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Tucson, AZ, US

Arlington, VA, US

• Accomplishments:
• Increased on time delivery by 10% with a historically challenging supplier, improving relationships between internal and external teams and eliminating internal complaints
• Reduced RCCA approval time for a major supplier by more than 50%
• Led a team conducting price analyses, managing ~150 requests per year with an average cycle time of 7 days, which was the best in class across the organizationGeneral responsibilities:
• Communicate and translate technical data package to suppliers
• Define, communicate, and verify configuration requirements

Arlington, VA, US

• Optical alignment/testing of telescope assembly.
• Implementation of automated test and assembly processes.
• Analysis of test data from electro-optical sensors.
• Design of analysis tools for optical sensors.
• Develop and conduct EO subsystem trade studies.
• Design of optical and opto-mechanical sensor systems and/or test fixtures for sensors.

Reston, Virginia, US

• Perform requirements definition for testbeds and test equipment for a variety of electro-optical experiments.
• Design, procure parts for, build, align, and calibrate custom testbeds and test equipment (including lasers, sensors, detectors, sources, blackbody units, collimators, mirrors, lenses, filters, spectrometers.
• Design, procure parts for, build, and test instrument control and data acquisition hardware.
• Modify and develop data acquisition tools using software such as LabVIEW.
• Modify and develop data reduction and analysis tools using software such as MATLAB.
• Develop and review test plans, test procedures, and test reports.

Mclean, VA, US

• Work with image processing, noise reduction, algorithm enhancement, radiometric thresholding, edge detection and tracking during spectral exploitation, and machine learning with large datasets (data science with big.
• Work on remote sensing and scene generation software development in IDL/ENVI with Git version control, including converting legacy MATLAB code into IDL based upon new standards. Improved input sensor parameters using.
• Integrate ENVI digital surface modeling functionality into scene feature reflectance representation software for processing LIDAR point cloud data even when spatial reference information is unknown.
• Compile monthly status reports for the entire team.

Dayton, OH, US

• Conduct computational and theoretical modeling relevant to the measurement of the directional-hemispherical reflectance of opaque materials using integrating spheres.
• Perform experiments using ultraviolet, visible, near infrared, and infrared integrating spheres to evaluate the computational model developed.

Ithaca, NY, US

• Assembled a high-current photocathode electron gun for use in the Laboratory of Elementary Particle Physics linear particle accelerator.
• Constructed a clean room, observed clean room procedures, and conducted high pressure rinses.

University Heights, OH, US

Guided students to success in understanding and applying physics and engineering principles.

• Performed testing of and helped to design runway lights that met Federal Aviation Administration standards.
• Worked on promoting and testing products that block blue wavelengths of light.
• Supervised a high school student interning at the Institute.

University Heights, OH, US

Worked in a laser spectroscopy lab on transition probabilities in noble gases and fluorescence. Gained experience working with spectrometers and experimental procedures, as well as with SpectraSuite and Origin software in data analysis.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Electro-Optics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Honors, Physics

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