Teaching

Time spent in the classroom is valuable. It should be engaging and exciting, motivating and challenging. I ensure every student has the support they need to perform at their best.

Senior/Master Level Courses

MAE 4730/5730

Intermediate Dynamics

Multi-degree-of-freedom systems of rigid-bodies. 2D and 3D cases. Introduction to Lagrangian Mechanics. Simulations in Matlab

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MAE 4540/5540

Propulsion of Spacecraft

Working principles and performance metrics for chemical and electric propulsion devices. Includes ion engines, HETs and electrosprays.

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MAE 4060/5065

Intro to Spaceflight Mechanics

Orbital elements, types and uses. Kepler's equations, interplanetary trajectories. Spacecraft stability and essential ADCS principles.

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MAE 4070/5070

Dynamics of Flight Vehicles

Stability and control of fixed wing aircraft. Derivation of governing equations for different control surfaces. Analysis of flight modes.

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Undergraduate Courses

ENGRD 2020

Statics and Mechanics of Solids

Methods for analyzing deformable structures in equilibrium. Includes free-body diagrams, deflection, forces, moments, stress and strain.

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MAE 2030

Dynamics

Newtonian dynamics of particles, rigid bodies, mechanisms and SHOs. Impulse, momentum, angular momentum, work and energy.

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MATH 2930

Differential Equations

Introduction to ordinary and partial differential equations. From simple cases, to Fourier series, heat equation and wave equation.

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SmallSat Mission
Design School

SMDS is a summer program aimed at graduate students and postdocs where they work in a team to design a spacecraft ready to handle a real-world science mission. I created this program with colleagues at Cornell in 2021.

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Teaching

Senior/Master Level Courses

Undergraduate Courses

SmallSat Mission Design School

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SmallSat Mission
Design School