I use computer simulations to help engineers sort through the large heap of parameters that they could potentially alter in an R&D process and find the most important changes to improve system performance based on an understanding grounded in fundamental physics and engineering.I am a recognized expert in COMSOL Multiphysics®, having taught the official COMSOL Multiphysics® training class "Multiphysics Analysis for Medical Devices Using COMSOL Multiphysics" and presented an official COMSOL webinar for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).I have a long history of solving open-ended nonlinear problems. I have the greatest record in the history of the international COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and placed in the top 10 teams of Microsoft College Puzzle challenge 5 times between undergrad and graduate school, with 3 mutually exclusive sets of different teammates. I was an author and editor for the 2015 MIT Mystery Hunt and 538's The Riddler column ran my puzzle on election day 2016.