A member of the Gamma class, Weston was an Aerospace Engineering major who graduated in 2017. Weston remembers fondly his years at WPI, though they weren’t easy (especially with the graduate classes in his junior year). Despite those tough classes, he has fond memories of school, especially of Beta Theta Pi and the support group it provided, as well as the brothers who helped him stay motivated and achieve his goals. One of his fondest Beta memories was going to the cinema to see the movie Everest with some brothers, and afterwards conversing about the movie in the car. However, they were so invested in the conversation they did not realize they were just blindly following a truck in front of them, and ended up getting lost! Luckily, Weston and Co. found their way home, and lived to see other movies. Weston enjoyed hiking before moving down to Florida, and is currently looking for an alternative, taking up kayaking in the meantime. This is especially fun, as he goes kayaking in spots where there is bioluminescence at night, lighting up the water surrounding him. Lastly, Weston also enjoys tuning up and fixing cars in his free time. Weston now works as a launch engineer at SpaceX, more specifically working with the fluids team at the launch site and being responsible for the propellant loading of the Dragon and supporting launch equipment on the ground. He says it was really rewarding to see his work pay off, as it had been a long journey to that point, with him and his coworkers investing much time and effort into making the launch as smooth as possible. Although he had only worked at SpaceX for one
and a half years at that point, he knew many people who had worked on it for much longer, which added to the anticipation (he was shaking when the rocket took off). It was an “awesome experience”, and Weston cites this extreme satisfaction, as well as his diverse group of coworkers, as part of the reason he enjoys working at SpaceX so much. Everyone is focused on the mission at hand, and everyone knew they had a responsibility to carry. Thus, owning up to mistakes and staying humble were essential for a productive work environment. SpaceX is Weston’s second job out of school, with the first being at a startup focusing on launching rockets from the bottoms of jets. While he enjoyed his first job, he knew it was not his passion.
