Jaco Xia

• Developed machinable Resistojet CAD by splitting the thruster into multiple components & adding proper sealing techniques, reducing overall costs by avoiding 3rd party manufacturers & reducing overall complexity. • Designed a small-scale Resistojet to analyze the effects of various lattice structures on heat transfer efficiency. • Formulated Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) Diamond unit cell to increase heating surface area. • Parameterized heat exchange lattice generation, enabling future lattice revisions to be quick and simple. • Programmed a Resistojet nozzle-sizing Python program & utilized nTopology to design lattice structures.

- Oversee and regulate Fusion CAD documentation and enforce CAD standards across all the propulsion projects.

• Determined required line fittings for P&ID diagram to bridge fluid components with different dash sizes.

- Coordinated over 60 kids each session to engage in all the activities by managing rotations between groups. - Developed an educational activity to engage ~600 3rd-8th grade students with Aerospace for Purdue Space Day. - Facilitated our project documentation, compiling our project successes and blockers to ensure that we are on track to present our activity, along with guiding future engineers in the AAEE team on future project goals.

- Oversaw and facilitated a healthy environment to build proper sportsmanship for K-8 students. - Provided support to teachers and cooperated with a variety of college students for professional development.

- Modeled NYC’s future electric bus growth through a model built by public datasets to understand underlying financial and ecological implications. Applicable to other cities, the model quantified the benefits of E-buses. Competed in the HiMCM (High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling). - Implemented an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) through a weighted comparison matrix to determine if a household should own a pet, and ultimately how pet ownership is projected to grow in the next couple of years. Competed in the IMMC (International Mathematical Modeling Challenge). - HiMCM Meritorious Award

- Collaborated with peers to plan out decisions for designing rockets in the American Rocketry Challenge. - Researched a variety of methods to increase flight time while keeping maximum altitude constant

- Streamlined the robot design and CAD process, enabling a 3-week head start for the programming team. - Revamped the team's design methodology to a top-down approach, accelerating our workflow. - Led Summer offseason projects, documenting our new design methodologies to streamline future workflows. - Accelerated the team's learning by leading a summer training program which engaged over 30 students, enabling the implementation of new design methodologies.

- Led two mechanism groups and designed mechanisms that went onto the competition robots. - Coordinated efforts for the development of a new robot during the summer to bolster design skills.

- Manufactured components primarily using the Lathe to hasten production of the competition robot - Collaborated with peers to make decisions for the development and design for the robot

- Facilitated robot documentation for awards presentations and future member reference - Coordinated research efforts in new robot mechanisms through CAD projects

- Engaged Chinese-speaking students from 1st to 7th grade with visual and written activities to learn English. - Built proper sportsmanship within an academic environment, instructing students valuable life-skills.

- Communicated with Teachers to ensure students are learning in a healthy and supportive environment - Led and managed kids on trips, promoting lessons of safety and sportsmanship