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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Aerodynamics, flight mechanics and rotor dynamics analysis and modeling & simulation supporting eVTOL design, flight test and certification.

Montreal, Canada Area

Led product development team and developed software for InstructIQ™, a cloud-hosted analytics platform for pilot performance assessment and competency-based training.

Montreal, Canada Area

Provided research and engineering services in mathematical modeling, flight simulation software development, simulation technology audits, flight test planning, flight data analysis, and unmanned aerial system (UAS) development.

Led R&D in flight dynamics and turboshaft engine system identification and control design for simulation, mathematical model optimization, flight simulator handling qualities, pilot-in-the-loop simulation fidelity and flight data reconstruction to reduce simulation development and data costs while improving model quality.

- Mentored flight systems specialists and led development of rotary-wing aerodynamics, flight dynamics, propulsion and mission system simulations.- Led aerodynamics and propulsion system simulation technology evolution- Collaborated with customers and regulatory authorities for simulator acceptance, certification and post-delivery support.- Planned and managed flight test programs for simulator data collection- Analyzed requirements and defined software architecture for simulator projects, bids and proposals- Prepared technical proposals, project budget estimates, work plans and staffing plansSpecial projects:- Contributor to "Data Package Requirements for Design and Performance Evaluation of Rotary Wing Synthetic Training Devices," published by RAeS Flight Simulation Group (2002-2003)- Member of Performance and Handling Qualities Testing Task Team recommending ICAO 9625 helicopter simulator objective validation requirements to the "IWG-H" RAeS international working group- Co-architect and member of development team for OO-BERM, a novel object-oriented framework for multi-body dynamics and flight mechanics simulation- Developed guidance and control laws for unmanned rear-crew trainer operation

- Developed and maintained mathematical models and flight simulation software for helicopter aircrew training simulators- Analyzed flight test data and developed data processing utilities

M.Eng, Mechanical Engineering

Research subject: Investigated second-order turbulence models and numerical methods within a 2D finite-volume solver to compute.

B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering