Thermal Desktop.

• Performed thermal simulations specific to mission to ensure thermal limit compliance of all monitored units.

• Created installation and maintenance procedures for an upgrade component that was added to enhance the stowage capability of the Space Station’s Dexterous, two-armed robotic system.

Sharpen Up Math

Tutor September, 2007 – April, 2009

• Tutored high school and college students in mathematics and science.

Ryerson University – Space Systems Dynamics and Control Group

Researcher/Designer May, 2006 – August, 2008

• Preformed research work on simple satellite control laws for Professor K. D. Kumar.

• Designed a tethered balloon launch platform to launch three fetmo satellites in sequence built in Professor Kumar’s satellite controls course.

Volunteer Experience

Toronto Aerospace Museum

Volunteer May 1st, 2006 – present

• Part of a team restoring the Lancaster WWII bomber.

• Removing and cataloging damaged parts.

• Removing corrosion from aircraft structure and components.

• Swapping damaged parts with new ones.

Education

Ryerson University, Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering

• Completed post-graduate courses in the following topics :

- modeling and control of robotics manipulators

- computational dynamics

- advanced control systems

Siemens

• Introduction to NX Space System Thermal Simulator (Course sponsored by MDA)

C&R Technologies

• Introduction to SINDA and Thermal Desktop (Course sponsored by MDA)

MDA (in-house courses)

• Controls For Systems

• Thermal Environment Design and Testing

• Introduction to SPOTS (Space Station Operations and Training Simulator)

• CANADARM2 kinematics

Awards/Certifications

• Ryerson University - Academic scholarship

• Standard First Aid with CPR “C”

• National Life Saving Award

• ITAR - 2 Clearance

• Canadian Secret Level 2 Clearance

Engineer Skills

• CATIA - V5R20

• AutoCAD – 2009

• MatLab/Simulink - performed kinematic and dynamic simulations required for analysis of CANADARM2 and Dexterous two-armed robotic manipulators

• Basic C language

• Basic JAVA language

• Basic PYTHON language

• Maple

• SPOTS - Space Station Operations and Training Simulator (in-house dynamic simulation software)

• Thermal Desktop

• SINDA

• NX Space System Thermal Simulator

• Microsoft Office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Microsoft Visio

• Working in a LINUX environment

• Software testing

• Problem solving

• Data analysis

• Team management

• Leadership

• Organizational

• Polish - fluent

References Available Upon Request

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