I have always been interested in aeronautics. Space specifically is something I’ve always liked. I’m majoring in mechanical engineering because I’m interested in how to make things and am focusing on the airframe of the rocket along with systems integration specifically. I’m excited to help build a rocket, and I hope that I gain more knowledge on rocketry, space, and anything I’ll learn during this challenge. I also recognize I don’t have much experience on projects such as this and look forward to learning all I can. I have experience with shop tools and CAD modelling. I’m currently a manager at the Electronic Prototyping Lab (EPL) and am also part of the Nanomaterial Fabrication Lab at Portland State University (PSU). I’ve been a part of Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS) since about Spring 2019 and have been on the airframe team since then. I’ve worked on mostly CAD, along with helping out with layups to build our airframe’s modules and etc. I’m a first-generation college student, and my parents immigrated to America from Vietnam to escape the Vietnam war. I want to make them proud and chose engineering to pursue to make that happen. I chose engineering because I want to make the world better around me. Engineering is how we’re helping create the future and shape it in better ways, given that our world is becoming more and more technology oriented. Diversity is important to me – I feel like to create a better world, we’ll need input from all kinds of people, and so making sure that teams are diverse are important. PSAS as a whole is a diverse organization.