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Bellingham, Wa, Us

Ferndale, Washington, United States

• Research engineering role specializing in testing and validation of large natural gas combustion engines used in power generation applications.• Main duties included but not limited to design and instrumentation of new hardware and products. Managed test cell with integrated PID controlled fluid heating and cooling, pressure systems, engine dynamometers, pressure transducers, thermocouples and strain gauges. • Collected and analyzed thermodynamic data for combustion development and for use in model calibration. Data was condensed and presented to a global team across USA, UK, and India. • Excelled in quick development times and hands on prototyping. Capable of design, fabrication, and testing of custom hardware and software.

Spokane, Washington, United States

• Senior design project collaborating with Avista Utilities to study the effects of hydrogen introduced into natural gas engines in a power peaking facility• Performed literature reviews and design meetings to determine safety thresholds and design parameters• Produced weekly technical memos and project reports for board of directors detailing project progress, documenting design iterations, and economic feasibility plans• Designed control system to monitor in-cylinder pressure, engine RPM, emissions, and power from 4-stroke natural gas converted engine

Spokane, Washington, United States

• Coauthored paper on effect of CO2 dilution on soot maturity and chemiluminescence using a novel spectroscopy technique• Worked with manufacturing shop to build specialty parts given material properties and design constraints• Performed pyrolysis to create biochar in carbon capture research• Measured soot concentration of simple flames of propane, methanol, ethanol, and biofuels for application of optimized combustion in simple stoves and turbine generators

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

• Constructed optical research test bed for high-speed laser imaging of diesel engine injectors• Designed Matlab image processing techniques for Schlieren, Mie, and Planar Laser Fluorescence imaging • Produced presentations for collaborative meetings with Cummins, Czero, Argonne National Laboratory• Submitted quarterly reports to Department of Energy detailing progress and summarizing key findings• Collaborated with Cummins, Czero, ANL to increase atomization of direct fuel injection for propane engines• Conducted literature review of technical documents, dissertations, and research papers

Spokane, Washington, United States

- Collected and processed geothermal turbine data for analysis of geothermal viability on a larger scale- Processed data in Microsoft Excel and MATLAB