Full-time senior research engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute specializing in aerospace applications including propulsion and combustion, hypersonics, and space debris removal. Program manager for external and internal programs including:- Developing an affordable university-scale hypersonic test bed- Designing a space debris removal technology using a CubeSat guided net- Building a fuel-ordering web application for a flight line- Creating a scramjet experimental facilityBusiness skillset includes white paper and proposal writing, budgeting, project management, business development, student mentoring, program steering, and leadership

Study the autoignition of Jet-A fuel sprays using modern high-speed diagnostics such as high-speed OH* and CH* chemiluminescence and simultaneous UV PLIF and Mie scattering. Investigating the behavior of autoignition kernels in the vicinity of a Jet-A fuel spray.