About Me

Software/Electrical Engineer

Hi, my name is Colton and I am a graduate from Arizona State University with a degree in electrical engineering. I am an amateur rocketry enthusiast, and I am level 2 certified through Tripoli. I am primarily interested in avionics, and have industry experience in aviation, defense, and consumer electronics. In college, I was very involved in the community at ASU working on collaborative, student-led projects and research. I mainly worked with Sun Devil Rocketry, where I held several leadership positions such as President and Liquid Propulsion lead. I also founded the Avionics Team, which I started in order to apply my interests in electronics and software to ongoing projects within the organization.

Since college, I have continued to work on rocketry projects in my free time. My technical work has primarily revolved around the development of flight computers for high power/amateur rockets which control recovery systems, collect flight data, interface with PCs, and more. Look at the projects posted below for more information.

Skillset

PCB Design

Schematic capture, board layout, gerber file generation, and circuit simulation using softwares such as KiCAD, DipTrace, Cadence, and LTspice.

Embedded Software

Low level programming of ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers in C and assembly including peripheral management of ADCs, UARTs, I2C/SPI networks, and GPIO.

Programming

High level programming of cross-platform user interfaces and PC tools using APIs and C++/Python libraries

Leadership

Project management, documentation, and coordination in multidisciplinary engineering teams including usage of management software such as Jira, Git/GitHub, Bitbucket, and ClickUp.

Personal Projects

Rocket Flight Computer: Dual-Deploy Recovery

Amateur rocketry flight computer for basic dual-deploy parachute recovery and in-flight data logging.

Full Feature Rocketry Flight Computer

Amateur rocketry flight computer for dual-deploy parachute recovery, in-flight data logging, staging, and redundant ejection charges

Collegiate Projects

Liquid Rocket Engine

Pressure-fed, liquid bi-propellant rocket engine with liquid oxygen and kerosene propellants.

Liquid Engine Controller

Embedded processor for the liquid engine. Implements remote propellant feed sequencing, ignition, data logging, and analog sensor interfacing

Valve Controller

Input/Output processor implementing simple valve actuation commands for AC powered solenoids and stepper motors with feedback sensors

Flight Computer

Prototyping platform for flight control projects with embedded IMU, GPS, telemetry, and data logging peripherals.

Liquid Engine Graphical User Interface

GUI for controlling SDR's liquid rocket engine during hotfire tests

Ground Station Unit

Serial interface providing ethernet, Xbee, and LoRa interfaces to PC over USB

Photogate

Optoelectronic sensor for calibrating motor absolute position upon system startup by detecting obstructions to the sensor optical path

Instrumentation Amplifier

Prototyping amplifier board for differential pressure transducer and load cell outputs with an instrumentation amplifier IC

Wheatstone Bridge

Electronics testing board, generates an adjustable differential output to emulate pressure transducer output

Media

Contact Me

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