Puneeth Bheesetty

Open-minded, balanced, and passionate job seeker, mainly in STEM. Have two years of experience with CAD, simulation, python programming, HTML, CSS, and engineering. Experienced in project management tools such as Gantt Charts, Kanban boards, flowcharts, and state diagrams. Experienced in researching and technical writing. Have exceptional leadership skills, time management, and resilience.

• OSHA 10-Hour - OSHA Safety Training Institute
• Introduction to Aerospace Engineering - Udemy
• Programming for everybody (getting started with Python) - University of Michigan | Coursera
• Python Data Structures - University of Michigan | Coursera
• Using Python to Access Web Data - University of Michigan | Coursera
• Introduction to HTML5 - University of Michigan | Coursera

• Design, Build, and Launch Competition winning team - AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
• TARC (The American Rocketry Challenge) National finalist | National Association of Rocketry (NAR)
• Cyberstart America National Semifinalist - National Cyber Scholarship Foundation (NCSF)
• National Cyber Scholarship Scholar - National Cyber Scholarship Foundation
• National STEM STAR Student Award - NMSI (National Math and Science Initiative)
• Jefferson Book Award - University of Virginia

 
1) AIAA/ Blue Origin Design, Build, Launch Competition

Apr 2021 - Present

Project Overview:
Along with my teammates Jaden Shawyer and Anna Porter Puckett, I was involved in the Acoustic Levitator Payload, where we built an acoustic levitator payload from scratch and sent it to space on the Blue Origin rocket for microgravity research. We attempted to demonstrate the levitation of a metal ball in space. We worked on this project for over two years with our mentors.

Role as Project Manager:
- Created Gantt charts and Kanban boards to keep track of the project schedule
- Conducted FMEA analysis
- Maintained Bill of Materials for all parts of the Payload
- Created flowcharts to assign tasks and project updates to teammates
Role as Software Engineer:
- Wrote algorithms to carry out a fully autonomous experiment
- integrated Raspberry Pi and Arduino for the experiment
- Utilized Python and C++ language
- Create object tracking code with OpenCV
- Represented software processes with flowcharts and state diagrams
Role as Mechanical Engineer:
- Designed both the external and internal structure of the payload with CAD
- Used Dremel and learned basic soldering skills
- conducted data analysis from payload testing in Excel

2)  The American Rocketry Challenge (mid-power rocketry)

Sep 2020 - Jun 2021

Roles: Team Leader / Chief Engineer
- built mid power rockets reach 800 feet in altitude with a flight duration of 40-43 seconds
- simulated flights through RockSim and OpenRocket
- Designed fins, nosecones, and transition tubes with CAD
- made various mixtures of solid rocket fuel at home.
- Conducted post-flight data analysis with MS Excel
- Planned tasks through flowcharts
- selected in the top 100 teams in the United States.

3) Cyberstart America Capture-the-flag (CTF) challenges

Oct 2019 - Feb 2023

- National semifinalist in Cyberstart America CTF
- Performed network packet capture analysis in Wireshark
- performed steganography on image files with Autopsy and Steghide
- performed SSH, Javascript, buffer overflow attacks
- used password cracking tools such as John the Ripper
- wrote code in Python