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Palm City, Fl, Us

San Diego, California, United States

Palm City, Florida, United States

Additive: - Responsible for fabricating multiple full scale hypersonic missile components - Responsible for fabricating full scale artillery projectiles - Serving as Point of Contact for ongoing defense related projects - Expert in toolpath planning/slicing and printing small/medium/large scale IR-laser robotic DED parts - Over 2700 hours robotic LDED Printing Experience, Printed: Internally reinforced assembly reduced airfoil (SS316), Cube at 1 kg/hr deposition rate (Invar (w/ & wo/ Niobium)), conformal heat exchanger housing (SS316), Porsche 911 Exhaust Flange (SS316), geometry optimized monitor stand prototype (SS316), Haynes 230 deposited upon Inconel 625 multi-material testing walls, Silicon Bronze deposited upon 4140 steel substrateRobotics & Hardware Integration: - Established digital communication for LDED robotic cell (ABB & Yaskawa) to interface with the following external devices: 6 kW BWT laser, Dinse wirefeed (Ethernet IP) - Integrated and calibrated SensorTherm ratio pyrometer to control meltpool temperature through PID analog laser power modulation - Created robotic post processors to blend robot toolpath instructions with LDED external device signals - Main PoC to enable AdaOne slicer to support Yaskawa D500F 2-axis positioner coordinated motion - Completed course content for ABB RobotStudio 1&2 - Installed, commissioned, and calibrated: ABB IRBP 4600/6700 & IRBP A, Yaskawa GP50 & D500F - Experienced using MELTIO ENGINE robotic platform and the MELTIO M450 gantry LDED system

Hartford, Ct

Role: Worked with team to generate NAVSEA Directed Energy Deposition [DED (Laser-wire Additive Manufacturing and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM)] process qualifications for two maritime alloys - Designed an automated control system to limit the maximum inter-pass deposition temperature of a 6 DoF ABB Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) cell using feedback from a microprocessor/thermal camera system. Used generative design to optimize thermal camera mounting bracket for anticipated loading configuration - Wrote Python algorithms to: (a) automate iteratively pulling Fronius Cold Metal Transfer additive parameter data from proprietary web interface and (b) Translate PrusaSlicer generated GCode format to Ingersoll Composite Front End format - Reverse engineered and planned reconstruction of a shattered Haas Sl-30 big bore lathe gearbox using a combination of conventional manufacturing methods (water jetting, CNC milling) and WAAM DED - Designed and planned construction of liquid cooled WAAM base plate for optimized heat transfer while maintaining strength requirements - Ground and polished WAAM produced maritime alloys and used Sensofar S neox 3D optical profiler to correlate sample’s microstructure with their mechanical and chemical properties - Interfaced with Ingersoll MasterPrint Continuous Fiber 3D printer and integrated Siemens 840D controller to produce continuous fiber reinforced PEEK mechanical test specimens

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Designed a Python algorithm for data analysis on boiler operations using IoT temperature sensor readings to optimize the boilers operation and mitigate their potential risk.

Bachelor Of Science, Engineering, Mechanical Concentration

Activities and Societies: President; Trinity College Robotics Team Alpha Epsilon Pi; Sentinel

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Member Chinese National Honor Society, Won First Prize Microbiology 11th grade at AACPS Science Fair and Award.