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Chattanooga, Tn

Rancho Cordova, Ca

Project engineer responsible for scheduling, cost account management and managing resources budgeted for program projects related to igniters, propellant and rocket motor case structures. Provide technical leadership for development of rocket motor components. Lead designer and chief engineer for technical tasks that develop, fabricate and test new controllable solid propulsion systems. Lead advanced technology efforts for controllable solid propulsion system programs.

Irvine, Ca

Project manager for the propulsion systems used on the company's launch system designed and tested under contract with DARPA. Responsible for the design, manufacture and testing of solid propellant propulsion units, liquid monopropellant and hybrid systems, Test stands, instrumentation and data acquisition systems. Designed and built propellant vacuum mixing and casting equipment. Manager of the company's rocket test facility.

Irvine, Ca

Interim lead scientist in charge of research for and development of a new high performance rocket propellant using nanometer-size propellant constituents. Coordinate construction and test efforts. Design and build test hardware for testing of lab scale rocket motors. Provide data acquisition capability to collect rocket motor test data. Formulate and produce propellant for testing. Design and build electronics for test operation.

San Jose, Ca

Design of rocket nozzle hardware, tooling for rocket motor construction, and test procedures. Test engineer for bond integrity study on solid rocket flight termination hardware. Rectify integration control issues. Design three axis tooling fixture for borescope examination of solid propellant grain surfaces. Study torque input and response of and provide statistical analysis for the ball and socket nozzle joint used on the thaad project. Work on research and testing projects to reduce nozzle split-line contamination thereby reducing friction and hence overall thrust vectoring torque requirements. Perform acceptance testing on flex seal nozzle joints.

Sunnyvale, Ca

Design and engineering of key components of a steam turbine used on a nuclear powered ship. Requires reports and calculations necessary to support completion of a Navy contract bid.

Mojave, Ca

Design and engineering of a centrifugal test stand capable of withstanding forces in excess of 120 kips and angular velocities of 75 radians per second. FEA stress analysis on test stand parts subjected to a 2000g environment. Plumbing for a lox/Kerosene liquid rocket engine. Set up and operate data acquisition system. Program control logic for centrifuge pumping tests. Centrifuge test controller and test operator. Author testing procedures. Compile and analyze data collected from test stand. Produce test reports. Engineering design reviews. Formulate and make original solid propellants.

Redwood City, Ca

R&D for new flat panel display technology. Engineered processes for display construction and assembly. Designed prototypes of display components. Created three dimensional and detailed drawings of prototypes using AutoCAD. Constructed test components using machine tools and laser. Assembled and operated vacuum systems. Worked individually and in team efforts to complete projects. Governed design projects until their completion. Invented mechanisms to complete assembly tasks.