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San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

• Develop project teams and proposals for government research grants. Work closely with national labs, research institutes, and universities.• Develop funded research programs at universities in areas of alternate fuels, hydrogen safety, heat transfer, energy system life extension, additive manufacturing, carbon capture, fuel cell hybrids.• Attend and present at engineering conferences and U.S Dept of Energy annual program reviews.• Key member of Carbon Reduction Strategy Team.Previous Positions: Product Manager, Mercury 50; Product Support Manager, Combustion & Fuel Control; Combustion Engineer; Test Systems Group Manager; Development Test Engineering Group Manager• Managed projects to increase alternate fuel capabilities, including digester gas, landfill gas, biomass syngas, hydrogen, coke oven gas, flare gas, and associated gas.• Strategic planning of test cell upgrades and resources to meet development test schedules for emissions reduction, New Product Introduction, control upgrades, etc.• Managed operation of 6 distributed generator sets (4.2 MW – 7.5 MW) and 23 test cells.• Improved and automated load shed capability to prevent generator trips during power outages.• Managed department of 15 employees: hiring, performance appraisals, coaching, goal setting, merit and promotions, succession planning, expense and capital budgets.• Analyzed utility bills; forecasted natural gas fuel on daily, monthly and annual basis.

San Diego, California, United States

Taught on-line course "Converting to Renewable Energy" in the College of Extended Studies. Modules developed, taught, and kept up-to-date include: Transportation, Economic Analysis of Energy Alternatives, Life Cycle Analysis, Fuel Cells, Biomass, Smart Grids and V2G, Energy Storage.

Poway, California, United States

Tested 75 kW hydrogen PEM fuel cell systems for light duty vehicle OEMs.• Development and testing of new control system for 75 kW Ballard PEM hydrogen fuel cell.• Started-up and commissioned new fuel cell vehicle test stand. Developed controls algorithms. • Troubleshot fuel, air, electrical, instrumentation, and ground wiring issues.

San Diego, California, United States

• Performed cost/benefit analysis and trade studies on multi-million dollar facility upgrade projects.• Developed strategies and procedures for performing major capital projects.• Wrote test agendas, performed tests, reduced and analyzed test data.• Testing performed: pilot fuel surveys, emissions tuning, torch lightoff, transient load, fuel transfers, active/passive combustion pressure oscillation control, fuel injector and combustion liner qualification, thermal paint and crystal testing, liquid fuel smoke reduction at idle.• Controls optimization: fuel ramp rate during starts and fuel transfers, generator controls, black start, breaker trip, synchronizing with import/export control, island operation.• Package component testing and validation: control valves and actuators, flow meters, pressure and temperature instrumentation, VFD’s, generator controllers and voltage regulators, high voltage current transducers and potential transformers.

San Diego, California, United States

Managed capital improvement projects including CNG fuelling stations for fleet vehicles and plant upgrades at Moreno Valley Gas Compression Station and South Bay Power Plant. • Emissions and performance testing of gas turbines and internal combustion engines. Developed PEMS (Parametric Emissions Monitoring System) for recip ICE’s.• Performed Site/Factory Acceptance Testing of electrical and mechanical equipment. Wrote technical specifications, evaluated vendor bids, managed contractors and consultants. • Managed project to install a transmission gas line to Metro Biosolids Center cogeneration plant at Miramar Landfill.• Managed electrical engineering consultants for hazardous location project• Analyzed and wrote reports/plans for various regulations, including oil spill prevention, hazardous material storage, toxic hot spots, air emissions inventories, transportation, power plant emissions.

San Diego, California, United States

Audited industrial plants and facilities to determine Energy Conservation Opportunities. Performed field testing and analysis; calculated energy and cost savings, and payback periods.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering