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Remote

Energy engineer responsible for load analysis and load management strategies for C&I facilities in the following energy territories: Arizona Public Service (APS)California Independent System Operator (CAISO)Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU)I utilize Excel, Power Query, and Visual Basic for Applications to perform data analysis for a variety of facilities across various utilities. Using this data, I assess a facility's suitability for participation in Demand Response programs in their home energy market, and and devise strategies for participation. I prioritize repeatable load shed strategies that can be sustained over multiple event calls resulting in optimal revenue generating opportunity for the customer.

Remote

Perform utility meter data analysis for customer currently enrolled or interested to enroll in demand response programs. Particular focus in supporting customers of CAISO investor owned utilities. Learning to support customers in the Arizona Public Service territory as well.

San Diego, California, United States

Oceanside, California, United States

Used this time to study for the Fundamentals of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Exam. Passed the exam and obtained EIT status in California.

San Diego, California, United States

I collaborated with an engineering team to develop a novel PV panel heat extractor to cool and improve the performance of PV panels and a thermal energy storage tank system to generate hot water on demand. I have worked on different engineering tasks including Solidworks modeling, heat transfer analytical calculations, and pipe flow analysis using PipeFlo software. Lead writer for funding/grant applications to agencies such as the California Energy Commission, U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technology Office, Department of Defense SBIR/STTR. I have written applications to accelerator programs such as Cleantech Open, American Made Solar Prize, the UC Berkeley-Hass Clean Tech to Market Program and Caltech's Rocket Fund. Icarus has received funding from the the California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development Initiative (CalSEED), Shell Gamechanger powered by NREL accelerator, and Qualcomm Small Business Accelerator. My grant writing helped Icarus secure $1.7 million in funding from CalSEED and the California Energy Commission.Supervised senior mechanical engineering and chemical engineering student design projects at SDSU and UCSD, respectively. These student project teams have worked on a variety of projects including heat extractor design, analysis, and fabrication; energy storage design and analysis; organic Rankine cycle design and simulations. Student teams and projects were supervised in conjunction with CEO Mark Anderson, Dr. Alexander Lehman at SDSU, and Dr. Alyssa Powell at UCSD. Collaborated with a team of engineers and contractors at the National Renewable Laboratory through the Shell Gamechanger accelerator. The NREL team is helping Icarus model the performance of the Icarus Quartet system using TRNSYS.

San Diego, Ca

Mechanical engineer role on a thermal energy storage project to recover heat from photovoltaic panels. The heat recovered will then be used to power an Organic Rankine cycle. Collaborating with a senior electrical engineering team from the University of California, San Diego.

Carlsbad, California, United States

San Diego, Ca

Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering Candidate under the supervision of Dr. Fletcher Miller."Numerical Model of a Concentrated Solar Power Combined Cycle Plant with Sensible thermal Energy Storage." https://digitallibrary.sdsu.edu/islandora/object/sdsu%3A27521Dean's Award Winner (Oral Presentation) at the 2019 SDSU Student Research Symposium.link: https://mechanical.sdsu.edu/news/news-edwin-gonzalezThe goal of the thesis project is to present a possible solution to address the ever increasing energy demand "Duck Curve" in the state of California.Built and iterative, coupled partial differential equation model for a sensible thermal energy storage tank in Matlab.Debugged a Matlab model for a concentrated solar power tower combined cycle plant.Programmed a day simulation for the combined cycle plant showing operation maximizing power or efficiency using solar information from the National Renewable Energy Lab.Combined the Matlab models of the combined cycle plant and the thermal energy storage to determine possible energy production outcomes.

Greater San Diego Area

Assisted the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) supervisor by testing bond coats and honeycomb brazing used in new and refurbished airplane turbine components. Processed three to five coating samples a day and two sets of thermal brazing samples for turbine engine vanes in accordance with the manufacture and FAA guidelines. Learned to use a tensile test machine. Used quick mix acrylic to hold samples and inspect them with a light microscope. Performed macro and micro hardness tests as required. Using Solid Works, I modeled a tool for scratch hardness test to reduce test outsourcing costs. Assisted thermal coating department remove coatings from sample cylinders using a mill machine so they could be reused for new coatings.

Fairfield, California, United States

Davis, Ca

Research assistant under Professor Dong Yu under the supervision of Ph.D CandidateAssisted Ph.D candidate by running vapor-liquid-solid experiments for nanowire growths using powder zinc selenide.Evaluated quality of nanowires under microscope and recommended further analysis to the Ph.D candidate.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Fletcher Miller (Thesis Advisor) - Combustion and Solar Energy Lab Courses: Solid Modeling - Creo and Matlab. Knowledge of Geometric.

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics, Graduate

Activities and Societies: Treasurer, Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc. (7/2011 - 6/2012)Courses: Classical Mechanics Electrodynamics Quantum.