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Specialized in air handling system design and development for forced induction applications. Development lead for diesel engine charge air and exhaust systems.• Completed high speed and mid-range diesel engine charge air and exhaust system validation in Joint Ventures with Volkswagen, VM Motori and Fiat Powertrain Technologies• Assisted with turbocharger selection and application development with Borg Warner and Honeywell Turbo Technologies• Developed testing methods to determined turbocharger failure modes due to extreme thermal environment exposure and material composition• Validated and implemented turbocharger compressor housing failure mitigation and burst containment components for specific marine applications• Developed new engine testing methods for marine applications that assist to determine and optimize transient response in turbocharged applications• Completed cooling, lubrication, exhaust and charge air system FMEA’s and development validation plans• Investigated methods to hydro-lock marine outboard engines and developed new testing procedures for worst case customer maneuvers• Developed new hydro-lock mitigation methods. One patent application has been officially filed with the US patents and trademark office. Another patent disclosure has legally been filed for review.• Tested and developed new water and exhaust gas mixing method that successfully cools any downstream exhaust system using 30% of the standard amount of water. A patent disclosure for this technology has legally been filed.• Managed diesel engine instrumentation lists as well as technician and laboratory workflow including organization of dynamometer development testing • Managed diesel engine boat and stationary tank endurance testing, tracking, data analysis and team reporting

Test and development engineering of diesel forced induction air handling systems.• Developed leak solutions for water to air charge air coolers using shaker testing validation• Tested and analyzed charge air and exhaust system performance on mid-range diesel engines using data analysis from dynamometer performance and endurance testing• Implemented thermal exposure solutions for hot components on a midrange diesel engine platform• Completed vessel acceleration and performance testing for calibration refinement• Validated vessel propulsion systems thermal performance

• Completed research of low lubricity compression ignition fuels and their effects on fuel system durability• Assisted with the development of a test cycle for new marine diesel engine products• Responsible for tracking engine durability test data and providing weekly updates of test progress and incident reporting to the core engineering team

• Responsible for organizing and completing cold test initial engine start up analysis and the effects on engine starting requirements• Completed fit check and modification of first prototype Axius steering systems• Completed procedures for the installation and assembly of prototype Axius steering systems that were provided to service engineers and technicians

• Created test procedures and completed analysis of VGT turbocharger slide bushing press force distribution, due to tolerance stack up and thermal exposure, in order to understand the root cause of field failures• Investigated warranty procedures due to excess “no trouble found ” returns to develop new troubleshooting standards for the reduction of false claims

• Edited mechanical segments for technical writing errors and submitted final revisions of service and repair manuals for a natural gas engine prior to its release• Collaborated with engine service technicians to review serviceability and ease of installation• Verified engine performance in a commuter bus application using engine data logging tools and chassis dynamometers

• Organized and Conducted an FMEA for the camshaft bushings on a new mid range diesel engine application• Compiled engine build component lists for test engines in the development phase • Created a matrix of all available engine tests and how they applied to the type of engine program • Presented engine test matrix to core engineering team for review and approval of program funding requirements