Led research and development efforts critical to the adoption of Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) in additive manufacturing (AM) and other industries.• Acted as Principal Investigator (PI) to successfully lead a $150,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to a $750,000 Phase II to improve AM qualification (Contract No. FA9453-19-P-0540 and FA9453-21-C-0549).• Collaborated in developing an agile robotic testing system to enable rapid adaptability in test fixturing for AM applications.• Designed analysis approach to reduce AM inspection training data requirements by using data from witness coupons (US Patent 11,143,630).Cradle-to-grave development, testing, and support of PCRT systems.• Designed custom fixturing for each customer application to ensure optimal data quality and repeatability.• Collected and analyzed data using statistical methods to identify outliers, population grouping, and process trends.• Developed and validate pass/fail inspections using machine learning.• Author work instructions and provide training for system operators.Improved and applied finite element modeling tools for PCRT to reduce training set requirements and characterize materials.• Applied modal, harmonic, and structural analyses to simulate component resonances.• Performed Monte Carlo studies to analyze population behaviors.• Wrote training documentation and guides to propagate knowledge to other engineers.

Part of a research project with the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and quantify modeling capabilities for process compensated resonance testing (PCRT) of aerospace partsPerformed finite element analysis of sample coupons and aerospace parts to determine the effects of damage states on resonanceComposed Matlab scripts to be used by myself and the rest of the team to extract part properties from resonance spectra and aid in the analysis of model resultsPlanned, conducted, and analyzed experiments to induce and repair specific damage states in couponsRegularly presented and reported findings to direct superiors as well as outside collaborators from other agencies around the country

Assisted in feasibility research projects to improve the efficiency of multiple nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods on rocket componentsShadowed NDE technicians in a variety of fields to gain first-hand knowledge of practicesDesigned and implemented several tooling improvements to increase the applicability X-ray testing proceduresRegularly reported progress and delivered a final presentation to the Director of Quality Assurance