Kevin Mora Gonzalez

Kevin Mora is currently working as a Research and Development Intern (AI/ML) for the National Nuclear Security Administration in the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hes work consists of characterizing material properties using machine learning models, conducting simulations for polymer composite manufacturing, and presenting optimal designs and process conditions.

Mora worked as a Software Engineer Intern (NASA-GSFC-5920) for the development team working on the Structural-Thermal-Optical Performance (STOP) analysis automation and data pipeline for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He also worked on a proposal for a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system to generate level requirements from sensitive or classified information (ITAR/EAR/CUI).

He previously implemented user interfaces for HoloLens via C# at NASA SUITS, so design evaluators (DE) could get quick access to biomedical data, material composition data, system state and controls while guaranteeing smooth functioning during extravehicular activities (EVA) and responsive interaction with the local mission command center (LMCC), alerting other DE members if off nominal ranges were detected in the spacesuit or biometric telemetry.

Before this, he was involved in the development of a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) at NASA L'SPACE - the mission aimed to land a rover on the East Region of Occator with the goal of doing an in-situ analysis after mapping potential drilling zones based on their hydrogen concentration, which shall bring knowledge about the composition and structure of organic molecules in Ceres. Mora programmed a 3D visualization tool to model the terrain based on JMARS data so engineers could get a better insight about the elevation, distances, topology, and slope of the surface in specific regions of Ceres.