A mechanical engineer with over a decade of experience in the aerospace field, Ace joined MIT  to work on the LLAMAS and REDSoX projects. He has worked on Hall Effect and Electrospray thrusters at Busek, and a prototype aircraft at Terrafugia. After a brief 13-month stint at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole research station as a Research Associate, he has returned to Boston to work at the Kavli Institute.