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                        <h3 class="stylized">APPM 2360 - Introduction to Differential Equations with Linear Algebra</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class explored ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, and how the two can be
                            used in
                            tandem to solve complex systems and real-life problems.
                            Throughout this class, I worked in a team of three on two projects that allowed us to apply
                            what we
                            had learned to real-life engineering problems, such as calculating the deflection of a beam
                            in a
                            bridge and determining the evolution of an ecosystem over time.
                            These projects made heavy use of MATLAB, both to calculate and to visualize results.
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                        <h3 class="stylized">ASEN 2012 - Experimental and Computational Methods in Aerospace Engineering
                            Sciences</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class used a variety of experimental and computational methods to explore how problems
                            are
                            solved in real-world aerospace engineering.
                            Topics covered included numerical integration, error analysis, experimental design, root
                            finding,
                            and engineering ethics.
                            The class also involved two large projects, each of which combined a variety of subjects
                            learned
                            into one large, real-life example.
                            The first project involved extrapolating the positions of two satellites into the future
                            using
                            least-squares regression with matrix calculations and then determining whether the two
                            satellites
                            would collide or if a warning needed to be issued.
                            The second project was a trajectory calculation where a four-dimensional parameter space was
                            used
                            to find a launch configuration for a bottle rocket that would land it within one meter of a
                            target zone.
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                        <h3 class="stylized">CSCI 2270 - Data Structures</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class covered a variety of commonly-utilized data structures in computer science,
                            including
                            binary search trees, red black trees, graphs, hash tables, and several more.
                            Throughout the course, I utilized these data structures to tackle a variety of problems and
                            see
                            how each data structure could be utilized in practice.
                            The course culminated with a search engine project making use of a hash table and a skip
                            list
                            to store and access data about IMDB's top movies and directors.
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                        <h3 class="stylized">CSCI 2400 - Computer Systems</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class was an introduction to low-level computer functionality and design.
                            It began with a discussion of how programs work at a low level (including binary
                            representations of data,
                            assembly language, and an explanation of the heap) and then explored the design of computers
                            themselves
                            through topics such as RAM and virtual memory.
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                        <h3 class="stylized">APPM 3310 - Matrix Methods and Applications</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class provided a background to and exploration of various uses of linear algebra. It
                            covered the
                            fundamental concepts of the field of linear algebra and then covered various common
                            real-life uses,
                            including least-squares regression and data fitting, interpolating polynomials, and
                            principal component
                            analysis. It also covered a wide range of decompositions and problem-solving methods used to
                            solve
                            engineering problems, with a particular focus on eigenvalue/eigenvector decompositions.
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                        <h3 class="stylized">APPM 3170 - Applied Discrete Mathematics</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class was an introduction to various aspects of discrete mathematics and their
                            applications. Topics
                            included combinatorics, logical propositions and connectives, algorithms and complexities,
                            and introductory
                            graph theory. Additionally, it provided an introductory background to set theory and its
                            uses.
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                        <h3 class="stylized">CSCI 3104 - Algorithms</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class introduced a variety of common algorithms and explored their runtime methods,
                            runtime
                            complexities, and use cases. Algorithms covered include search algorithms (breadth-first,
                            depth-first,
                            Dijkstra's, A*), sorting algorithms (mergesort, quicksort), algorithms on spanning trees
                            (Prim's,
                            Kruskal's) and flow network optimization (Ford-Fulkerson). Other topics covered included
                            dynamic
                            programming, Huffman encoding, P vs. NP, divide-and-conquer algorithms, greedy algorithms,
                            and asymptotic
                            analysis.
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                        <h3 class="stylized">APPM 2360 - Introduction to Differential Equations with Linear Algebra</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class explored ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, and how the two can be
                            used in
                            tandem to solve complex systems and real-life problems.
                            Throughout this class, I worked in a team of three on two projects that allowed us to apply
                            what we
                            had learned to real-life engineering problems, such as calculating the deflection of a beam
                            in a
                            bridge and determining the evolution of an ecosystem over time.
                            These projects made heavy use of MATLAB, both to calculate and to visualize results.
                        </p>
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                        <h3 class="stylized">ASEN 2012 - Experimental and Computational Methods in Aerospace Engineering
                            Sciences</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class used a variety of experimental and computational methods to explore how problems
                            are
                            solved in real-world aerospace engineering.
                            Topics covered included numerical integration, error analysis, experimental design, root
                            finding,
                            and engineering ethics.
                            The class also involved two large projects, each of which combined a variety of subjects
                            learned
                            into one large, real-life example.
                            The first project involved extrapolating the positions of two satellites into the future
                            using
                            least-squares regression with matrix calculations and then determining whether the two
                            satellites
                            would collide or if a warning needed to be issued.
                            The second project was a trajectory calculation where a four-dimensional parameter space was
                            used
                            to find a launch configuration for a bottle rocket that would land it within one meter of a
                            target zone.
                        </p>
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                    <article class="box-container box-dark" id="appm-3310-astrodynamics">
                        <h3 class="stylized">APPM 3310 - Matrix Methods and Applications</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class provided a background to and exploration of various uses of linear algebra. It
                            covered the
                            fundamental concepts of the field of linear algebra and then covered various common
                            real-life uses,
                            including least-squares regression and data fitting, interpolating polynomials, and
                            principal component
                            analysis. It also covered a wide range of decompositions and problem-solving methods used to
                            solve
                            engineering problems, with a particular focus on eigenvalue/eigenvector decompositions.
                        </p>
                    </article>

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                        <h3 class="stylized">ASEN 2703 - Introduction to Dynamics and Systems</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class explored rigid-body dynamics, including topics such as relative velocities and
                            accelerations in
                            moving reference frames, rigid-body collisions, physical conservation laws (energy and
                            momentum), and
                            Newton's laws in-depth. The latter portion of the class introduced control systems,
                            primarily focusing on
                            linear second-order systems with a focus on proportional-derivative (PD) control and a brief
                            discussion of
                            PID (proportional-integral-derivative) control. Topics covered included control block
                            diagrams, solving
                            linear systems in the Laplace domain, analyzing system behavior using a transfer function
                            and a variety of
                            inputs (impulse, step, harmonic), characterizing a system (damped, underdamped, stable,
                            unstable,
                            <em>etc</em>.), and steady-state error in PD controllers.
                        </p>
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                        <h3 class="stylized">ASEN 2704 - Introduction to Aerospace Vehicle Design</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class was split into an aeronautics and an astronautics component. The aeronautics
                            component covered
                            fundamentals of various types of airplanes (propulsion methods, wing styles, aircraft
                            configurations) and
                            aircraft analysis (wing-body and full-body drag, finite wings, longitudinal stability, drag
                            polars,
                            takeoff and landing distances, <em>etc</em>.). The astronautics portion covered basic
                            rocketry (propulsion
                            methods, the ideal rocket equations, launch vehicles, launch velocity), the space
                            environment,
                            coordinate systems (J2000, topocentric, heliocentric, body-axis, <em>etc.</em>), the
                            classical orbital
                            elements, orbital maneuvers (plane changes and Hohmann transfers), interplanetary transfers,
                            and
                            spacecraft subsystems (attitude and orbital control, propulsion and reaction control,
                            communication and
                            data handling, electrical power, environmental control and life support, and structures).
                        </p>
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                        <h3 class="stylized">APPM 2360 - Introduction to Differential Equations with Linear Algebra</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class explored ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, and how the two can be
                            used in
                            tandem to solve complex systems and real-life problems.
                            Throughout this class, I worked in a team of three on two projects that allowed us to apply
                            what we
                            had learned to real-life engineering problems, such as calculating the deflection of a beam
                            in a
                            bridge and determining the evolution of an ecosystem over time.
                            These projects made heavy use of MATLAB, both to calculate and to visualize results.
                        </p>
                    </article>

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                        <h3 class="stylized">ASEN 2012 - Experimental and Computational Methods in Aerospace Engineering
                            Sciences</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class used a variety of experimental and computational methods to explore how problems
                            are
                            solved in real-world aerospace engineering.
                            Topics covered included numerical integration, error analysis, experimental design, root
                            finding,
                            and engineering ethics.
                            The class also involved two large projects, each of which combined a variety of subjects
                            learned
                            into one large, real-life example.
                            The first project involved extrapolating the positions of two satellites into the future
                            using
                            least-squares regression with matrix calculations and then determining whether the two
                            satellites
                            would collide or if a warning needed to be issued.
                            The second project was a trajectory calculation where a four-dimensional parameter space was
                            used
                            to find a launch configuration for a bottle rocket that would land it within one meter of a
                            target zone.
                        </p>
                    </article>

                    <article class="box-container box-dark" id="asen-1403-thermo-aero-fluid-dynamics">
                        <h3 class="stylized">ASEN 1403 - Introduction to Rocket Engineering</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class was a freshman-year introduction to the field of aerospace engineering.
                            Through the use of both individual and group projects, it taught engineering design
                            principles while
                            also teaching basic modeling and prediction, culminating in the prediction (using Euler's
                            method for
                            differential equations), testing, and analyzing a solid-liquid hybrid engine; the engine had
                            several
                            variables decided upon by the team (fuel grain design, oxidizer chamber pressurization,
                            nozzle throat
                            diameter, injector plate design), and the test fire was run entirely by the team.
                        </p>
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                        <h3 class="stylized">ASEN 2702 - Introduction to Thermodynamics and Aerodynamics</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class was an introduction to both thermodynamics and aerodynamics.
                            The thermodynamics portion of the class covered the zeroth and first laws of thermodynamics,
                            going in
                            depth into both closed and opening systems and investigating common engineering problems
                            through the
                            lens of thermodynamics. The aerodynamics portion of the class covered both aerodynamics
                            theory (inviscid
                            and viscid flow across blunt bodies, flat plates, and thin airfoils) and practical
                            applications (reading
                            NACA airfoil data, determining lift and drag for a given airfoil, scaling experiments using
                            dynamic
                            similarity and nondimensional coefficients).
                        </p>
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                        <h3 class="stylized">ASEN 2703 - Introduction to Dynamics and Systems</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class explored rigid-body dynamics, including topics such as relative velocities and
                            accelerations in
                            moving reference frames, rigid-body collisions, physical conservation laws (energy and
                            momentum), and
                            Newton's laws in-depth. The latter portion of the class introduced control systems,
                            primarily focusing on
                            linear second-order systems with a focus on proportional-derivative (PD) control and a brief
                            discussion of
                            PID (proportional-integral-derivative) control. Topics covered included control block
                            diagrams, solving
                            linear systems in the Laplace domain, analyzing system behavior using a transfer function
                            and a variety of
                            inputs (impulse, step, harmonic), characterizing a system (damped, underdamped, stable,
                            unstable,
                            <em>etc</em>.), and steady-state error in PD controllers.
                        </p>
                    </article>

                    <article class="box-container box-light" id="asen-2704-thermo-aero-fluid-dynamics">
                        <h3 class="stylized">ASEN 2704 - Introduction to Aerospace Vehicle Design</h3>
                        <p>
                            This class was split into an aeronautics and an astronautics component. The aeronautics
                            component covered
                            fundamentals of various types of airplanes (propulsion methods, wing styles, aircraft
                            configurations) and
                            aircraft analysis (wing-body and full-body drag, finite wings, longitudinal stability, drag
                            polars,
                            takeoff and landing distances, <em>etc</em>.). The astronautics portion covered basic
                            rocketry (propulsion
                            methods, the ideal rocket equations, launch vehicles, launch velocity), the space
                            environment,
                            coordinate systems (J2000, topocentric, heliocentric, body-axis, <em>etc.</em>), the
                            classical orbital
                            elements, orbital maneuvers (plane changes and Hohmann transfers), interplanetary transfers,
                            and
                            spacecraft subsystems (attitude and orbital control, propulsion and reaction control,
                            communication and
                            data handling, electrical power, environmental control and life support, and structures).
                        </p>
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