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• Modernised Prototype Development – Driving Simulator
• Leads technical team to research and prototype replacement solutions for legacy driving simulator
• Establishes project structure in.NET 7 and WPF. Develops distributed simulation architecture using gRPC and protobuf, enabling integration of Unreal Engine 5 with motion base hardware API
• Authors technical documentation, executive summary, and conclusions from analysis of alternatives

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Android Tablet Application - Precision Fire Control
• Stabilized Android tablet app, solved technological and interpersonal difficulties in pre-existing team
• Produced mobile user interface with Xamarin’s cross-platform toolkit. Wrote asynchronous Google protobuf messaging API for inter-tablet coordination. Integrated VLC for video streaming.
• Developed additional Java application to train end users in a game-like environment with 3D graphics
• Advised the team creating a follow-on project and assisted them to refactor components into Kotlin
• Collaborated with DevOps to transition CI/CD tools: Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Physics-Based Battlefield Simulation - IDEEAS
• Condensed a weeks-long analysis lifecycle to less than 12 hours. Revolutionized operations of long-running simulation software by modernizing data analysis and maximizing hardware utilization
• Created complex behavioural models in Java to operate semi-autonomous entities, and evaluated performance within the realistic, physics-based simulation
• Automated data analysis with Python, VBA, and Excel. Displayed results with JavaFX 3D visualizations
• Improved simulation’s speed and hardware utilization with Python. Created ad-hoc clusters of networked PCs and implemented multi-process batch execution. This increased statistical confidence in results by enabling.

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Helicopter Simulator – Aircrew Trainer
• Overhauled GUIs in C#,.NET, and WPF, enabling flight instructors to interact with the simulated cockpit in real time to monitor pilot performance and inject hazards
• Accomplished goal to create an emulated radio within months. Integrated software radio with a hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) tactical flight management system over established military protocols

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Helicopter Simulator – Pilot Trainer and Hardware Evaluator
• Created an emulated helicopter from scratch in C++, C#, and.NET. Led team and developed simulation for desktop PC trainers and highly immersive, full-scale cockpit with wraparound screen
• Integrated wide array of subsystems: GIS terrain, maps, sensors, multi-projector support, weapons, 6DoF flight, GL studio-driven displays, and force feedback pilot controls
• Generated graphical overlays in OpenSceneGraph to display electro-optical/infrared sensor data
• Gathered eye-tracking and human factors data during simulated missions with professional pilots to evaluate proposed enhancements to future versions of helicopter hardware

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Research Support – High Energy Laser-Material Interaction
• Refactored MATLAB software and developed backwards compatibility features for one-on-one laser simulation. Ported models to a C library to enable distribution of laser models across organizations
• Established software configurations, maintained code repository, and merged code branches

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Physics-Based Battlefield Simulation - IDEEAS
• Collaborated with PhD subject matter experts to develop physics-based models of high energy lasers
• Transitioned legacy FORTRAN simulation into a modern Java architecture

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Advanced Diploma