Hi, I’m Theo.

I study the behavior of liquids in space, and my research focuses on electrochemical technologies for producing oxygen for astronauts and clean hydrogen for terranauts (i.e. you & me).

I’m currently a graduate researcher in the Low-Gravity Science & Technology Lab at Georgia Tech under Prof. Álvaro Romero-Calvo.

I graduated in 2023 from MIT in Aerospace Engineering (or “Course 16” in MIT-parlance).

RESEARCH AT GEORGIA TECH

Oxygen for Astronauts

Without gravity on an orbiting space station, separating gas from liquid is quite challenging.

This magnetohydrodynamic drive separates water into hydrogen and oxygen, then uses magnets to swirl the flow. This allows for the production and extraction of oxygen for astronauts to breathe, without the use of moving parts.

Read the paper

Vortical Interfaces and Sloshing in Axisymmetric Tanks

One method of separating gases from liquids in the buoyancy-free microgravity environment is to spin them. These are called vortical flows.

This payload was designed to characterize the dynamics of the liquid-gas interface in a vortical flow subjected to perturbations.

READ THE REPORT

Parabolic plane video: the cylindrical interface forms when gravity is no longer dominates over the centripetal force.

Prior Work

Relativity Space Propulsion

Relativity Space Structures

Apple Vision Pro Product Design

Lunar Outpost Mechanical Engineering

Markforged Applications R&D

OUR book

Along with my Zebrafish Neuro business partner, Stephanie, I co-authored the first book ever on a methodology for spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

We published it in June 2020, and it is now integrated into the rehabilitation protocols of 1000+ people with spinal cord injuries, their trainers and therapists, in over 30 countries.