Kristen Fenwick
Data Engineering Student | Former NASA L'SPACE LEAP Intern | Team-Oriented with a Business Foundation
Data Engineering Student | Former NASA L'SPACE LEAP Intern | Team-Oriented with a Business Foundation
My name is Kristen Fenwick I am a current Data Engineering student at Texas A&M University with a business foundation and a systems mindset.
In the spring of '25 I served as Deputy Project Manager of Resources in NASA’s L’SPACE Mission Concept Academy, helping lead a conceptual Venus aerobot mission A.N.D.E.R. We coordinated task schedules, deliverables, and subsystem documentation aligned with NASA lifecycle phases. I had the opportunity to continue with the program as a Program Analyst Mentor through the NASA LEAP internship, guiding student teams on systems engineering and project planning best practices.
I also work as a K-12 substitute teacher with Austin ISD, where I’ve strengthened my adaptability, communication, and classroom leadership. Across every role, I enjoy blending structured problem-solving with collaboration and making space for curiosity along the way.
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Role: Deputy Project Manager of Resources
Contributed to a conceptual Discovery-class Venus aerobot mission as part of NASA's L'SPACE Academy. Developed the subsystem integration timeline and mission schedule (Gantt chart) in alignment with NASA lifecycle phases, coordinated milestone reviews, documentation, and multidisciplinary communication supporting programmatic, engineering, and science deliverables.
Role: Individual Engineering Analysis
Developed a cable-driven aluminum drum system to enable safe descent from a fifth-floor height. Conducted analytic modeling to derive relationships for drum mass, moment of inertia, and drum dimensions, applying energy conservation principles. Used Excel to run parameter sweeps for angular speeds from 2–5 rad/s and generated plots to evaluate feasible geometries. Recommended a drum radius of ~1.5 m and depth of ~88 mm; analysis indicated a fully solid aluminum drum would be impractically massive, prompting a thicker-rim or hollow design proposal as a safer alternative.
Estimated gravitational acceleration using video tracking of a puck on a 3.6° air-table incline. Pixels → SI via a 10.00 cm baseline (s = 0.08098 ± 0.00006 cm/px), 5-point smoothing, central differences, trimmed endpoints; g = a/sin(theta).
Completed Dec 2025
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Active member of the international honor society for two-year college students. Participated in workshops and chapter meetings, strengthening leadership and collaboration while maintaining high academic achievement.
Recognized for work in NASA's L'SPACE Mission Concept Academy and selection into the LEAP internship.