Albanian engineer Armian Hanelli has told what it is like to work for NASA. He left Albania only 16 years old, after winning a scholarship and his whole life changed.
" I came to the United States at age 16, as part of the program" Youth Exchange and Study (YES). " Later, my family came to America as well. I did the last 2 years of high school here. During my final year of school, I did an internship at Intel Corporation where I worked as a digital designer for Intel electronic chips. During this 1-year internship, I realized that I have a lot to learn about the extraordinary field of Electrical Engineering and just a Bachelor's Degree would not suffice. "Then I went back to Virginia Tech for the last semester and graduated with a Bachelor's Degreen in Electrical Engineering ."
As he recounts what it is like to work for NASA, he discovers his role in the company, which for many young people and not only, is a dream.
"I had the immersive luck to study at Caltech and observed from a close point of view the hard work done at JPL. This inspired me to follow a career where I can put into practice my professional skills and try doing something valuable for humankind. My position is named digital parts reliability engineer. I am an engineer that provides electronic parts that are trustworthy and resistible to every situation during our space missions: high and low temperatures, space vacuum, radiation, etc. My job is all about analyzing risk, is there a possibility for something to go wrong and if so, what will that cause? My job is to analyze all these conditions and minimize risk. Specifically, the electronic digital parts I work with include microprocessors, FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), memories chips, and others.
The 27-year old man couldn't leave out NASA's Rover Perseveranvce that took off to Mars.
"It was an amazing moment when we observed our Rover landing on Mars! I always thought I would be ready to witness this unbelievable achievement of humankind, but it was far more thrilling than I had expected. Every electronic part that took part in Mars 2020 mission has been in our office and gone through the risk analysis. When I started working full-time at JPL, January 2019, "Mars 2020" was finishing the final electronic parts review. So I had the chance and luck to explore some of the electronics that were part of the Rover. Additionally, I had the chance to get involved in a few investigations of parts that needed more testing and analyzing. Basically, if we are going to talk about digital parts, our group has worked on it for sure!"
According to the Albanian engineer, the main purpose of the NASA mission is to look for the signs of ancient life on Mars, and one day, all the exploration will help the future of humanity.
" This mission has as its main purpose: To search for signs of ancient life on Mars and collect specimens from the soil of Mars to return them to Earth possibly in a future mission. Many technologies created for these missions find applications in everyday life. NASA works hard on Earth-related missions, which are irreplaceable! One day, the exploration we are doing today on Mars will help us in the future of humanity "
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