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Sr Materials Engineer II- principal investigator on defense contracts leveraging cold spray additive manufacturing of refractory metal alloys.

▪ Systems engineer; lead and presenter of key technical Design Reviews and Customer Reviews. Facilitated trade studies and analysis of alternatives. Developed system level concept of operations. ▪ Program risk manager: conducted risk assessments and developed mitigation strategies to ensure project success. ▪ Program requirements owner: inherited, developed, decomposed, and maintained system requirements document. ▪ Lead engineer and principal investigator to evaluate thruster materials in low earth orbit (LEO) on MISSE-17. Successful launch to the ISS on SPX-27 in March 2023 and return in December 2023. ▪ Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, and testing, to mature ion electrospray propulsion technology from TRL 4 to TRL 6. ▪ Program engineer of test campaign at MIT Space Propulsion Lab that validated electrospray thrust-to-power. ▪ Managed pharos laser development; released production quality recipe and specification into configuration control.▪ Managed, provided technical guidance, and mentorship to a team of materials and test engineers.

(formerly Accion Systems)▪ Identified and qualified an alternate flight quality vendor within one year. Characterized anomalies, identified root causes, optimized process to improve yield from 50% to 90%, and coordinated with supplier to reduce cost by 25%. ▪ Maintained strong technical customer relationships with customers and material vendors. ▪ Spearheaded the fabrication, qualification, and integration of flight hardware. Developed specification on porosity, fluidic resistance, surface roughness, and chemical composition. ▪ Project manager of team that developed fluoroelastomer resistant to ionic liquid propellant and extreme temperatures. ▪ Owner and executor of hydrofluoric acid etch procedure in class 100 clean room. Increased production throughput 2x.▪ Subject matter expert in porous borosilicate glass fabrication; epoxy bonding techniques; LEO atomic oxygen radiation

(formerly Accion Systems) ▪ Instrumental in on-time product delivery: Led thermal vacuum chamber environment tests. Identified root cause of non-wetting contamination via material characterization techniques. Presented the recommended path forward at technical readiness review to management. Identified and qualified alternate TVAC suppliers via parallel mass model tests. ▪ Identified business case and spearheaded procurement of 3D measurement system for R&D and manufacturing imaging.▪ Identified safety concerns, root causes, and action plans to solutions. ▪ Designed, sourced, received, and inspected tooling to reduce processing time by 50%.▪ Qualified alternate bonding agents between porous ceramic and silicon via environmental and strength tests. ▪ Developed standard operating procedures and successfully transferred to manufacturing to meet production volumes.

Greater Boston Area

Lead Engineer for carbon nanotube (CNT) integrated products. Created and documented a robust fabrication procedure of lightweight, power-saving deicing heaters and delivered leading edge fixed wing model for ice wind tunnel testing. I optimized heater materials to increase flexibility, facilitate ease of installation, and decrease heater density by 15%. Liaised with customer to transfer heater technology from lab bench to flight test to full-scale production.Developed new CNT structural health sensors to monitor fatigue crack growth. Independently managed vendors for material requirements and engineers to execute test plans. Documented and implemented improvement iterations based off design inputs and previous test data in order to optimize material structure, resistance data collection, and crack characterization. Routinely and efficiently communicated data and process improvements to management and customer.Responsible for “out of oven” composite fabrication to establish technology feasibility and meet manufacturing cost savings of 40%, including material evaluation, testing, process improvements, and technology readiness.Created and tested a non-invasive quality inspection method to verify CNT sheets are within the acceptable resistivity range before fabrication, thus decreasing manufacturing risk and improving product reliability.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Boeing Research & Technology - Phantom WorksLead M&P engineer of multi-disciplinary team through product design, development, and production. Developed an in-depth knowledge of novel manufacturing process to create process control documentation for laboratory and production settings, and improvement plans to enhance the overall performance of product.Co-founded the Boeing Printed Electronics team and led site’s direct write printing capabilities. Assisted in developing novel interior lighting for commercial aircraft that reduced weight and labor costs. Increased production rate from 20 to 30 cells/day as lead engineer of solar cell innovation program.Lead engineer of specialty honeycomb and screen printing projects. Conducted lean process improvement analyses to achieve cost targets, and improved printing production yield rate by 50%.

Seattle, Wa

Boeing Research and Technology - Composite Fabrication Technology My first position at The Boeing Company was 787-9 Horizontal Stabilizer development and production support. I created industry standard parts for non-destructive test requirements, initiated defect documentation processes, and transferred the technology to the quality assurance team.After production support, I moved to product development projects. I was PI of a fuselage manufacturing process improvement project, in which I collaborated with Charleston to develop and fabricate test parts, then analyze and present recommendations to the customer. I was lead engineer of a design of experiments project which analyzed failure modes of complex composite splice joints. I invented and presented a novel structural design which was accepted by the engineering panel.

Trip leader of a cross-country cycling trip from Providence, RI to Seattle, WA to raise awareness and funds for the affordable housing problem. Responsible for ensuring a group of 30 young adults complete fundraising and volunteering requirements. Completed logistics for two weeks of lodging, route planning, and build days with organizations like Habitat for Humanity. Biked across the country in ten weeks to confront the affordable housing issue in America.

Concord, Ma

Hands-on engineering internship at Van Dusen Racing Boats. Assist composite fabrication team to produce high quality racing shells and sailboat masts. Hands-on application of resin infusion, pre-preg, wet lay-up, and dry fiber braiding composite manufacturing techniques. In charge of material prep, mold prep, layup processes, CNC machining, and customer service.

Upton, Ny

Competitive 10 week internship which required mechanical and materials engineering problem solving. Research project was to utilize a dye sensitized process to fabricate solar cells with quantum dots. Guest speaker at BNL Summer Symposium 2009. Presented final research project, “Characterization and Analysis of Quantum Dots to Fabricate Efficient Solar Cells”.