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Saint Joseph, Mi

• Lead cross functional simulation team to support Fabric Care product development.• Drive interaction with product development teams to increase use of simulation in product development cycle.• Interface with engineering managers to determine project needs and priorities and assign resources to meet these needs. Receive, prioritize and assign simulation requests in support of projects.• Determine and plan personnel and financial resources necessary to support product development. Manage budget to provide additional software and hardware resources, and training to increase the capabilities and efficiency of the department.• Oversaw hiring of new employees and their on-boarding to the corporation.• Participate in discussions of the strategic direction of Fabric Care simulation team and drive development of new simulation capabilities aligned to support this direction.• Conduct regular meetings with the Fabric Care Simulation department and with individual department members to communicate necessary information, increase teaming within the department, address team members personal and professional concerns to increase employee engagement and provide mentoring for personal and technical development.• Work with simulation managers in other regions to achieve a global simulation team, manage cross-regional support of projects and standardize practices in performing simulations.• Provided people resources for the development of simulation personnel from other regions.• Continued to perform analytical and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) and heat transfer analyses on laundry appliances.

Saint Joseph, Mi

• Developed training materials and trained new analysts from different global regions if the use of computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer software and analysis for Whirlpool’s template based analysis approach.• Perform analytical and computational fluid dynamic and heat transfer analyses on laundry appliance systems including :• Configuring radiant heaters in clothes dryers to uniformly heat air and minimize duct temperatures • Design and analysis of gas burners for clothes dryers to improve combustion efficiency and heating of air• Development of dispensing systems and spray nozzles for washing machines and clothes dryers• Analysis of aerodynamic drag during spin cycle of washing machine to reduce power consumption• Analysis of air pressure fluctuations during spin of washing machine for evaluation of possible contributions to the noise of the machine• Evaluation of drainage patterns in washing machine tub and cavitation of pumps to improve performance of washing machines• Development of techniques to analyze consumer safety of washing machines, clothes dryers and dishwashers.• Perform experimental validation of analyses and simulations• Mentor other CFD engineers to improve their efficiency, capabilities, and analytical abilities.• Evaluate and recommend purchase of engineering software and computer hardware.

Saint Joseph, Mi

• Perform analytical and computational fluid dynamic and heat transfer analyses on laundry, dishwasher and countertop appliance systems including :• Development of clothes dryer blower wheels and housings• Development of washing machine agitators and wash-plates to improve clothes circulation• Development of washing machine pumping systems for foreign object handling and improved operating efficiencies• Development of airflow and heating system for combination washer/dryer appliance• Development of dishwasher spray nozzles for improved cleaning• Improvement of dishwasher pumping system efficiencies• Evaluation of cooling of electric motors during operation• Perform experimental validation of analyses and simulations• Perform structural analysis using FEA program ANSYS

Saint Joseph, Mi

• Perform analytical and computational fluid dynamic and heat transfer analyses on laundry, dishwasher and countertop appliance systems including • Improving operating efficiency of blower wheels and blower housings• Improving efficiency of ducting in clothes dryers• Analysis and improvement of pressure losses in dishwasher feed-tubes• Analysis of mixing capabilities of various food blender blades and jar designs• Improvement of washing machine pumping efficiencies• Electronic cooling of controls in appliance consoles• Development of siphon dispensers for washing machines• Perform experimental validation of analyses and simulations• Perform Injection Molding Simulations using C-Mold software

Saint Joseph, Mi

• Perform analytical and computational fluid dynamic and heat transfer analyses on laundry, dishwasher and countertop appliance systems including • Analysis and design of centrifugal dispensers• Analysis of washing machine agitators to evaluate clothes circulation• Evaluation of different blower designs for clothes dryers• Development of dishwasher fill system• Evaluation of airflow in a dishwasher during drying of dishes• Development of dishwasher venting to improve drying efficiencies• Heat sink design for cooling of electronic components• Perform experimental validation of analyses and simulations

Master Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Pi Tau Sigma