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Keithen Higginbotham

Orlando,Florida

Overview

3
3

Years of engineering experience

Work History

Intramural Sports Lead Supervisor

UCF Recreation And Wellness Center
07.2022 - Current
  • Oversaw all courts / fields including 15 to 30 officials, participants, and fans on nightly basis
  • Addressed any conflicts amongst participants or fans
  • Mentored new officials in proper techniques for refereeing games, interpreting rules, and managing conflicts on the court or field.
  • Directly coordinated numerous intramural tournaments and scheduled officials for baseball league

Aerospace Test Engineer

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
08.2023 - 04.2024
  • Assisted test team in writing test plan for F-35 pilot training system
  • Wrote support plan documenting how team will work with test pilots to evaluate different training systems based on training tasks provided
  • Observed test pilots evaluating new software updates to training systems that were released by primary contractor

Model Rocketry Project Lead

AIAA UCF
08.2021 - 05.2023
  • Instructed participants in use of software, proper use of tools, and fabrication techniques necessary to design and build competitive model rocket.
  • Created project budget of $2,300 and managed club assets related to project.
  • Directly worked with 4 teams of students in design of their rockets.

Intramural Sports Supervisor

UCF Recreation And Wellness Center
01.2022 - 07.2022
  • Oversaw court / field during each game including 6 to 9 officials, participants, and fans on a nightly basis
  • Dealt with any conflicts amongst participants and or fans
  • Provided constructive feedback to officials after games, promoting continuous improvement

Intramural Sports Official

UCF Recreation And Wellness Center
09.2019 - 01.2022
  • Communicated with fans, coaches, players, and other officials of rule infractions and penalties.
  • Collaborated with 2-3 other officials to ensure accuracy in rulings and adherence to established guidelines.

Engineering Intern

Grace Aerospace LLC
05.2021 - 08.2021
  • Assisted with engineering calculations, Bill of Materials, design drawings, and assembly of electrical cable in regards to airplanes.
  • Utilized Fusion 360 to produce engineering drawings that were used for manufacturing.

Student Leader

The Gulf Atlantic Diocese
11.2018 - 03.2019
  • Extensive planning of entire Dynamos youth retreat, with respect to order of events during weekend retreat including choosing entire team of 100 students and adults during retreat

Education

Master of Science - Aerospace Engineering

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
05.2025

Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
05.2023

Skills

  • Customer Service and Conflict Management
  • Intermediate experience with Solid-Works, Fusion 360
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Rocket propulsion
  • Critical thinking
  • Beginner experience with MATLAB, Ansys Fluent, Systems Tool Kit (STK), ABAQUS

Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimeInternship

Work Location

On-SiteRemote

Important To Me

Work-life balancePaid time offWork from home optionCareer advancementPersonal development programsCompany Culture

Accomplishments

  • First degree black belt in karate
  • Level 1 certified in model rocketry
  • 2021-2022 Baseball Official of the Year
  • Received CSWA

Timeline

Aerospace Test Engineer

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
08.2023 - 04.2024

Intramural Sports Lead Supervisor

UCF Recreation And Wellness Center
07.2022 - Current

Intramural Sports Supervisor

UCF Recreation And Wellness Center
01.2022 - 07.2022

Model Rocketry Project Lead

AIAA UCF
08.2021 - 05.2023

Engineering Intern

Grace Aerospace LLC
05.2021 - 08.2021

Intramural Sports Official

UCF Recreation And Wellness Center
09.2019 - 01.2022

Student Leader

The Gulf Atlantic Diocese
11.2018 - 03.2019

Master of Science - Aerospace Engineering

University of Central Florida

Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering

University of Central Florida

Projects

Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

  • Designed and built a rocket in Solidworks with a team of 2 additional students to travel to roughly 1,200 ft, deploy a payload carrying an egg and to have the payload land safely.
  • Designed and built a rocket in Solidworks to travel to roughly 3,000 ft and be able to recover the rocket in order to earn Level 1 certification.

Worked with 5 other students to design a two stage high powered rocket to travel to 2,500-4,000 ft while also limiting the maximum acceleration of 5Gs

  • Used Solidworks to design the rocket and Ansys to analyze the aerodynamics of the rocket
  • Managed the staging sequence of the propulsion system as well as serving as the model rocketry subject matter expert for the team

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