1. Nickolas Dias Cecilio
Contact
● +1 (734) 604-3750, +55 (21) 99517-9843, nicecil@umich.edu
● 377 Santa Clara st. Apt 204, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21041-011, Brazil
Objective
To work or intern on a company that allows me to utilize my aerospace engineering and computer science education.
Education
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) - September 2010 - April 2015
● B.S. in Aerospace Engineering with strong emphasis in Computer Science.
● Main relevant completed courses: Intro Materials and Manufacturing, Dynamics and Vibrations, Astronomy, C++
and MATLAB programming, Intro Gas Dynamics, Electrical Circuits: Systems and Applications, Aircraft and
Spacecraft Propulsion, Aerodynamics, Aircraft Dynamics and Control, Aerospace Engineering Lab: Advanced
Instrumentation and Measurement, Aircraft and Spacecraft Structures, Spaceflight Mechanics, Aircraft Design,
Discrete Mathematics, Computational Methods in Aerospace, Numerical Methods, Data Structures and
Algorithms, Intro Artificial Intelligence
Experience
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (CanSat): (UofM) - September 2011 – May 2012
● Descent-control subsystem leader on a group that designed and built a can-sized satellite, launched to a 700 m
altitude to perform several objectives, participating in an international JPL-held competition
MiTEE (Miniature Tether Electrodynamics Experiment): (UofM) - September 2012 - July 2013
● Technology demonstration mission that aims to deploy a conducting tether from a 1U CubeSat to explore thrust
generating capabilities for small sized satellites
● Worked on the attitude dynamics and control subsystem where we analyzed and decided upon different methods
for controlling the spacecraft, researched tether dynamics and optimal orbital parameters for mission completion,
simulated tether deployment and orbital dynamics
Aircraft Design Project (AERO-481): (UofM) - September 2013 - December 2013
● Group project to design an FAI class c-1-a (300 – 500 kg) electric powered aircraft, optimizing through software its
performance through Multidisciplinary Design Optimization involving its aerodynamic efficiency, range,
maximimum cruise speed and climb rate.
Advanced Instrumentation and Measurement (ENG-405): (UofM) - September 2013 – December 2013
● Team project to characterize unknown parameters of a small turbojet engine (mass flow rate, velocity,
temperature, pressure) across the inlet and exhaust areas
Additional
● Languages: fluent in English and Portuguese (native speaker), understand Spanish, basic German (A2)
● Software: MS Office, MatLab (Simulink), Maple 14, python, C and C++ languages, Windows, MAC OS, Linux OSes,
CAD software (some experience with autoCAD, SolidWorks and Siemens NX)