Wilson Harper

EE @ Rice University // Mission Control Lead, Rice Eclipse // Prev. @ RTX BBN

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Hi,

It’s great to see you! 👋

I’m Wilson, an electrical engineering student at Rice University fascinated by radars, rockets, and avionics. I’m especially interested in the intersection of hardware, software, and design.

At Rice, I serve as the Mission Control lead for Rice Eclipse’s liquid rocket engine program. With Eclipse, I’ve also designed an active fin stabilization system and other custom avionics. Previously, I’ve interned at RTX BBN Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and I also engineered compact, directional wind systems for immersive environments in Rice’s Experimental Pixels Lab. In high school, I investigated synthetic aperture radar and its applications at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

I’m excited to get even more hands-on, practical experience with electrical and computer engineering, and I’d love to chat about aerospace, Rice, or anything else!

Feel free to check out my projects, resume, or contact me below. I’m especially proud of my:

  • Live telemetry and logging system for my L1 certification rocket–built in two weeks
  • ADS-B feeder equipped with a custom antenna and running Tailscale and Cloudflare Tunnels
  • UAV capable of position-holding and transporting objects in GPS-denied environments