ALEX BENSON

I'm a Senior Electrical Engineering student at Colorado State University in the Accelerated Master's Program, with an expected MSEE in 2027. My focus areas are embedded systems and RF engineering, with a strong interest in aerospace and defense applications.

I lead the payload team for CSU's NASA University Student Launch Initiative, where I'm designing a deployable payload for soil sampling and analysis. The work spans system architecture, embedded firmware, sensor integration, and environmental constraints, with an emphasis on reliability and testability.

Through internships at FIRST RF, the Bureau of Reclamation, and Woodward, I've worked across RF systems, power systems, and aerospace test engineering. I'm comfortable operating at the boundary between hardware and software—moving from schematics and signal chains to firmware and measurements—and I prioritize the rapid iteration of prototypes to validate designs early and often.