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Falls Church, VA, US

Falls Church, VA, US

1) Establish Sentinel Criticality Management across the Program2) Lead Trade Study Evaluation of Missile Support System 3) Lead Ground Support Equipment Structural Analysis Handbook-10+ Analysts

Falls Church, VA, US

Horizontal integration lead of structural analysis across Sentinel (GBSD) program:1) Technical Chair of the Strategic Deterrent Systems Division Structural Analysis Technical Council2) Technical Chair of the Sentinel Fracture Control Board3) Lead Reviewer of 30+ Component Analyses-technical review of detailed components, mentoring of junior engineers.

Falls Church, VA, US

Structural analysis lead of Missile Support System for Sentinel (GBSD) ICBM:1) Developed detailed ANSYS and ABAQUS models for static and transient events2) Developed Matlab scripts for highly transient events3) Led launch equipment structural analysis working groups

Phoenix, AZ, US

Taught the following:QNT/561-MBA course on statistics and applied business researchQNT/275-Statistics for Decision MakingQNT/351-Quantitative Analysis for Business ResearchRES/351-Business Research StrategiesMath 212-Finite MathematicsMath 216/216-Quantitative Reasoning I/IIMath 217/218-StatisticsMath 219-College AlgebraMath 220-College Algebra IIMath.

1) Performed as Principal contributor on loads generation and evaluation for the Legacy 450/500 programs-Developed from scratch Matlab scripts, generated Nastran modeling, and presented over 30 technical reviews to suppliers, customers and chief engineers. -Wrote over 60 technical engineering reports to support the program.2) Led 6-member team that.

1) Performed detailed finite element analysis across range of products and mentored 5-6 junior engineers, leading to 8 internal criteria, guidelines, and practices across Honeywell engine product line.2) Led 5-member team on a structural health monitoring project of an innovative trans cowl thrust reverser.3) Identified critical stress locations for strain.

1) Performed and presented more than 20+ detailed structural analysis of metallic components using hand calculations and finite element analysis.2) Conducted high and low cycle fatigue and fracture evaluation of legacy designs for product sustainment and MRB.

1) Reviewed multiple 1,000+ page supplier analyses of static strength, fatigue, damage tolerant, and dynamic analysis of turbo fan jet thrust reversers.2)Presented more than 15 design reviews of detailed structural analysis of metallic and composite components using hand calculations and finite element analysis.3) Conducted fatigue and fracture evaluation.

1) Developed innovative structural health monitoring approaches for metallic and composite components, under ballistic and harsh vibratory environments, resulting in over 40 technical publications.2) Constructed numerical simulations and conducted experimental testing of unmanned rotorcraft vehicles (URV) under operating and extreme maneuvers.3) Developed.

Software development

1) Developed FEM validation of legacy Ground Vibration Test (GVT) data using MSC/Nastran for the C-130J Military Aircraft. Analytical model captured first 8 of 11 normal modes to within 3% of the measured data.2) Co-Authored GVT correlation report submitted to Navy.3) Verified shear, bending, and torsion loads for legacy data load cases to within 8%.

US

1) Provided FEM analysis and layup design of a 90% Composite Commercial Turbo-Fan Jet Airplane (Spectrum 33) for the following components using NE/Nastran, Solid Works, and Working Model:2) Flutter Analysis: Built Stiffness Matrix for Ground Vibration Testing for the Wing, Vertical Tail, and Horizontal Tail3) Co-Analyzed Predator B Composite V-Tail.

Provo, UT, US

1) Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic testing of composite lattice structures.2) Development of automating the manufacturing of carbon-epoxy tape hand layups.3) 100s of hours performing hand layups on soft bladder mandrels.

Phd, Aerospace Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering