Systems are the work. People are the point.
My career has moved through spacecraft, autonomous vehicles, generative AI, and emergency communications. The common thread is a fascination with complex things—and the responsibility to make them useful in the real world.
Outside engineering, I’m drawn to film, history, public ideas, travel, hospitality, and the rooms where people who would not normally meet begin building something together.

A few things I return to
01
Film + storytelling
02
History + public ideas
03
Travel + hospitality
04
Memorable rooms
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Unexpected connections
From practice to perspective
01
Nearly eight years
at NASA Ames
02
Emergency communications
with CA-TF3
03
International
engineering teams
Personal archive
Work in progress
Future space for Aaron’s own field notes, photography, books, films, objects, and places.
01 · Field notes
02 · Books + films
03 · Places
04 · Objects + ephemera