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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Logos Technologies:Worked on multiple subsystems of SPRITE, an integrated airborne wide area, spectral and inspection sensor. Developed a scene segmentation capability for the airborne spectral sensor. Managed development of command and control software for the Direct Compression Sector Laser. The laser is currently operated by the Advanced Photon Source facility at Argonne National Laboratory.Managed the development of flight software and GN&C algorithms for the Parahawk unmanned aerial vehicle. Parahawk is a DARPA Program to develop a soft winged multi use autonomous vehicle. Managed team that performed life cycle analyses and techno economic analyses for multiple bio mass based fuel production pathways for the BioJet Program. BioJet was a DARPA Program with the goal to establish a cellulosic biomass from agricultural wastes to low cost jet fuel commercial capability.Managed a team in the development of a secure collaborative web tool that implemented the Measuring Progress In Conflict Environments metrics framework. The Framework was developed by the United States Institute of Peace and United States Army Corps of Engineers. Developed data exploitation software for the US Army Constant Hawk wide area aerial surveillance sensor.PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS:Hazen and Sawyer Environmental Engineering. Raleigh, NC 1997-1999 Managed development of corporate capability to simulate various physical chemical processes applied to environmental engineering systems.GeoControl Systems. Houston, TX 1993-1997 1999-2005Dynacs Engineering. Houston, TX 1991-1993Lockheed Engineering Services Company. Houston, TX 1988-1991Worked for contractors supporting the Engineering Directorate at NASA Johnson Space Center.Space Shuttle on orbit digital autopilot analysis and development.Space Station GN&C testbed development.Independent software verification and validation for multiple programs.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Dissertation: Investigation of Membrane Filtration in a Rotating Disk Geometry: Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Laboratory.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: Space Shuttle Controller/Structure Dynamic Interaction Study

Bachelor'S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering