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Ali G. Hassannia Aerospace Engineer
Ali G. Hassannia
EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Received May 2024
Minor in Sustainability Studies Received May 2024
- Honors College, Design Cultures & Creativity Citation Received May 2022
- Honors Program, QUEST Citation Received May 2024
HONORS, CERTIFICATIONS, & AFFILIATIONS
IC Agile Professional (ICP) Certificate, International Consortium for Agile Awarded Oct 2024
Student Pilot Certificate, Federal Aviation Administration Awarded Oct 2022 Dean’s List, A James Clark School of Engineering Office of the Dean Spring ‘21, Fall ‘22, Spring ‘23 Banneker/Key Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Maryland Office of Undergraduate Admissions Awarded Feb 2020 Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics September 2020 - Present
SKILLS
Programming: Scala, MATLAB, Python, GitHub, AWS
CAD: Siemens NX, AutoCAD
Technical: Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Suite, Oracle PLM
Languages: (exposure) Mandarin
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Engineering: Additive manufacturing, electrical test equipment, circuit diagrams, rapid prototyping
Practical: Field sampling, stakeholder management, project management, Agile, DecSecOps, Scrum
NASA RASC-AL Competition: Sustained Lunar Evolution University of Maryland (College Park, MD) & Cocoa Beach, FL
SASE (Systems) Sub-Team Lead January 2024 – June 2024
- Led a sub-team of two engineers while indirectly overseeing five other sub-teams in the development of a lunar systems architecture to support the scientific and commercial growth of the lunar market; chosen to compete
- Implemented Agile processes in the development lifecycle, ensuring timeliness and adherence to milestones
- Conduct comprehensive mass costing estimations, optimize budget allocation, spearhead In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) research, develop Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and engineering drawings
GAMERA-S Solar-Powered Helicopter Research Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center (College Park, MD)
Blade Testing Lead January 2023 – May 2024
- Lead team in testing of 22 ft. blades and analysis of data on produced lift to balance 8 total blades on quadcopter
- Perform repairs and improvements on blades’ carbon fiber structure and mylar wrapping as necessary
- Coordinate with controller and solar panel teams to preemptively document and understand steps of helicopter component assembly (tooling) for full flight-testing days, minimizing last-minute rapid prototyping solution
WORK EXPERIENCE
Accenture Federal Services for Govt. Agency Washington, DC
Business Process Development Analyst | Technical Architecture Developer October 2024 – Present
- Performed analysis on Scala applications running on EC2 and Jenkins servers to review connection settings and identify ingress/egress rules, determining TLS enablement security
- Functioned as the POC for AWS SDK dependency upgrades; responsible for addressing transitive vulnerabilities of components within repositories
- Fixed hardcoded dependency issues across 7 tower repositories to streamline component organization
- Completed GitHub pull requests, code reviews, and merges
BAE Systems York, PA (based) & College Park, MD (virtual location)
Technical Analyst January 2024 – May 2024
- Conducted analysis of manufacturing routings at nine U.S. production sites, collaborating with industrial engineers, material planners, and plant managers to document differentiating procedures in using PLM software
- Led interviews with stakeholders to identify and evaluate existing practices and bottlenecks within current BOM management processes, enhance operational efficiency and reducing Manf. Eng. learning curve by 100%
- Spearheaded digitization effort to unify and streamline manufacturing systems under a single digital thread
Federal Aviation Administration Baltimore/Washington International Airport Tower & Martin State Airport
TechOps Intern June 2023 – May 2024
- Install, maintain, operate, and repair over 2,000 pieces of aviation safety equipment contributing to the efficient function of the Mid-Atlantic National Airspace System and movement of its pilots and passengers
- Successfully completed 640 hours of system-specific training on legacy and NextGen air traffic services systems including Airport Surveillance Radar, VHF Omni-Directional Range, Instrument Landing Systems, PAPI, RVR, etc.
- Perform monthly airborne flight checks on equipment to update and adjust parameters on flight navigation systems