AEROSPACE · CONTROLS · APPLIED AI
I’m an aerospace engineer working in noise and vibration, with experience in aircraft design, controls, and immersive simulation. I’m pursuing graduate study in artificial intelligence to bring smarter tools to physical systems.
Explore my work View résumé ↗Noise & Vibration Engineer · International Motors
MEng in Artificial Intelligence student · UIC
Official first-place winner. A team effort I’m proud to have led.
01 / SELECTED WORK
Aircraft design, immersive simulation, propulsion,
and hands-on engineering—with work samples.
10 projects
As team lead for our UIUC senior design project, I guided an eight-person team to the confirmed first-place finish in the 2025–2026 AIAA Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design competition.
My contribution: Led the eight-person Monkey’s Fist team, delegated technical work, set deadlines, and integrated design reports. Coordinated aircraft configuration, tail-sizing tradeoffs, and certification requirements across disciplines.
Team output: An aircraft concept, systems layout, mission overview, and final design report. The render and layout shown here represent our team’s design work.
02 / UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH · AE 298
Primary Unity development engineer
I led Unity development for an astronaut-inspired VR emergency simulation, supporting research into stress detection and in-simulation interventions.
The team’s feasibility prototype uses an ISS-like environment, timed emergency tasks, and interactive tools on Meta Quest 3.
My role: Primary simulation developer and confirmed coauthor on a research manuscript in preparation for submission.
Prototype: Fire-response and water-leak scenarios, escalating hazards, handheld extinguisher interaction, and task sequencing for baseline, stress, and intervention phases.
Research stage: Feasibility and implementation. The poster describes behavioral indicators such as task time and failed interactions; physiological sensor integration and validation remain future work.
Research team: Aathreya Doddi, Casey Keymolen, and Henry Hancock. Mentored by Aagam Jain and Dr. Elle Wroblewski.
A Crazyflie quadrotor project exploring motion planning and controlled flight for an emergency payload delivery mission.
Used Qualisys motion capture and A* search on a 3.66 m planning grid with 0.08 m cells. The flight setup incorporated a 0.30 m obstacle buffer and a 0.55 m target altitude.
Focus: Connecting a planned path to the practical constraints of controlled flight.
Coursework exploring dynamic systems and feedback control through simulation. The CatBot inverted-pendulum project evaluated controller performance across repeated trials.
The CatBot project centered on stabilizing an inverted pendulum. Evaluation over 100 trials provided a concrete measure of performance: 91 successful trials.
Focus: Using repeated evaluation to assess a controller beyond a single successful run.
Experimental modal analysis using impact testing and shaker excitation to investigate the dynamic behavior of a structure.
Used a roving impact hammer, shaker, and stroboscope. Identified natural frequencies near 24.01, 153.94, 427.37, 837.91, and 1379.34 Hz, with measured damping below 1%.
Focus: Relating experimental measurements to structural dynamics.
Frequency locations from laboratory measurements. Marker heights do not represent amplitude.
A three-stage study comparing analytical and software cycle models, exploring design parameters, and examining compressor operability.
My work: Modeled a two-spool, high-bypass turbofan; compared design-point outputs with hand calculations; varied compressor pressure ratio and turbine inlet temperature on an 11 × 11 grid.
Extended the study to off-design operating lines and surge margin across different altitudes. These are model-based coursework results, without experimental engine validation.
Worked on mass properties and product development for a team-built flying UAV, with hands-on fabrication, finishing, and physical measurements to establish suitable center-of-gravity locations.
My contribution: Mass-properties analysis and product development, including hands-on work to build and finish the aircraft. I took physical measurements to assess balance and identify suitable center-of-gravity (CG) locations.
Team outcome: A fabricated, flying UAV with a documented geometry and component weight breakdown.
An independent product-development project I created for TE 461. As QuietSeat’s sole creator, I developed the project and its video presentation.
Created independently by Casey Keymolen · TE 461.
Independently calculated and hand-built a structure for AE 199 Design Build Fly, maximizing supported load relative to gross weight.
My contribution: Completed the calculations and hand fabrication from start to finish.
Outcome: Achieved a 100.5 load-to-gross-weight ratio, the highest in course history.
A hands-on concept developed for the Illinois Design Competition to separate recycling, waste, and organic material through manually operated mechanisms.
The device combined separators, mesh, and magnets with a water-based flotation stage intended to bring buoyant recyclable material to the surface.
Design focus: Using physical separation methods and manual operation to address waste sorting without an electrical power supply.
02 / ABOUT
I’m Casey, a first-generation college graduate with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
My work has taken me from CAD and hands-on fabrication to flight controls and vibration testing. Today, I’m a Noise & Vibration Engineer at International Motors while pursuing a Master of Engineering in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Illinois Chicago.
I’m interested in how data and intelligent systems can help us understand—and improve—the physical world.
I’m proud of my Mexican heritage and to be a first-generation college graduate. My parents and sister are my role models. They taught me the value of hard work, sacrifice, and staying close to family—values I carry into my education and engineering work. Making them proud is one of my strongest motivations.
I stay active through boxing, weightlifting, basketball, and soccer. Swimming and running get me outdoors, and reading gives me another way to keep learning.
Python · NumPy · SciPy · pandas
MATLAB · Jupyter · Matplotlib
Unity · XR simulation · GasTurb 14
Siemens NX · CAD · 3D printing
CNC fabrication · Experimental testing
03 / EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
International Motors · New Carlisle, IN
Independently run vehicle noise and vibration tests at the proving grounds, analyze and post-process measurement data in Siemens Simcenter Testlab Neo, and write technical reports. Instrumentation includes microphones, binaural headsets, accelerometers, tachometers, and CAN data.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Guided students in aerospace control theory, system modeling, and MATLAB simulation through office hours, grading, and in-class support.
Audio Visual One
Configured and troubleshot audiovisual systems for live events under tight deadlines. Worked directly with customers to meet event requirements and handled management duties as needed.
Campus Ink
Translated customer ideas into merchandise designs and coordinated orders, with attention to design quality and customer satisfaction.
University of Illinois Chicago
Graduate study in progress, alongside full-time engineering work.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Grainger College of Engineering · First-generation college graduate.
04 / TRAINING & CREDENTIALS
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
Completed August 2025About the certificate program ↗Siemens · September 15–18, 2026
Completed September 18, 2026CDL training completed
Earned October 202605 / LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY
Technical team, outreach & community · August 2022–graduation
Worked on competition robots with the tech team and collaborated with an external team. Participated in Round Table, high-school outreach, sports, and fundraising events.
SHPE connected my engineering interests with a community where I formed some of my closest friendships.
Vice President · Undergraduate leadership
Led mechanical prototyping and CAD design reviews, supported member training, and contributed to robotics testing.
06 / CONTACT
For conversations about engineering, simulation, research, and applied AI.