Radar stealth design specialist on integrated product teams for 6+ early-stage research and development projects. Created 50+ computational electromagnetics models to assess and improve radar cross-section (RCS) of myriad air vehicle systems using iterative design processes. Validated models against test data. Derived and managed performance against RCS requirements based on operational analysis. Coordinated efforts among a 4-6 person team. Delivered reports and briefings to chief engineers and customers.● Developed automated tool to allocate vehicle RCS requirements to subsystems; efficiently translating, compiling, and distilling data between sources and formats. Tool has been adopted company wide.● Created more intuitive and comprehensive data visualization method, improving company standard.● Constructed algorithms to adaptively mesh parametric geometry, enabling quick-turnaround trade studies and reducing rework upon redesign.● Crafted widely adopted templates for model input and associated training material; mentored 3+ colleagues in RCS analysis methods.● Championed supercomputer user experience: negotiated with developers to adapt software to interface with workload manager, automated workflow to submit models for computation and receive results.

Simultaneously managed multiple $300+K, 12-month, aircraft engine nacelle certification projects for United Technologies Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Bombardier Aerospace. Ensured certification plans met regulatory requirements; coordinated delivery, review, and approval of 500+ certification documents. Negotiated with airframer and supplier to gain agreement on means of compliance and coordinated rapid resolution of issues. Documented, tracked, and presented disposition of issues and action plans; transmitted certification documents, rejections, and approvals. Trained, mentored, and supervised a 4-6 person team.● Pioneered new revenue stream supporting nacelle certification process. ● Invented, automated, generalized, and documented processes, templates, tools, checklists, and best practices that served multiple projects, reducing cost to establish parallel systems.● Created breakthrough database tools that tracked certification documents from review through approval, calculated aggregate performance metrics, and generated reports tailored to each project/customer. Tools significantly improved productivity and led to continued and new business.● Secured $1M+ in additional revenue to continue Bombardier program and expand service to Mitsubishi MRJ, Embraer Kc-390, and Irkut MS-21 programs.● Established technical design requirements for vendor hardware. Defined program-wide conventions for finite element modeling of engine assembly and components.

Created 12+ finite element models of various sizes and fidelities to analyze output stress and life expectancy of Pratt & Whitney’s F119 Thrust Vectoring Nozzle. Performed linear and non-linear steady-state thermal, structural, contact, and sub-model finite element analyses. Programmed scripts to apply boundary conditions, interpolate boundary conditions onto sub-models, solve models, and post-process results. Analyzed, interpreted, and presented conclusions to chief engineers.● Ensured most limiting load cases were selected for detailed analysis by conducting regression analysis to predict output stress based on input load conditions.● Predicted life of components by conducting low cycle fatigue analysis prior to crack initiation and damage tolerance analysis to assess rate of crack propagation thereafter.● Recommended inspection, repair, and replacement frequency and protocols based on analysis.

Facilitated one laboratory for GPS: Theory and Design per week. Addressed student questions regarding course material. Graded the homework, pre-lab assignments, laboratory reports, and exams of the students in my laboratory.

Member of a 30 person interdisciplinary project team to design, fabricate, and test an autonomous aircraft to compete in the Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition. Modeled and evaluated aerodynamic performance of two airfoils using computational fluid dynamics for use in small-scale, fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles capable of navigating waypoints, surveying areas, and retrieving visual information about the surfaces below. Devised, fabricated, and installed a system to mount a wireless network hub to the aircraft to facilitate communication between the aircraft and the ground station.

Selected for highly competitive Lewis’ Educational and Research Collaborative Internship Project. Designed new test section and prepared instrumentation and data acquisition system for experiments conducted in a subsonic wind tunnel. Aided the principal investigator in performing experiments to test the effectiveness of plasma actuators in flow control applications.● Wrote scripts to model pressure distribution in tunnel using a panel model in MATLAB. Calculated contours required to simulate various turbomachinery blades.● Compared prior test data with new model; provided recommendations to improve wind tunnel design.● Updated legacy CAD model to new design. Generated technical drawings for manufacture.

Conceptualized and designed a system to launch a micro infinite-impulse spacecraft into space using a ground-based continuous laser. Developed original six degree of freedom numerical integration dynamic simulation program from first principles to predict trajectory and attitude of solar sail when subject to direct light.