Getting snake-y
Switching my orbit simulations from MATLAB to Python: getting an RK4 solver and 3D orbit plotting working with scipy and matplotlib.
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Learning to land
A grad-school independent study: teaching a spacecraft to avoid obstacles during descent and landing on Mars with a Q-learning agent, and comparing it to a greedy baseline.
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Titan Entry, Descent, & Landing
My senior design mission to land a science payload on a methane lake at Titan's north pole: modeling the atmosphere, drag, and a Monte Carlo landing ellipse to prove a parachute EDL system could hit Ligeia Mare.
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Orbits with Attitude
Adding real orbital dynamics to the CubeSat attitude simulator: integrating Newton's equations of motion alongside Euler's, and watching a small continuous thrust reshape the orbit while keeping it planar.
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Interplanetary Interception
Solving Lambert's Problem to plot an efficient Earth-to-Mars interception trajectory, leading the planet the way a receiver leads a football.
