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Bothell, Wa, Us

Arlington, Va, Us

Leading the flight controls function team in developing the X-66 experimental aircraft.Flight Control Architecture DesignAirplane Level Trade Studies Flight Control Safety AnalysisFlight Control System Requirements Development Flight Control Monitoring and Fault Logic DevelopmentIntegrating Cross Functional TeamsPhysical Body Simulation and Analysis Primary and High Lift Control LawsAutoflight Function Development

Arlington, Va, Us

• Lead engineer in re-design of ballscrews including RCCA, trade studies, prototype testing, and in-service testing.• Focal for the Flight Controls division, reported out to CPE level Performance to Plan, coordinated projects between primary flight controls, high lift, flight control electronics, pilot controls, and electromagnetic effects.• Responsible engineer for evaluating supplier proposed hydraulic motor redesign.• Lead engineer for qualification testing of a planetary gearbox, including drawing reviews, test fixture build, non-conformance resolution, and instrumentation.• Implemented a new process for team digital filing for performance and safety analysis files for improved documentation revision control. •MATLAB/Simulink analysis to update high lift systems performance documents for new minor model, show systems meet requirements. Authored new revision to the system safety analysis document based off analyses results.•Led flight testing, including instrumentation, real-time flight data observation and decision making, and analysis to determine and confirm root cause, solving a 6-year-old problem.•Independently evaluate supplier and factory requested changes for: hydraulic motors, control modules, ballscrews, power drive units, torque tubes, and gearboxes.•Led Boeing and Supplier team through hydraulic motor qualification endurance testing, including requirements resolution.•Failure analysis and root cause identification of in-service failures unable to be dispositioned by service engineers.•Responsible high lift engineer for new airplane minor model. Verification/documentation of requirements, safety analysis, and interface with impacted engineering stakeholder teams.

Helping customers gear up safely for their next adventure with outdoor gear and apparel including brands such as Salomon, Arc'teryx, Patagonia, The North Face, Osprey, and more.Checking in P.O.'s, assisting in creating attractive store layout, helping to teach new employees, and engaging with the community.Being a gearhead and continuously keeping up with all the new tech and engineering coming from the outdoor industry.

Bryan, Tx, Us

Building, wiring, and troubleshooting control boxes designed for large winches used on boats and rigs. Designing robust and affordable control schematics for winch level winds. Hands on assembly and fabrication.

College Station, Tx, Us

• Designed, built, and ran UAS bioaerosol collection device for 3-D air sampling initiative for urban health. Presented material at the American Association for Aerosol Research conference in Portland, 2016. • Performed big data analysis of bioaerosol samples to determine relationships between complete microbiomes.• Tracked pathogenic aerosols in factories using a novel method of experimental sampling and CAD-based computational fluid dynamics. Recommended new designs that projected a 98% decrease in harmful particles. • Traveled to facilites, spoke to representatives, established experimental set ups, evaluated HVAC systems, and worked extensively in collecting and evaluating bioaerosols.• Analyzed particles and bacteria using ICP-MS, NanoSight, qPCR, Illumina Sequencing, and basic plating techniques.• Construction of a novel Virtual Impactor to increase efficacy of particle separation.

College Station, Tx, Us

• Taught two semesters of classes, totaling three classes, including: Senior level Heat Transfer Lab, Sophomore level Mechanical Measurements, and Graduate level Mechanical Vibrations. • Held office hours, prepared the equipment before the lab, and created presentations. • Worked as a team with other TA’s to grade reports fairly and create exams.• Ran tests on relays, LabView, oscilloscopes, thermocouples, fins, heat exchangers, and various analog and digital instruments.

Birmingham, Al, Us

• Researched methods to reduce estrogen from escaping wastewater facilities. • Determined an optimal fungal source for laccase production that would naturally produce this enzyme, saving costs. • Began development of a novel estrogen degradation assay using a fluorescent probe.• Presented at SERMACS 2014 conference in Nashville.

Master’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Biological/Biosystems Engineering