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Bothell, Washington, United States

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Lynnwood, Wa

• Responsible for Systems engineering for the development of autonomous underwater glider. Direct hands-on tasks included system sizing and flight performance analysis, glider assembling and system integration, developing test plans and procedures, functional testing, trim and ballast, sea-trial / flight demonstration, test data review / analysis, and failure / root-cause investigation.• Contributed to product design and development activities, including proposal writing, requirements definition, development of requirements verification matrix, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, hardware design reviews, preliminary design review, and critical design review.

Seattle, Wa

• Led and coordinated Integrated Project Team consisting of internal personnel and external design and manufacturing organizations for requirements definition, design, development, verification, validation, design transfer, 510(k) regulatory clearance, and commercial launch of Class II medical device in accordance with Design Controls procedures.• Contributed in developing Basis of Estimates for FDA remediation Project Team for Phototherapy Products.• Collaborated with / led cross-functional project team and external consultants to perform retrospective Design History File remediation and Corrective & Preventive Actions in response to Warning Letter and findings from Regulatory Bodies and internal quality system reviews and audits.• Prepared project budget & progress status tracking materials and presented in project phase / milestone reviews to executives and senior management.• Served as Subject Matter Expert for sustaining activities of Phototherapy products, including design changes, verification and validation, manufacturing process validation, risk management, requirements traceability, design reviews, design history files (DHF), device master records (DMR), supplier management, customer complaints, post-market surveillance, technical service support, and root-cause investigation.• Provided technical guidance and proposed resolutions for design approach and engineering issues.

Poway, Ca

Participated in technology development (planning, design & analysis, hardware setup and teardown, test conducting, inspection, and data review) of “green” liquid-propellant restartable igniters intended for hybrid motors and non-hypergolic liquid bipropellant rocket engines. Contributed to creating proposals.

Bellevue, Wa

Design and Analysis: Developed computer codes and conducted thermodynamic cycle and aerodynamic meanline analyses. Defined turboexpander's supersonic nozzle and rotor blade geometries using in-house tools. Participated in review of mechanical design and CFD / thermal / film cooling analysis.Hardware Testing: Participated in defining test layout / P&ID, test matrix, and instrumentation. Drafted data analysis plan. Conducted test hazards analysis. Participated in sizing / specification, selection and manufacturing of test components.

Redmond, Wa

Program lead engineer for two multi-million, multi-year technology programs on non-catalytic less-toxic monopropellant thruster and dual-thrust “green” bipropellant RCS rocket engine through feasibility hot fire demo testing. Worked with PM on proposals, cost & schedule, program plans, WBS, program FMEA, supplier evaluation, and progress reporting. Led / participated in developing statement of work, technical specifications, technical logic, risk mitigation and design development plans, and compliance matrices.Served as development engineer for conducting hardware integration and testing for concept demonstration, performance verification, and product acceptance for technologies including mono and bipropellant rocket engines, solid propellant gas generators, fire suppression systems, air bags, pressurization systems, and munition dispensing systems,. Led / participated in writing test plans and procedures, defining test equipment and instrumentation requirements, manufacturing, safety and test readiness reviews, data analysis, failure investigation, and documentation and reporting.Applied basic engineering principles & semi-empirical correlations in thermal and heat transfer, fluid dynamics, combustion, and propulsion for propulsion system trade studies, fluid component sizing, and design for bipropellant rocket engine combustors, injectors, nozzles, film cooling, and acoustic resonator. Direct analysis experience including rocket engine performance, nozzle plume, fluid system pressure transients, thermal analysis, solid-propellant gas generator combustion transient, and test data reduction and correlation.Collaborated and wrote joint proposals with small companies, universities, and NASA Marshall. Served as program technical lead for one IRAD and some multi-year Phase I & II SBIR subcontracts including advanced ceramic matrix composite materials, 5-lbf H2/O2 injectors, and small liquid propellant pumps. Monitored program technical progress, schedule and cost.

University Park, Pa

Research Associate (1994-1997), Lecturer (Spring 1994), Post-Doctoral Fellow (1993)Assisted supervising professor at High Pressure Combustion Lab, conducting propulsion and military related research involving ignition, combustion, and flame diagnostics of energetic materials including solid propellants, solid fuels, and liquid gun propellants. Helped mentoring and worked with graduate and undergraduate students and technicians in designing test apparatus, setup and performing experiments, and conducting analysis. Taught one semester of graduate course on Solid Propellant Combustion. Specific research topics included solid-propellant flame diagnostics, GOX/HTPB hybrid motor fuel regression rate investigation, liquid and solid propellant strand burning rate and surface temperature measurement, solid fuel pyrolysis and species diagnostics, nano-size aluminum particle effect on solid propellant and solid fuel regression rate enhancement, and solid propellant erosive burning rate assessment. Experimental equipment and analytical skills used included: UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy, real-time x-ray imaging radiography, gas chromatography / mass spectrometer, high-speed cinematography, CO2 laser ignition, liquid and solid-propellant strand burners, fine-wire thermocouple, and numerical modeling using Fortran & ANSYS.

University Park, Pa

State College, Pa

Participated in design and setup of test rigs, instrumentation, motor analog test firing, data analysis, and report preparation. Conducted numerical simulation of internal ballistics and thrust transient for Space Shuttle and Ariane 4 solid-rocket boosters.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Thesis research topic: numerical simulation and experimental investigation on interactions between solid propellant combustion, flow-field.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Studied ignition transient and internal ballistics of solid propellant rocket boosters.

Bachelor'S Degree, Aeronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Tau Phi Honor Society Recipient of Air Asia Scholarship, 1983-1985.