Education

2022-2024
M.S. in Computer Science, Highest Honors
Specialization: Machine Learning
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Munmun De Choudhury
Affiliations: Social Dynamics and Well-Being Lab

2018-2020
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Highest Honors
Specialization: Electric Propulsion
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Mitchell L.R. Walker
Affiliations: High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory

2015-2018
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Highest Honors
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Mitchell L.R. Walker
Affiliations: High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory

2013-2015
Regents Engineering Transfer Student
Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA
Affiliations: NCAA D2 Men’s Soccer Team

Research Experience

2022-2024
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Munmun De Choudhury
Member of the Social Dynamics and Well-Being Lab

2021-2022
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Homer Saleh
Member of the Space Systems Design Lab

2018-2020
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Dr. Mitchell L.R. Walker
Member of the High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory

2017-2018
Undergraduate Research Assistant
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Dr. Mitchell L.R. Walker
Member of the High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory

Industry Experience

2020-2021
Research and Development Engineer
Electric Propulsion Group
Busek Space Propulsion and Systems, Natick, MA
Mentor(s): Surjeet Paintal, Samual Sawyer, Mike Robin

Summer 2020
Graduate Electric Propulsion Intern
Electric Propulsion Group
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Mentor(s): Dr. Robert Lobbia

Summer 2019
Electric Propulsion Intern
Electric Propulsion Group
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Mentor(s): Dr. Robert Lobbia

Summer 2018
Electric Propulsion Intern
Electric Propulsion Group
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Mentor(s): Dr. Robert Lobbia

Honors and Awards

2019
NSTRF: NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship
For “Development of a highly throttleable, bipropellant (Xe-Kr) Hall thruster and investigations into the newly discovered oscillation modes in magnetically shielded thrusters”

2018
Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award
For “HPEPL’s Motivation for Mass Flow Calibration”

Publications

Journal Articles

From regression analysis to deep learning: development of improved proxy measures of state-level household gun ownership
Patterns: Cell Press (2021)
David Gomez, Zhaoyi Xu, Joseph Saleh
Project | Code | DOI | PDF

Monte-Carlo value analysis of High-Throughput Satellites: Value levers, tradeoffs, and implications for operators and investors
PLOS One (2019)
Fan Geng, David Gomez, Yue Guan, Joseph Saleh
Code | DOI | PDF

Conference Papers

Understanding High-Throughput Satellites: Market Disruptions, Technology, and Value Analysis
70th International Astronautical Congress (2019)
Fan Geng, David Gomez, Yue Guan, Joseph Saleh
PDF | DOI

Talks

April 2024
On the Relationship between Social Media and Adolescent Mental Health

October 2019
Understanding High-Throughput Satellites: Market Disruptions, Technology, and Value Analysis

Press

Feburary 2020
It’s not rocket science. It’s love

April 2019
Two AE Graduate Students Chosen for NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships

April 2018
AE Undergraduate Research Award goes to David B. Gomez

Teaching

Spring 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Course: Experiments in Fluids and Solid Mechanics (AE 3610)

Fall 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Course: Spaceflight Operations (AE 4361)

Summer 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Course: Dynamics (AE 2220)

Fall 2021
Graduate Teaching Assistant
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Course: Accident Causation and System Safety (AE 4803)

Spring 2019
Graduate Teaching Assistant
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Course: Introduction to Experimental Methods in Aerospace Engineering (AE 2610)

Fall 2018
Graduate Teaching Assistant
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Course: Experiments in Fluids and Solid Mechanics (AE 3610)

Spring 2018
Supplementary Instructor
College of Business and Computing
Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA
Course: Introduction Programming in (CSCI 1301)

Grants and Funding

2022-2024
imHere4U: An Online Suicide Prevention Intervention for Cyberbullied Adolescents
CO-PIs: Dr. Munmun De Choudhury, Dr. Candice Biernesser

2022-2024
ETUDES: Enhancing Triage and Utilization for Depression and Emergent Suicidality
CO-PIs: Dr. Munmun De Choudhury, Dr. Candice Biernesser

2021-2022
HOME: Habitats Optimized for Missions of Exploration
CO-PIs: Dr. Joseph Homer Saleh

2019-2020
NSTRF: NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship
CO-PIs: Dr. Mitchell L.R. Walker, Dr. Robert Lobbia

References

Dr. Joseph Homer Saleh
Associate Professor
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Space Systems Design Lab

Surjeet Paintal
Senior Research Engineer
Electric Propulsion Group
Busek Space Propulsion and Systems, Natick, MA

Dr. Robert Lobbia
Staff Engineer
Electric Propulsion Group
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

Dr. Mitchell L.R. Walker
Full Professor
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA