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Unlocking existing assets value by harnessing market understanding, data analytics & engineering characteristics.

Developing & Evaluating Power Plant Offerings for the North & Latin American Region.

Calculated detailed pricing assessments for all firm offers for North and South America via thermal performance & lifecycle economic modeling Conducted market analysis and dispatch studies determining competitiveness of Siemens productsEstimated EPC scope project costs for Large frame CC plants.

Program: Energy Solutions- Fossil Power Division Thermal Systems & PerformanceDevelop thermal design for current and embryonic power systems in order to improve product offering.Utilize thermodynamic models to provide commercial guarantees on power plant heat rate and output. In addition, prove those guarantees by performance testing of power plants.

Led ASME PTC 46 Combined Cycle (CC) Field Performance Test garnering over 10MUSD in both performance credit for Siemens (5-4000F) and Westinghouse (6-5000F) Frames Tuned gas turbine and plant parameters to safely optimize performanceUtilized highly accurate instrumentation for precise performance evaluation and diagnosis of plant operational issuesContributed to inter-departmental effort to offer BOP performance evaluations & improvementsCycle Design EngineerLed IGCC FEED Study through project definition and conceptual design Supported gas turbine design under DOE High H2 IGCC program with power and process island calculationsCalculated Project and Proposal statistical performance risk and generated CC Performance Technical Limits of Authority (TLOA) for negotiation support via detailed thermal modelsManaged Advanced Cycle Studies with reporting and budgeting requirementsCommercialized WETEX technology and transferred to Siemens Environmental Systems and ServicesRecruited and Mentored Engineering Development Program Candidates

Haptic Control of Compact Rescue Crawler Intelligent Machine Dynamics LabDesigned & prototyped compact hydraulic actuator for debris clearingTribological Effects of Rail Gun Simulator Manufacturing Research Center Designed Pneumatics system & Programmed control of linear motor for low speed testing

Program: External Fuel Tank for the Space ShuttlePerformed detailed technical stress analysis used to guarantee structural integrity of flight hardware.Process Non-Conformance documents and develop alternative design and manufacturing techniques to reduce quality related issues.

Drafted & Rendered 3-D CAD model for patent litigation case