Taking C3M Outside: Commanding and Downlinking Thermal Data with F Prime
An outdoor field test of the NASA EPSCoR C3M CubeSat using F Prime GDS to command a thermal capture and reconstruct the payload over the radio link.
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Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory 🛰️
CubeSat Satellite Software Engineer Intern · Mar 2025 - Present
I develop embedded C/C++ and Python flight software across two CubeSat missions, working with spacecraft hardware, payloads, radios, and NASA’s F Prime framework.
- C3M — NASA EPSCoR climate-monitoring CubeSat.
- Neutron-2 — DoD AFRL University Nanosatellite Program mission studying neutron and gamma-ray flux in low Earth orbit.
My main software-engineering case study is the shared F Prime refactor for C3M and Neutron-2, including the real C3M thermal-payload pipeline.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 🧑🏽💻
B.S. Computer Engineering · Targeting May 2027
AFROTC Detachment 175 · Space Force select
I’m preparing to commission into the U.S. Space Force in 2027 while finishing my second bachelor’s degree.
When I’m not studying or hustling, I’m usually surfing, tending to my bonsai tree, or trying to improve my time management and fitness. I love learning, building things, and finding ways to make a difference in the world!
Projects
AFROTC Warrior Knowledge Chatbot
Archived project—the live DigitalOcean service is offline. I built a full-stack GPT-4o-mini chatbot that generated Detachment 175 Warrior Knowledge questions with session history and rate limiting. Read the project write-up or inspect the source on GitHub.
US Passport 4x6 Photo Template Tool
A private, zero-dependency browser tool that converts a cropped passport photo into an inexpensive 4x6 print layout. Try it live or read the project write-up.
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Prior
Prometheus Group
Feb 2022 - December 2022
Mobile Software Engineer - Mobility Team
Developed iOS, Android, and Windows mobile apps that lets people use SAP ERP systems in the field, offline or online!
June 2021 - Feb 2022
Quality Assurance Engineer - Mobility Team
NC State University
2017-2021
B.S. Business Administration Information Technology with a Computer Science Minor
Prometheus Group
Summer 2020
Quality Assurance Engineer Intern
NCSU OIT
2019-2020
Network Operations Intern
NCSU OIT
2019-2020
Information Security Intern
NCSU WellRec
2018-2019
Marketing Photographer/Videographer