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Edwards, California, United States

Responsible for the sustainment, modernization, and long term planning of flight test & training resources serving 75 rated aircrew, control room, and operations personnel working 34+ current and future bomber test programs worth $11B.

Edwards, California, United States

Flight Test Director responsible for ensuring safe, secure, effective, and efficient flight test supporting the 452nd Flight Test Squadron.

Edwards, California, United States

Managed 18 military & civilian test engineers overseeing 34 active programs on the B-1, B-2, and B-52. Functional specialist responsible for scheduling operational assets. Led mission prep & briefs, in-flight execution, and post-test reporting. Lead Test Conductor for Orange Flag Large Force Exercise.

Data analyst and Flight Test Engineer for an airborne laser perception system test effort utilizing terrain laser measurements and terrain databases as a navigation aid. Post flight data analysis included multi-stream data synchronization and marginalized particle filter position estimation. Logged 120 flight hours in 22 aircraft.

Certified Blue Origin New Glenn & ULA Vulcan launch vehicle propulsion systems including Blue Origin BE-4 booster engine, booster stage propulsion systems and subsystems (aerophysics, thermal, and ordnance analysis), and upper stage propulsion systems through data review and pedigree boards. Stood up inaugural combined Air Force SMC – NASA FOD commercial.

College Park, Maryland

Parametrically investigated optimized configs for expanding corner cascading, heat exchanging, wind tunnel turning vane geometries yielding min pressure loss-coefficient, optimal cooling, and max test section length.

College Park, Maryland, United States

Led the development and implementation of large scale Focusing Schlieren, Focusing Schlieren Deflectometry, and Background Oriented Schlieren hardware systems for USAF AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9

University Of Maryland College Park

Experimentally and computationally characterized dual-mode shock train propagation in high aspect ratio, rectangular cross-section scramjet isolators through qualitative 3D flow visualization and non-intrusive, high temporal bandwidth quantitative spectral measurements, and 3D RANS CFD simulations.

University Of Maryland College Park

Provided underwater diver support, including lift bag and rigging ops, for experimental research in various areas covering semi/fully autonomous robotics, and human factors in space flight applications.

University Of Maryland College Park

• Held weekly office hours (open-door policy) for senior students in the ‘ENAE455: Airbreathing Propulsions’ course.
• Graded and provided feedback on bi-weekly homework assignments.

University Of Maryland College Park

1) Examined the effects of micro combustion and convective heat transfer on cooling efficiency of small-scale engine systems for hand-held UAVs and constructed Nusselt-to-Reynolds number scaling models.2) Developed a semi-empirical correlation of Nusselt number as a function of Reynolds number for heat transfer between the cylinder head and freestream to.

University Of Maryland College Park

Full time (2008-2009)Part time (2009-2011)1) Primary wind tunnel and data-acquisition systems operator and wind tunnel model integration engineer responsible for daily operations and maintenance of a 230mph capable, 7.75x11ft test section wind tunnel.2) Machine shop trained for metal and composite alterations including lathe, milling, drilling, grinding.

Laurel, Maryland

Provided supersonic aerodynamics, wind tunnel operations, and diagnostics consultation ranging from flow diagnostics SBIR solicitations to supersonic wind tunnel design and compressible flow theory.

University Of Maryland College Park

1) Coached and mentored prospective collegiate (high-school level) and developing (middle-school) field hockey athletes in the areas of teamwork, technicalhockey skills, and the importance of work ethic.2) Organized and led team practices and coached at a variety of tournaments throughout the fall and spring season.3) Developed an in- and off-season.

Baltimore, Maryland

1) Led a diverse consulting team of highly motivated QUEST students in providing innovative growth opportunities for ATK’s Missile Products group using total quality management (TQM) tools (Best poster award at the 2010 QUEST Conference).2) Develop a working relationship with and serve as point of contact for ATK management and industry-wide professionals.

University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

1) Evaluated the concentration of the Tau protein in various samples through total protein BSA assays including:a) separating sample supernatant (liquid) from pellet (solid) using a variety of centrifuges.b) producing a quantitative protein concentration by analyzing the absorbance vs. concentration of each sample through spectroscopy.c) prepared tissue.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, 3.841 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Graduate Research Assistant at the Advanced Propulsion Research Laboratory

Instrument Rating

Emergency Medical Technician

Private Pilots License

Master’S Degree, Aerospace Engineering, 3.840 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at the Advanced Propulsion Research Laboratory

Bachelor’S Degree, Aerospace Engineering, 3.781 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Quest (Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams) James A. Clark School of Engineering Honors Program University of.

Education record

Acquisition Professional Development Program Engineering Level 1

Master'S Degree, Flight Test Engineering

Acquisition Professional Development Program Engineering Level 2