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- Test and Operations Support Contract Lead Engineer for Mobile Launcher and Pad 39B Cryogenic Subsystem- Responsible for obtaining all necessary skills from within the Engineering Directorate to ensure proper execution of the overall design of LH2, LO2, and Ground Main Propulsion Systems- Responsible for providing support to analysis and documentation of Exploration Mission 1 Mobile Launcher base - Responsible for providing engineering support for flight hardware for the Commercial Crew Program- Responsible for providing support for the Engineering Analysis, Materials, and Processes group including design, modelling, and analysis of Ground Support Equipment

Assisting with pneumatics design and analysis for Mobile Launcher at Kennedy Space Center. Familiar with GN2, GO2, GHe, and Breathing Air subsystems.• Fluids engineer supporting pneumatics design, operations, and development of ground support equipment at KSC• Proficient with creating, reading, and interpreting fluids models, drawings, and schematics in Creo to NASA standards• Proficient modeling within Creo, and using piping and cabling tools to create complex models and drawings to KSC standards• Proficient utilizing Windchill environment for promoting and releasing drawings, keeping up models, and drafting in KDDMS• Familiar with tasks in support of pneumatics, hydraulics, Environmental Control Systems, and Ground Cooling Systems• Maintained Oxygen Compatibility Assessment reports, including attending Oxygen Hazard Analysis Team (OHAT) meetings• Performed walk-downs of existing hardware in order to maintain as-built configurations in relevant models and drawings• Completed required training and safety courses and gained access to existing structures including the Mobile Launcher, Vehicle Assembly Building, Multi-Payload Processing Facility, and Launch Equipment Test Facility• Familiar with creating redline drawings from Requests For Information or Acceptance Data Packages and incorporating changes into models and drawings • Strong sense of self-motivation, willingness to demonstrate initiative, effective communicator, and familiar with completing tasks in an expedited timeframe

• Selected to be aerodynamic lead in charge three engineers tasked with detailed design of airfoil, wing properties, tail configuration, lift capabilities, overall vehicle weight, and wing attachment method• Designed and manufactured wind tunnel for validation and verification of calculated values, including creation of test plan• Analyzed and assessed failure modes for all aspects of wing design, and how they relate to overall impact on flight• Obtained valuable knowledge and skills pertaining to working with teams of engineers, such as project management, conflict resolution, maintaining schedule, and interfacing with others in support of a common goal• Placed 1st in competition of 4 senior design teams, and met or exceeded all design requirements

• Utilization of PTC Creo interfacing with MathCAD Prime through Windchill to perform complex analyses to allow real-time selection of components in models to shorten the design-analyze-build chain• Developed reporting requirements for pulling thermal-fluids data from component model database to meet pressure vessel certification and component pairing requirements• Analysis of subsonic flow data to derive the discharge coefficients of sub-critical orifices over a range of Reynolds Numbers• Integrated generated figures of merit into report templates to simplify workflow and improve traceability• Interpreted and understood the fluid system schematics, assembly drawings, NASA Standards, and NASA Specifications in an expedited timeframe

• Group Leader and overseer of overall design characteristics, delegating work, scheduling build times, and meeting deadlines• Lead designer in charge of competition specific goals, including payload optimization, target velocity, total vehicle weight• Detailed design of aerodynamic characteristics including airfoil selection, wing geometry parameters, sizing of empennage• Utilized SolidWorks to create entire plane assembly to be laser-cutter compatible with 2D cross sections• Placed 4th out of 11 teams, successfully completed all tasks including timed speed run, projectile drop, and design challenge