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Fort Collins, CO, US

Colorado, United States

Combustion instabilities in liquid rocket engines.Small scale satellite propulsion.Sustainable aviation fuels from bio-oils.

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Worked within a multidisciplinary team on the PoleVolt curbside electric vehicle charging project.
• Provided mechanical engineering support and design for electrical enclosures and structural mounting.
• Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Cox

Monroe, North Carolina, United States

• Designed, built, and implemented an autonomous material transport tug that impacted all site functions with a cost reduction to comparable purchased units of approximately $30,000.
• Investigated and designed automated assembly and disassembly of fan units, serving as a proof of concept for automation in aftermarket repairs with a 5-year ROI.
• Developed and supported database applications in Microsoft Excel and Access that impacted all site functions.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Introduced students to concepts including basic concepts of a fluid and the fundamentals of ideal and real fluid flow. Topics include: fluid statics, conservation principles, Bernoulli’s equation, fluid flow in pipes.
• Graded Quizzes and Homework
• Provided instruction to students in the form of lectures, office hours, and supplemental instruction sessions.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Introduced students to concepts including general thermodynamic relations, equations of state and generalized charts, combustion, dissociation, and chemical equilibrium, and introduction to power cycles.
• Graded quizzes and homework.
• Provided instruction to students in the form of lectures, office hours, and supplemental instruction sessions.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Designed, built, and repaired test rigs and fixtures.
• Developed database applications in Microsoft Access that impacted all facility functions.
• Performed comprehensive site wide audit of test rig critical spares.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Introduced students to concepts of thermodynamics including first and second laws, work and heat Carnot cycle, availability and irreversibility, and ideal and real gases.
• Graded quizzes and homework.
• Provided instruction to students in the form of lectures, office hours, and supplemental instruction sessions.

Rock Hill, South Carolina

• Completed Engineering Change Orders (ECO) that impacted areas across multiple product lines.
• Developed, tested, and installed projects at the Research and Development Department.
• Designed initial models in Solidworks for LT1-RL4 vertical mast refresh project.

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Provided students with an introduction to the different disciplines within engineering as well as academic and professional development.
• Introduced students to engineering design, engineering calculations, and the college’s computing system.
• Practiced communication skills within a multi-disciplinary format, project planning, and team building.
• Graded quizzes and homework.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0/4.0

Advisor: Dr. Bret Windom Awards: Walter Scott Jr. Graduate Assistantship/Fellowship Sam Clowney Memorial Scholarship 2nd Place, Best.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Hon., Mechanical Engineering, 3.80/4.00

Honors: Magna Cum Laude Mechanical Engineering Departmental Honors Chancellors List Deans List Awards: 2nd Overall - NASA USLI 1st.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Physics, 3.80/4.00

Honors: Magna Cum Laude Chancellors List Deans List

Education record

Involvement: SkillsUSA Beta Club National Technical Honors Society Tennis Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout) German Club