As technology continues to progress, how do we adapt to rapid change in the development processes for complex aerospace systems? Specifically, how do we employ digital tools and methods to augment how we do our work to promote efficient collaboration and knowledge transfer? These questions are permeating operational settings, especially in a time where cross-country, hybrid teams are bcoming the norm. Digital SAMARAI was a 1 year effort that researched what digital transformation could look like for the engineering directorate at NASA LaRC. As a graduate researcher, I convened stakeholders across different engineering disciplines, designed and led workshops, and shared findings with directorate leadership. The work from this effort has already rippled up to the agency's digital transformation intitiatives and continues to inform leadership on how work will be done in the (near) future. 

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-design-society/article/findings-from-a-field-study-of-prototyping-digital-engineering-workflows-in-operational-settings/B112DDC89F7E6782A7119F70B421B334 

In engaging over 45 stakeholders (ranging from healthcare practitioners to patients to medical transporters to policy regulators), we uncovered 6 problem areas for which aviation solutions were well-posed to serve patient populations across the country. 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/armd/tacp/nasa-interns-help-identify-aviation-solutions-to-health-care-challenges/