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Nine case studies spanning spacecraft systems, flight software, structural analysis, mechanical design and controls. Filter by the discipline you are hiring for — each project links straight to the results, code or engineering artifacts behind it.

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IDProjectDomainKey resultStatusRun it
PRJ-10ORBITALIS-RPOSpacecraft GNC / RPO200-run frozen SIL campaign; 0 truth-level keep-out violationsVerified SIL Autonomy guards
PRJ-01GHOST-XControls / state estimation48.28 s hardware run; 2.451 s measured vision gapHardware + SIL Occlusion tracker
PRJ-02ASTRA-OSFlight software / V&V20/20 native tests; deterministic FDIR and regression campaignsVerified baseline Packet + FDIR
PRJ-08AeroFrame-DTStructures / CAD / FEA18/18 requirements; +0.151 margin; 5-variant attachment tradeVerified structural record e/D margin sweep
PRJ-06TAMU-SPIRIT ISS PayloadSystems engineering100% milestone compliance across four ISS-bound payloadsActive Thermal trade
PRJ-09Fixed-Wing Flight Controls SILControls / verificationRepresentative SIL; 50/50 finite seeded runsVerified software Altitude capture
PRJ-07MD-11 Aircraft CAD AssemblyMechanical design / CAD24-part SolidWorks assembly, drawing workflow and Parasolid exportCAD study Three-view
PRJ-05Interception RobotAutonomy / embedded<100 ms perception-to-actuation latencyComplete Latency budget
PRJ-03Rocket Landing GNCControls / simulationExploratory landing-controls prototypePrototype Powered descent
PRJ-10ORBITALIS-RPO spacecraft rendezvous, relative navigation, guidance, autonomy and verification architecture.
InteractiveVerified SIL baselineRPO / GNC

ORBITALIS-RPO: Spacecraft Rendezvous & Proximity Operations

Relative navigation · constrained guidance · 6-DOF · autonomy · C++20 verification

System

Software-in-the-loop spacecraft inspection and RPO spanning relative dynamics, asynchronous navigation, constrained guidance, quaternion 6-DOF propagation, autonomy and retreat logic.

Evidence

200 frozen cases retained 132 full missions, 62 safe abort-retreats, six timeouts and zero truth-level keep-out violations. The C++20 core passed 96/96 frozen Python-reference vectors.

200
Frozen SIL cases
132
Full missions
0
Keep-out violations
96/96
C++ vectors
PythonC++20Relative Navigation6-DOFMonte Carlo
PRJ-01
xpiredruby.github.io/ghost-vins-eskf/
OPEN FULL SITE ↗
InteractiveHardware + deterministic software evidenceGNC / ESTIMATION

GHOST-X: Occlusion-Tolerant Target Estimation

ROS 2 · Raspberry Pi · AprilTag · IMM · deterministic replay

Measured hardware

48.28 s Raspberry Pi run with 655 vision measurements and 30.01 Hz estimator output. A separate guided campaign measured a 2.451 s vision gap and reacquisition without reset.

Software truth

Frozen deterministic estimator evaluation and closed-loop SIL are kept separate from physical-camera claims.

48.28 s
Hardware run
655
Vision measurements
2.451 s
Measured vision gap
24/24
Controlled trials
PRJ-02
xpiredruby.github.io/AstraSim-FSW/
OPEN FULL CONSOLE ↗
InteractiveVerified baselineFLIGHT SOFTWARE

ASTRA-OS: Spacecraft-Style Flight Software

C++17 · FDIR · command/telemetry · deterministic assurance · aarch64

System

Deterministic spacecraft-style flight software with operational modes, command/telemetry, FDIR, bounded recovery, typed events and configuration-controlled verification.

Evidence

Native tests, browser/Python tests, deterministic scenarios, protocol conformance, seeded Monte Carlo and target execution are independently retained.

20/20
Native tests
35/35
Python / browser
10/10
FDIR cases
129/129
Policy evaluation
PRJ-08ANSYS equivalent-stress contour for the AeroFrame-DT pylon attachment fitting.
Interactive18 / 18 requirements verifiedSTRUCTURES / FEA

AeroFrame-DT: Structural Substantiation & Pylon Attachment Trade Study

Parametric CAD · hand calculations · nonlinear FEA · allowables · fatigue / damage tolerance

Engineering scope

Controlled geometry and loads carried through hand analysis, nonlinear FEA, material allowables, fatigue, damage tolerance, manufacturing sensitivity and formal verification.

Released result

The final 7050-T7451 configuration closed 18/18 requirements with a +0.151 governing margin. FE force equilibrium closed to 0.006% and the five-variant e/D study retained the failure-mode transition.

+0.151
Governing margin
18/18
Requirements
0.006%
FE equilibrium
5
e/D variants
PRJ-06Concept visualization of integrated spaceflight payload hardware on a clean-room test bench.
InteractiveActive systems engineeringISS PAYLOADS

TAMU-SPIRIT: ISS Payload Systems Engineering

Requirements · verification planning · technical reviews · thermal trades

Scope

Requirements traceability, verification artifacts, engineering changes, hardware readiness and formal review actions across four ISS-bound experiments.

100%
Milestone compliance
4
ISS payloads
8
Team members
SCR/SRR/PDR
Review gates
PRJ-09
FIXED-WING SOFTWARE-IN-THE-LOOPAircraft dynamics → autopilot → disturbances → verificationcoupled longitudinal / lateral-directional model · bounded actuators · sensor errors · seeded uncertainty
InteractiveVerified softwareCONTROLS / SIL

Fixed-Wing Flight Controls SIL

Coupled aircraft dynamics · autopilot loops · deterministic disturbances · seeded Monte Carlo

Scope

Representative fixed-wing SIL with coupled longitudinal and lateral-directional dynamics, bounded actuators, sensor errors, gust disturbances and regression checks.

50/50
Finite seeded runs
SIL
Verification level
2
Coupled axis sets
MC
Dispersion checks
PRJ-07Technical visualization of the MD-11 aircraft CAD assembly with tri-jet configuration and project artifact summary.
InteractiveSolidWorks CAD studyMECHANICAL DESIGN

MD-11 Aircraft CAD Assembly

Parametric aircraft modeling · assembly design · drawing workflow · Parasolid export

CAD scope

24-part full-aircraft SolidWorks assembly with controlled component relationships, native drawing output, bill-of-material workflow and a neutral Parasolid export.

Analysis scope

Static, thermal and modal analysis workflow with representative 2.5g loading and three structural hotspots identified during the academic study.

24
Parts
1
Assembly
1
Drawing package
1
Parasolid export
PRJ-03Rocket landing guidance and control block diagram.
InteractiveExploratory prototypeCONTROLS / SIMULATION

Rocket Landing GNC Simulation

Guidance/control exploration · propulsion · disturbances · TVC

Scope

Propulsive-landing simulation used to structure the dynamics, guidance and control workflow for later verification work.

6-DOF
Model scope
TVC
Actuation
MC
Analysis workflow
Prototype
Evidence level