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Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Co-owner of the design and development of very high-power electron beam target system. Led the thermal and mechanical analyses of these components using ANSYS Mechanical and Fluent.• Worked closely with an international supplier, which included multiweek international travel, to assist with the development of components within their scope.• Developed prototype and factory/site acceptance criteria for both internal and vendor developed components.• Mentored junior level engineers on performing thermal and mechanical analyses as well as communicating findings.• Served as a subject matter expert for thermal, fluids, mechanical, and particle accelerator related topics.

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, United States

• Led the designed, constructed, and operated a test stand to support R&D testing and product quality assurance.• Supported the R&D, commissioning, and service teams with Python based analysis of accelerator data logs.• Topical expert for thermal/fluid and electromagnetic FEA analysis (COMSOL & Python).• PI/PM for a 6-month study on a low-SWaP neutron generator for energetic detection for the Office of Naval Research.

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, United States

Merged with Shine to become a division of Shine Technologies

Houghton, Mi

• Developed and validated a computational model to simulate the surface deformation of an ion source under magnetic and electric stresses.• Utilized the university’s high performance computing cluster to run CFD simulations and optimization analyses.• Performed long duration studies to characterize the emission behavior of an electrospray micro-thruster for nanosatellites.• Developed expertise with testing in high vacuum facilities, high voltage power supplies, plasma diagnostic tools, and data acquisition.• Prototyped a B-dot detumble controller and unscented Kalman filter for microsatellite attitude determination.

Houghton Michigan

• Individually taught and graded sections of the mechanical engineering energy laboratory.• Responsible for lecturing, supervising, grading, and holding office hours.• Lab coordinator responsibilities included managing four teaching assistants, developing coursework, revising the lab manual, and reporting to the course director.

Waukesha Wisconsin

• Instrumented a skid-steer loader for hydraulic efficiency analysis, performed testing, and wrote final report of analysis.• Developed a package of MATLAB code to semi-automate visualization of standardized data files.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: MSOE Sound Engineers, Rowing Crew, AIAA