Spearhead research and development of CFD related technologies. Work with customers to develop the best solutions to their problems by applying either numerical or experimental methods.Provide training and technical support internally to all of ASC’s numerical simulation engineers.

Applied CFD technologies for a wide array of projects in a diverse set of industries. Acted as the lead developer of many complex CFD software tools that includes the following: Program TWOPHASE, for simulation of gas streams with heavy particulate loading. This code features fully coupled momentum exchange between the gas phase and the particulate. This software has been used extensively for predicting performance of coal pulverizers and burners, cement calciner towers and cyclones, and similar particulate handling equipment.Enhancements to TWOPHASE to incorporate particulate drying and evaporation. This includes drying of wet solids, such as coal or cement, and evaporation of liquid droplets. The evaporation model originated with water spray simulations but has since been adapted to also allow more complicated drying mechanisms. An example of this is for flue gas desulfurization systems, where droplets are injected and a chemical reaction occurs during the evaporation process that affects the evaporation rate.Developed software for several client-specific applications, such as:A finite-rate chemistry model for the accurate prediction of chemical reactions in a CO catalyst.Particulate build-up (or slag formation) in a utility furnace.Ammonia injection for power plant SCR catalysts.Heat treating of forged and cast metal parts for automobile engines.Automated CAD model and CFD mesh generator for cooling tower design.Act as the in-house expert for mentor based training of employees.

Manage/worked on projects for customers in a wide range of industries.Maintain and develop in house program COMBUST, an equilibrium chemistry model for simulation of fossil fuel combustion This software code features Lagrangian particle tracking (for pulverized coal), calculation of coal devolatilization and char burn out, implementation of NASA chemistry models (Gordon & McBride), and coupling of turbulence with combustion through a probability density function.Conceptualized and developed the program NOx, which is used in conjunction with COMBUST to predict nitrous oxide formation in coal-fired power plants.

Applied CFD methods to solve customers problems.Developed and maintained the in-house CFD post processing GUI tool. Development involved adding new features and fixing bugs using the C programming language and the Motif widget tool kit.

Guide and participate in the development of technologies related to high fidelity numerical predictions of fluid dynamic, heat and mass transfer physics.

Primary developer of a computational fluid dynamics software suite called Azore. Lead all development of software to transform a research code to a commercial product. Spearheaded first principles development of solution algorithms such as pressure correction methods, iterative linear solvers, multigrid linear techniques, turbulence models, and many other algorithms. Implemented software for derived algorithms. Developed business partnerships to promote beta testing and continued development of software. Developed a GUI based on Qt and openGL technologies to support the developed numerical technologies.

Served as a faculty member teaching the junior level fluid mechanics class. This was one of the classes used by the college of engineering to maintain its ABET accreditation.

Processed orders. Guided customers. Developed and maintained quality customer relations through daily contact with public.Received the Outstanding Service Award from Raley's Corporate Officials.

Worked on two projects in conjunction with the US Navy and FMC corporation. Both projects involved developing a numerical simulation using a software package called Fluent. The first project involved modeling the cooling of a rocket's exhaust with water injection. The second dealt with matching numerical results to experimental data from a torch incident on a steel plate experiment.

Evaluated and instructed students in advanced woodworking skills. Demonstrated machine operation and finishing skills.