Nick received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from UNC Charlotte. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D., and is serving as a Research Assistant in the Autonomous Robots and Systems Laboratory. He has spent time interning as an A320 Fleet Engineer at American Airlines, and as a UAS Engineer at USASOC. His research focuses on multi-agent wind-field estimation along with wind-aware path planning for autonomous quadrotors operating in urban environments.