Summary
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Work History
Education
Certifications and Proficiencies
Technical Conferences Attended
Professional Academic Service
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Dillon Hall

Houston

Summary

Motivated engineer with experience in human spaceflight research and development of next generation spacesuit systems. Technical skills include mission integration, operational training, system performance analysis, human factors engineering, and general spacesuit design principles. Applies extensive background knowledge, extreme responsibility, and leadership through collaboration to solve technical problems and move projects forward. Demonstrates strong analytical skills, solves complex problems, and embodies a passion for human spaceflight in all endeavors.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Mission Integration, Operations, and Training (MIOT) Engineer

Axiom Space
Houston
07.2024 - Current
  • Worked alongside engineering teams to provide insights into operational constraints, crew interfaces, mobility, and suit operability, influencing engineering design of the AxEVA Space Suit System.
  • Created comprehensive lesson plans for the AxEVA System and conducted in-person training classes, equipping NASA trainers for Artemis and LEO mission crew training.
  • Developed operational timelines, demonstration objectives, system guides, operational nomenclature, and mission resource requests to support critical data deliverables for NASA design reviews.

Suit Testing Engineer

Axiom Space
Houston
01.2024 - 12.2025
  • Trained and certified to organize, lead, and conduct pressurized and crewed spacesuit testing events while ensuring a safe and effective testing environment.
  • Logged 50+ hours conducting pressurized and crewed spacesuit tests, ensuring adherence to safety protocols.
  • Contributed to HITL spacesuit testing at Axiom and NASA test facilities, including ARGOS and NBL.

Senior Integrated Performance and Analysis (IP&A) Engineer

Axiom Space
Houston
02.2023 - 07.2024
  • Created and maintained system-level analyses of AxEMU space suit design, delivering technical performance measures for system mass and consumables (power, oxygen, feedwater).
  • Collaborated with subsystem teams to develop analysis frameworks that illustrate design performance against structural, thermal, mobility, and other critical space suit metrics.
  • Developed an integrated system performance analysis portal for compiling all analysis items into a user-friendly interface.

Graduate Research Assistant

Texas A&M University
College Station
08.2018 - 12.2022
  • Conducted research at Aerospace Human Systems Laboratory (AHSL) on innovations in space suit design, modeling, and fabrication to enhance human performance in space environments.
  • Utilized static laser scanning, 3D photogrammetric motion capture scanning, and infrared camera systems to analyze the effect of anthropometrics on human-integrated space systems such as space suits.
  • Developed a methodology integrating 3D body scanning technology with anthropometric analysis software to assess spacesuit impact on maximum arm reach volumes and range of motion metrics.
  • Created a framework for analyzing and validating fit and performance of an EVA lower arm assembly design through the utilization of dynamic/explicit finite element analyses.
  • Led graduate student research group, coordinating projects and fostering collaboration from June 2021 – Dec 2022 to advance research initiatives.

Human Factors Intern

NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston
06.2020 - 08.2020
  • Developed research project using machine learning tools to align virtual Mark III suit model with Vicon motion-capture data from archived experiments, enhancing accuracy in gait analysis.
  • Created analysis framework to decompose aligned motion capture data into principal components, simplifying 3D motion description and enabling suit designers to refine 1/6-g analog experiments for improved suited gait.

Education

Ph.D. - Aerospace Engineering

Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
12-2022

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS
05-2018

Certifications and Proficiencies

  • NSC First Aid, CPR, and AED Certification, 2024
  • PADI Scuba, Advanced Open Water Certification, 2020
  • National Association for Rocketry (NAR) Level 2 High-Powered Rocket Certification, 2017

Technical Conferences Attended

  • International Space Medicine Summit, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • International Conference of Environmental Systems, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2022
  • XXXII Association of Space Explorers (ASE) Planetary Congress, 2019

Professional Academic Service

Manuscript Reviewer (2022-2025) - International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES)

  • Life Sciences and Systems (LS&S) – Human Health and Performance Analysis
  • Extravehicular Activity – Emerging Space Suit Technologies

Publications

  • Simms, L. J., Hall, D., Dunbar, B. J., Ambrose, R. O., The Design of a Robotic Arm to Measure Elbow Torque and Contact Pressures in an EVA Suit Arm, 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2022
  • Hall, D., Dunbar, B. J., Hartl, Darren. J., Utilizing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to Predict Fit and Performance of an EVA Lower Arm Assembly Pressure Garment, 2022 International Conference on Environmental Systems, St. Paul, MN, 2022
  • Hall, D., Haas, M., Dunbar, B. J., Determining Spacesuit Reach and Range of Motion (ROM) Using 3D Photogrammetric Motion Capture, 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2022
  • Hall, D., Dunbar, B. J., Burke, P., & Hajda, C., Range of Motion (ROM) Analysis for Pressure Garments (EVA and LES) using 3D Photogrammetric Motion Capture, 2020 International Conference on Environmental Systems, virtual, 07/2020
  • Dunbar, B. J., Hall, D., Modeling of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Suits Using Vitronics Vitus Laser Scanning Coupled with CAD/Vidya Software for Fabric Behaviors, 49th International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES), 06/2019, Boston, MA, 1st Place Overall Poster Presentation, $500 cash prize

Timeline

Senior Mission Integration, Operations, and Training (MIOT) Engineer

Axiom Space
07.2024 - Current

Suit Testing Engineer

Axiom Space
01.2024 - 12.2025

Senior Integrated Performance and Analysis (IP&A) Engineer

Axiom Space
02.2023 - 07.2024

Human Factors Intern

NASA Johnson Space Center
06.2020 - 08.2020

Graduate Research Assistant

Texas A&M University
08.2018 - 12.2022

Ph.D. - Aerospace Engineering

Texas A&M University

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

University of Mississippi
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