TEAM ORGANIZATION
INTERNSPACEPROGRAM
The Intern Space Program is an essential part of the Johnson Space Center co-tern experience. The purpose of this committee is to provide an environment for co-terns to learn, experiment, and develop new skills, and technology, while working towards the common goal of launching a rocket.
OUR TEAM
Waylon Lee
ISP Lead
Senior Aerospace engineer
major at Texas A&M with
minors in Astrophysics and
Math. Outside of work, Waylon enjoys participating in
collegiate acapella and playing instruments
Ronald Ankner
Avionics Lead & Payload
Masters student at Stevens
Institute of Technology in
Electrical Engineering,
current Pathways intern at JSC and aspiring Astronaut.
Experience runs the gambit of SLAM, embedded systems,
robotics, image processing,
and RF engineering.
Carson Hula
Business & Procurement Lead
Carson is a junior Aeronautical Engineering student at
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, in his first USRA
internship working in XM on Artemis mission analysis &
integrated assessments.
Leveraging Rensselaer Rocket Society experience, he’s
excited for ISP’s funds and
efforts to soar.
Jack Steilberg
Recovery Lead
Jack is a fourth year studying Computer Science and
Mathematics at Northeastern University. He loves
linguistics, natural language
processing, and Artificial
Intelligence, and hopes to be a major contributor to the
eventual Skynet.
Khaled Allen
Flight Operations Lead
Khaled is returning to school
as a mathematics undergrad
at CU Boulder, changing
careers after working 9 years
as a freelance tutor and
developer. He has always been fascinated with flying
machines and learned about
orbital dynamics by playing
too much Kerbal Space Program, which has enabled him to
convince several people at
NASA that he knows what he's talking about. He lives in
Boulder, CO with his wife
Anna and cat Jaeger.
Precious Fadimiroye
Safety & Mission Assurance Lead
Precious is a junior at the
University of Houston-Clear Lake studying computer science. She received her AS
in Computer Science from
Houston Community College. She enjoys singing, going to
church, and athletic activities.
Dani Dorn-Meyer
Auxiliary Lead
Dani is graduating this
December with a Bachelor's of Computer Science and
Software Engineering from
North American University.
This is her second semester
interning in the ISS Safety & Reliability Engineering
Branch.
Sadie McCarthy
Airframe Lead
Sadie is a senior studying
Mechanical Engineering at NC State University where she is also a member of her school's High-Powered
Rocketry Club. At JSC this fall, Sadie works with the
Propulsion Systems group of
the Flight Operations
Directorate.
Jacob Nunez-Kearny
Propulsion Lead
Pathways Co-op in
Propulsion and Power
Division of Engineering at JSC. Aerospace engineering
student at Purdue University. Currently responsible for
propulsion, airframe, and
payload integration of ISP's
rocket.
Jessica Krenzel
Media Lead
Recent grad from The State
University of New York at New Paltz she majored in Digital
Media Production and
Communications with a
concentration in public
relations. She is currently
interning as a
media/communications intern under SMA.
Caitlin Becker
Avionics - Raspi Lead
John-Mark Readle
Avionics - Teensy Lead
My name is John Mark Readle and I am the Avionics Teensy Team Lead, and electrical
engineering at University of Colorado at Denver
Adrian Juarez
Payload Integration Lead
Denny Reed
Avionics - Ground Station
Adrian has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and is currently
pursuing a Master's Degree in Guidance, Navigation, and
Control at San Diego State
University. Outside of space
and engineering, Adrian
enjoys surfing, scuba diving,
hiking, reading, running,
working out, and trying fun
things like sky diving.
Grant Hevia
Airframe & Propulsion
Grant is a senior at the
University of Wisconsin -
Madison studying Aerospace
Engineering. He works in the Safety & Mission Assurance
directorate and moderates the local intern social committee meetings.
Matt Busch
Avionics - Teensy Lead
Matt is a senior at Georgia
Tech where he is studying
Computer Science. He was a member of the Yellow Jacket
Space Program at Georgia
Tech and enjoys building
drones.
Alina Rai
Airframe
Alina is currently a senior at
the University of California,
Berkeley where she is
pursuing her bachelor's
degree in Mechanical
Engineering. She decided to
join the Inter Space Program
in hopes of fulfilling her
curiosity about how rocket
systems work and. Outside of school and work, Alina enjoys sleeping as well as soaking in
the outdoors, whether its
hiking, camping, or
backpacking.
Ronnie Hutchison
Airframe
Ronnie is a junior at The
University of Alabama,
majoring in Aerospace
Engineering and Mechanics.
He is a Navy veteran with 10
years of experience in nuclear power plant operations and
electrical systems.
Mike Bernard
Avionics - Navigation Lead
Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate at UConn,
Pathways Co-op
in Orion Backup Flight
Software Navigation Team.
Robert Rodenberg
Airframe & Propulsion
Robert is a senior at the
University of Houston,
majoring in mechanical
engineering. Robert enjoys
skiing, travel, and working on challenging projects.
Tyler Fedrizzi
Assistant to the Solder-er Supreme
I am a 3 year old dog, adopted in Fayetteville, North Carolina and I really, really like to chase bunnies.
Carlos Amaya
Avionics - Ground Station
Carlos is a senior at the
University of Houston
pursuing a degree in
Computer Science with a
minor in Mathematics. He is
working as an intern for the
Space Radiation Analysis
Group, and is helping build a web application to monitor
the effects of radiation on
astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit.
Zac Carico
Avionics
Zac grew up in Friendswood
Texas and went to Brigham
Young University- Idaho for a B.A. in Computer Engineering.He enjoys exploring and
hiking when he isn't busy
trying to solve world hunger,
or designing a machine to
deliver snacks to you at a
moments notice. Zac also likes Pina Coladas and getting
caught in the rain (Rupert
Holmes, 1979).
Ryan Krull
Propulsion & Airframe
Ryan Krull is studying
aerospace engineering at the
Illinois Institute of Technology. He works in the Exploration Mission Planning Office with
the Mars Integration Group at JSC. He conducts mission-concept analysis along with
design of crewed surface/
space systems and vehicles for Mars. He also works on the
Artemis to integrate the Lunar and Mars systems.
Alexander Hillstrom
Propulsion - Airframe
Mechanical engineering student at the University of Texas at El Paso with minors in Physics and Mathematics. Here to change the world. Mexican American. Studies Korean, Russian and Japanese on his free time and lived in Ulsan, South Korea for one year.
