The Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team is a dedicated group of students who focus on designing, building, and testing rovers for participation in the University Rover Challenge (URC). As part of this team, I developed software, enhanced communications infrastructure, created testing platforms and processes, and served as the CEO/President through the 2020-21 “Covid-19” school year.

For more information about the current team and mission, visit our website: marsrover.mst.edu

Software Development

I initially joined and developed software, collaborating with others, understanding and improving the basestation and autonomy code. I then became the software lead, recruting and developing more members into software projects to improve and expand the rover’s control systems.

Software Architect

Over time, additional software development required architectural considerations and a rigorous process for testing. I moved into an architect role to build a testing framework, implementing practices for isolating changes, and to conduct code reviews.

CEO / President

In my final year of college, I was the elected CEO of the team, leading our 50+ active member team through a turbulent Covid-19 school year (2020-2021). At the outset, we did not know if we would be on campus, or even be able to collaborate in person. While there ultimately was no competition, we still built a rover and ran a “mock” competition to put our members through the process to prepare for future years. I couldn’t have been prouder.

You can find our SAR (System Acceptance Review) video submission for 2021’s competition here.