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Los Angeles, CA, US

Costa Mesa, California, United States

Making new things that fly

Aliso Viejo, California, United States

I provided engineering services on the design (Solidoworks) and manufacturing (injection molding and SLA 3D Printing) of a novel medical device, its packaging, and the system's assembly. I coordinated with the pharma and engineering teams as well as outside stake holders to identify pathways and opportunities in the design process. I utilized an in-house.

Kent, Washington, United States

-Used MATLAB & Excel to navigate large trade spaces & conduct early design trades on the New Glenn vehicle’s actuated sub-systems, helping define overall system architecture-Utilized CREO/ProE & Windchill EPDM to design hydraulic components & secondary structure, route tubes, create drawings with GD&T, & manage subsystem level assemblies-Conducted static &.

Kent, Washington

-Design, tested, and installed upgraded mechanical system for Primary Decelrator System-Computer Aided Design work using CREO/ProE 5-Mechanical verification via hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS-Full mechanical design cycle: from whiteboard requirements to design and testing, to having the qualified hardware installed on the vehicle.

Austin, Texas Area

Part of the Mechanisms Design Group, main projects included design of stage separation mechanism and vehicle roll control system.-Created initial stage separation designs, and analyzed design spaces to assist with down select -Assisted in the design, development, manufacturing, and assembly of an actuator test stand-Worked with propulsion engineers on.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Worked with a small team of engineers to develop the B330 expandable space habitat. Main project involved working with our launch provider to design the hardware for the B330/launch vehicle interfaces and support structures.

Pasadena, California

• Conducted research for the Mars Sample Return project. The task objective is to implement a method of “Simultaneous Separation, Seaming, Sealing, and Sterilization using Brazing (S4B)” as a means of assuring a sample.
• Designing and machining test cylinders for the iterative brazing development process.
• Using a lathe, machined stock sized stainless steel tubes into the test configurations
• Performed brazing process, seeking uniform melting and effective surface wettingThe testing process became very iterative, making small changes to the test parameters or cylinder design configurations after.

Anaheim, CA

Mechanical design and packaging of electronic components of kilowatt power conversion systems for Naval Nuclear Propulsion systems.-Wrote technical engineering proposals for ship board power systems-Helped organize a top level CAD assembly consisting of 10,000+ components-Used Autodesk Inventor for component design and optimization