ariel mordoch

Hi, I'm Ariel Mordoch. Currently, I'm working at Boeing doing model-based systems engineering (MBSE), after recently graduating from Georgia Tech with a BS in Aerospace Engineering. I was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and moved to Atlanta, GA when I was 4 years old. In undergrad, I was a brother of AEPi and a member of the aerospace honor fraternity SGT. I also hold an FAA Private Pilot Certificate and speak English and Hebrew fluently, German at a B1 level, and Spanish at an A2 level.

MBSE Program Engagement Focal, The Boeing Company, July 2021 - Present

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Honda Aircraft Company

• My favorite thing to do is flying. I love being behind the controls of an airplane. I generally fly Piper Cherokees.
• I've been following and playing soccer since the World Cup in 2014. I'm a fan of the german team Borussia Dortmund (and Atlanta United, too). Heja BVB!
• I also enjoy gaming. You can usually find me playing KSP, Witcher 3, Rocket League, ...and FIFA (of course).
• Programming. My history with programming stretches back to my early days in high school. I very much enjoy coding and translating concepts I learn in class into code. In fact, the majority of my college application were actually for CS. Over the years, I have done a couple projects which were generally applications of knowledge I gleaned during my courses. You can take a peek at my Github.
• Photography and graphic design have also historically been subjects I'm very interested in. Give me a DSLR and I'll be occupied for days on end. I might put up some of my shots here in the future. As for graphic design: modern, minimalist design has always piqued my interest, and in nearly every project I've done which involves some graphic, I've used some aspect of minimalism. Of all its aspects, though, I'm probably the most partial to modern typography. You can make nearly anything look great with good fonts. I've tried to reflect both these intersts by keeping it simple with the design of this site.

Lunar Lava Tube Orbiter (Senior Design/Capstone)

• For my capstone project, I and a team of 8 developed a proposal to send a CubeSat to the moon and investage underground lava tubes (as a would-be part of the Artemis program). The satellite would discover and study lava tube formations using a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) adapted from the GPR on JAXA's KAGUYA spacecraft.
• We developed the system from Pre-phase A through "Phase A" (NASA lifecycle phases), developing mission objectives, a Science Traceability Matrix, top-level through subsystem requirements, and the mission architecture (including CONOPS).
• We also developed a solution architecture for the spacecraft, including a CAD model, COTS components, and science instruments adapted from the Japanese KAGUYA mission. For the solution architecture, I was responsible for the science payload, ADCS, CD&H, and Comms subsystems.

This Website

• This portfolio-style website, which I designed completely from scratch. All the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript was written by me. The website is built using Jekyll (Github Pages), with templates for each language.
• The "backend" is implemented using Flask (Python).

Student Goverment Association (SGA)

• united.gatech.edu Website Redesign
  • For this project, I lead a team of 4 in redesigning Georgia Tech’s United website (the campus portal for mental health and related issues) in the style of other GT websites.
  • Throughout, I collaborated with the GT Mental Health Student Coalition, organized weekly meetings with team members, worked directly on and oversaw progress on the project.
• SGA Website Refresh Project
  • I collaboratively rebuilt the SGA graduate and undergraduate website from the ground up using Drupal and attended weekly meetings to discuss progress and resolve technical issues.