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Kent, WA, US

• Co-lead New Glenn Umbilical Structural Analysis Group to analyze and verify structural integrity of ground to rocket umbilical interface for New Glenn launch vehicle. Assigned, reviewed, and approved analysis work.
• Developed and implemented Kanban tracking tool to more effectively communicate to stakeholders priorities, see scope, resource planning, which increased efficiency of workflow by 50%.
• Resolved unique analysis situations with senior engineering leadership including an undersized bolted joint with large, enforced displacements on 7 panels.
• In-house ANSYS expert for Umbilical Structural Analysis Group where I trained, answered questions and troubleshooted all ANSYS Workbench issues.
• Collaborated closely with design engineer to finalize and validate design of environmental control system (ECS) panel.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• I worked remotely from West Des Moines, Iowa.Performed structural analysis on various aircraft parts focusing on fuel controls, actuators, and pumps primarily using FEA. Reviewed test plans and results, and supplier.
• Performed FEA on new AM integrated fuel pump and control (IFPC) culminating in manufacture of two prototypes with greater than a 50% weight reduction.
• Increased MTBUR (Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removals) saving customers over $70000 by replicating and analyzing high cycle fatigue field failures of an IFPC and applying damage tolerance (DT) principles.
• Conducted FEA to replicate a low cycle fatigue test failure of an IFPC and improved design by lowering stress over 50% to meet operational life requirements.
• Resolved an overstress failure while simultaneously decreasing weight 0.1 pound of an actuator by using optimization techniques with FEA.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Designed gas turbine fuel nozzles from conceptual through detailed design including validation by analysis and testing of thermal, stress, and vibration environments. Assist manufacturing engineer to resolve discrepant.
• Utilized FEA with service data to justify increasing MTBO (Mean Time Between Overhaul) by two times of a fuel nozzle.
• Insured product integrity while cutting down scrap by dispositioning out of print hardware as a member of the Material Review Board (MRB).
• Partnered with manufacturing engineer designing two test and manufacturing fixtures reducing manufacturing time.
• Reduced defective castings from a greater than 95% defect rate to a less than 5% rate by leading a project balancing manufacturing and quality assurance capabilities with engineering and customer requirements.
• Analyzed and improved AM capabilities as a member of a cross functional team resulting in bringing an AM fuel nozzle to market.

• Designed and validated brake, landing gear, and hydraulic systems of the CJ4 aircraft. Created solid models and drafted drawings. Wrote test plans and reports. Reviewed supplier qualification test reports and design.
• Wrote test plan and report to substantiate capabilities of a new hydraulic hose by test to reduce cost several hundred dollars and weight.
• Maintained fight test schedule saving over a million dollars per day making models and drawings for repairs necessary after flying prototype was damaged.

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering