Ramin Rafizadeh

Ramin Rafizadeh is a senior aerospace engineering major and computer engineering minor at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has completed two internships with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he worked directly with the Mars Curiosity rover, advanced CubeSats, machine learning implementation, and project formulation. Currently, Ramin is the the co-investigator of an advanced robotics mission to the far side of the moon in order to set up the largest radio telescope ever assembled. Previously he has worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where he assisted in the implementation of nationally regulated guidelines for cybersecurity measures on continuous process control systems.

Ramin is very passionate about giving back to the community who helped me so much, and as a result he has been an engineering peer mentor specifically focusing on transfer and disadvantaged students. He has also previously held TA positions for Pre-Calculus, Calculus 1, Introduction to Engineering Design, Introduction to Aerospace Systems, and currently, holds a TA position for Aerospace Instrumentation and Electronics Lab. He previously taught students the application of engineering, focusing on robotics. Additionally, Ramin was a member of his high school robotics team and after high school graduation went back to mentor new students for two years. He really enjoy interacting with students because he love passing on his knowledge in a more interactive manner, as the current school system has let him down with their mundane teaching process.