Project Lead on NASA's Goddard / JPL CCRS Gantry prototype. CCRS helps get the rocks from Mars 2020 back to Earth. Utah, you're gonna love it.

• Launch locks for the Sample Handling Arm inside JPL's Mars 2020 Rover.• Detailed design of launch restraint for robotic arm turret on JPL's 2011 Mars Science Lab. Conceptualized and analyzed (FEA and traditional) a cable cutting and routing scheme that released Alliance's arm from the MSL rover in Mars’ Gale Crater in August 2012 after the rough trip and landing. • Mechanical lead on a Phase II research/hardware SBIR for U.S.A.F. Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field. Designed a portable data collection machine to meet MIL-810 specifications and several Combat Controllers' requirements and performed systems-level energy analysis.• Full design and development of ground support hardware for the IDD (Instrument Deployment Device) used successfully on the 2004 Mars MER missions.• Authored several procedures, test plans, proposals, and associated documentation.

Some of my work can be seen on the animatronic figure in the Na'vi River Ride at Disney's Avatar Land in Animal Kingdom in Orlando. Found root causes and solutions for commutation drift, encoder skipping and load cell problems on custom actuator for a mobile robotics research platform. Designed rugged fall and crash protection for the same platform, preventing Li-Po battery fires. Created R.O.S. kinematic models of robots with software and hand conversions (Sorry, no links, no pictures. We call it "protecting the magic.").

• Mechanically designed, built, and tested a projector zoom lens with 3 moving groups and 19 elements. Mounting precision was in the 10 to 60 micron range and group motion was via stepper motors, allowing for temperature compensation and other effects. On-board electronics provided a web interface for lens control.• Designed, built, tested, and delivered an intra-ocular lens inspection facility. Generated full documentation including procedures, drawings, and electrical schematics. The unit is used to make MTF measurements on all lenses manufactured. • Lead project engineer on full-sky telescope enclosures used to house RAPTOR robotic telescopes used for observation of transient phenomena. Performed analysis and managed fabrication and lead on-site assembly.• Responsible for assembly and documentation of two super-plastic titanium argon gas forming systems used for manufacturing aircraft parts.• Assisted in various other projects.

• Optimized performance and reliability for a high volume production release of an agricultural sprinkler using several injection molded plastic parts. • Performed FEA analysis to resolve a strength/failure issue. • Handled user interface concerns and developed new test methods to quantify market requirements for performance.