Working under Dr. Thomas J. R. Hughes.● Teaching Assistant (TA), Grounded Natural Language Processing, Spring 2021● TA, Machine Learning, Summer 2021● TA, Natural Language Processing, Fall 2021● TA, Grounded Natural Language Processing, Spring 2022● TA, Numerical Linear Algebra, Spring 2023

● Implemented exact continuous collision detection for an arbitrary number of surface meshes in motion.

● Implemented wind-force dynamics for soft bodies.

● Contributed as a member of a small group implementing recent advancements in the computation of optimal quadrilateral layouts.

● Oversaw the research, development, and consulting efforts of a five-person applied research and development team● Coordinated year-long effort to create a production web framework for the delivery of engineering applications as a service● Helped in various capacities to create and maintain approximately 30 engineering applications that are now hosted in this framework● Developed core functionality for the web framework, such as the set of Python tools used for rapid, standardized development of backend calculators and the framework’s data-serialization scheme● Helped develop and test mathematical model of microstructural transformation in steels● Made improvements to E2G’s high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA) model, including addition of new geometries, improved handling of residual stress, and inclusion of constrained piping stresses

● Major contributor to the solution of multi-million dollar industry problem as a member of E2G's efforts to predict and prevent high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA)● Lead software developer of E2G's HTHA model● Part of team developing innovative software for finite element simulation of hot tap welding● Successfully developed prototype web apps for HTHA, analysis of creep rupture data, and hot tap simulation that spurred investment in a production-quality framework for engineering web apps● Part of team developing new method for non-destructive examination of microstructural damage in equipment exposed to severe thermal excursions● Nominated for best paper in the High Pressure Technology Track at the 2015 ASME PVP Conference

● One of two founding members who spearheaded the creation of E2G's Research and Development group● Successfully pioneered new business opportunities as project lead on novel approach to the analysis of the remaining life and integrity of high-pressure equipment in Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) service● Awarded best conference paper in the High Pressure Technology Track at the 2014 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping (PVP) Conference: "A Remaining Life Assessment of Autofrettaged Tubes from an LDPE Facility"● Lead developer of E2G's commercial software module for the analytic approximation of stresses induced by external loads on a nozzle● Developed Abaqus plug-ins to streamline model development, including the automated generation of meshed 3-D geometries and the integration of a materials database● Created tool for non-linear least squares fitting of MPC Omega creep coefficients after discovering insensitivity of popular linearized simplification to important parameters● Created tool for easy estimation and visualization of probability-of-failure contours to capture uncertainty in the parameters required for assessment of crack-like flaws with a Failure Assessment Diagram

● Worked with small team to extract desired information from computational models of the human knee● Learned theory and practice of uncertainty quantification including techniques such as FORM, SORM, AMV, AMV+, and Latin Hypercube sampling● Determined and recommended approach to uncertainty quantification that best suited constraints on data and time

● Acquired proficiencies in material science and statistical analysis● Worked with a small group to update creep analysis software

● Learned theory of discrete dynamical systems with a focus on graph and threshold dynamical systems● Collaborated in a small research group to develop models of complex contagions● Made and proved conjectures concerning the behavior of threshold dynamical systems