Work in cross-functional teams and with third party vendors to improve installed equipment operation using remote system monitoring and on-site communication. R&D Engineering support including oversight and planning of machinery diagnoses, analytical software development and enhancement. Guide machinery design to ensure critical operation requirements are met. Mentoring.

Applied Research - Manufacturing Process Development - Project Management DutiesDeveloped functional prototypes, meeting customer requirements by adapting the design, considering process limitations while managing consumables and component acquisition.Provided on-site engineering software training and materials to engineers in Shanghai ChinaIdentified defect prone states and process parameter sensitivities in a newly adapted industrial coating process, prompting a targeted research project.Advised engineers on fabrication methods that led to completed deliverable prototypes.Mentored junior engineers with fluid simulation modeling efforts.

Applied Research - Predictive Tools Development- FEA - Experimentation - Analytical Engineering - Manufacturing Process Development - Project Management DutiesAnalyzed and developed mathematical models of system phenomena including fluid dynamics, heat transfer, structural analysis, mechanical vibrations, kinematics of mechanisms, and buckling using MATLAB, Finite element software, and hand calculations.Conducted experiments including test design/test planning, instrumentation selection, test fixture fabrication, test execution, data capture and reduction.Reported technical findings using memoranda and presentations.Led project to evaluate and adapt priming and laminating processes to in-house equipment while defining and maintaining the schedule, managing consumables, consulting with outside chemists, acquiring components as needed.Developed predictive model to capture thermo-structural behavior of a system of multi-material composite structure and identified a new process failure mode early in the product development cycle.Applied web handling knowledge to assist press component design and analysis efforts.Assisted development of machine diagnostic and qualification system that controls a National Instruments data acquisition board and performs frequency analysis.Developed user-defined subroutines to enhance a finite element software package (LS-Dyna).Used image analysis software to obtain flexible media motion traces from video images.

Corrected homework and exams for various Mechanical Engineering classes. Offered study help. Taught Pro/ENGINEER in the CAD lab. Was voted TA of the year.

Design and maintain automated quality control tests to maintain software quality of Pro/ENGINEER.Facilitate software utility by providing enhancements.

Analysis of turbine cooling secondary air flow schemes.Assist refinement of analytical tools.

Maintaining PLC (Allen Bradley) programs for control of heat treat furnaces.Develop computerized part tracking system for an assembly line.Interface with RDB Database.