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Oakland, Ca, Us

Oakland, Ca, Us

Alameda, California, Us

Kent, Wa, Us

• First engine system design engineer on the program, matured engine architecture from initial layout trades through multiple engine design cycles. Continued to improve routing and component placements to reduce envelope/mass.• Initial design built and featured in Blue Moon unveiling press conference and website• Designed/analyzed thrust structure, tubing, flanges, and managed configuration of thrust chamber testing• Created interface control models/drawings to drive agreement across customers with competing requirements.• Design and drafting for large structural welded engine thrust stand• Produced monthly reports on basic and predicted mass properties to AIAA S-120A-2015 to track program risk.• Created and managed all BE-7 Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs). Developed scripts to consolidate instrumentation information to a single source of truth.• Hydrogen pressure vessel design and trade studies

Kent, Wa, Us

• Established requirements and created initial concepts for New Glenn door mechanism. Used mechanism software to trade designs inspired by automotive, household, and aerospace industries.• Performed trades and finite element analysis of aluminum vs composite sandwich panel structures.

Kent, Wa, Us

• Performed initial trades, analysis, and optimization of Blue Moon lander engine including: nozzle contour, throat sizing, regenerative cooling channel.

Kent, Wa, Us

• Designed machine to fabricate large nozzles for upper stage engines, adaptable for other large components. Created concept layouts, detailed drawings, tolerancing, and initial sizing analyses.

• Redesigned exoskeleton tibia assembly with quick adjustment, reduced part count, and 4x improved stiffness to allow paraplegic patients to be fitted more quickly and learn to walk with improved confidence.• Designed testing equipment and wrote testing plans.• Assisted in medical testing.

Richmond, California, Us

• Managed four members to design driveline and wheel package components, accommodating a 60% increase in engine power while only increasing subsystem mass 3.7%.• Designed custom flex disc CV joints using a custom code to replace heavy traditional automotive parts.• Wrote custom composite laminate analysis code to design carbon fiber axles.• Validated designs with physical bond proof tests and extended life deflection tests of CV joint design iterations.• CAM Programmer, CNC Machinist and waterjet operator. Machined: bearing carriers, brake rotors, rockers, etc.

Richmond, California, Us

• Designed and analyzed brake hubs, brake rotors and other components to optimize stiffness and mass.• Designed Ergonomics Jig to measure 15 parameters to ensure driver comfort to achieve optimal driver performance

San Francisco, California, Us

• Design for assembly and manufacturing of injection molded components• Motion capture testing and modeling of rotary dampers for counterbalanced lid

• Created new design for a medical diagnostics company's incubator to reduce it's size by 60%.• Did all design, drawings, and testing • Built and delivered 10 initial units to customer• Designed mechanism to increase production throughput for medical pouch sealing

Master’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

High School