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Wilsonville, Oregon, United States

Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Wilsonville, OR

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Portland, Oregon Area

- Led the mechanical design, creating a parametric solid model of pump assembly to incorporate hydrodynamic and pump design theory, structural concerns, reductive and additive fabrication constraints, and DFMA principles into a dynamic, equation driven model - Conducted over a thousand hours of CNC mill and lathe programming and machine operation, creating.

Portland, Oregon Area

Repair, restoration, customization and service of classic motorcycles. A recent restoration for a customer (1975 Honda CB400f) won best Asian motorcycle at the Oregon Vintage Motorcyclist 2016 show.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

- Modeled combined mechanical and thermal loading (ANSYS FEA) on Mars mission propulsion components and assemblies in an iterative design process with fluids, thermal, and fabrication teams, producing lighter and stronger rocket engine designs - Conducted comparative analyses to investigate the effects of materials and geometries on thermal cycling.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Refined and conducted drop tower experiments to isolate effects of surface topology, hydrophobicity, and viscosity on droplet behavior in microgravity
• Performed data reduction for capillary experiments conducted on the International Space Station

Kirkland, WA

- Orchestrated decision making and product design processes, coordinated complex teamwork, and shepherded company wide, high risk, multi-year projects to completion - Forged compromises between business and development teams into shippable products - Developed internal and customer facing training curricula and technical documentation

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.71/4

Mechanical Engineering

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