Norris Tie is a recent Aerospace Engineering graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles. With a passion for all things space-related, Mr. Tie's interests include launch vehicles, suborbital space planes, spacecraft bus design, hypersonic and supersonic flight, and rocketry. He has worked as an air-breathing propulsion engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation, a performance engineer at The Spaceship Company, and has participated in numerous extracurriculars, including the UCLA AIAA Chapter, the 2013 Caltech Space Challenge, and the UCLA ELFIN Cubesat Project. Mr. Tie has a proven history of success in his varied roles, and is always willing to lend an ear to those seeking professional advice.