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Florida, United States

Parkland, Florida, United States

Leads the development of tools and technologies to assess the impact of climate change on the air transportation system.Leads research and development studies to inform and recommend mitigation strategies to make air transportation more resilient to a changing climate and extreme weatherCollaborates with international research institutions to globally harmonize climate impact assessments and mitigation strategies for aviation.

Parkland, Florida, United States

Lead the formulation and strategy (0 to 1), concept and technology development, and execution of a 5-year project that is focused on the development and testing of technology to modernize wildland firefighting using drones, automation, and airspace management technologies. Including technology supporting remotely piloted helicopters and other drones to suppress wildfires.Lead a multi-disciplinary remote team of 40+ employees and managed a $100M+ budget.Lead a multi-agency working group for the development of a wildland fire management concept of operations that provides a government-wide future vision of the use of technology for firefighting.Served as a technical subject matter expert for the integration of drones into the airspace.

Parkland, Fl, United States

Successfully formulated the Advance Air Mobility (AAM) project and initiatives focused on testing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, aircraft automation, and the automation of vertiport infrastructure to support high density scaled electric aircraft operations.Established over 20 industry partnerships in support of the research, development, and testing.Implemented agile development processes and model-based system engineering (MBSE) to rapidly test prototype technologies.Key Accomplishment: Initiated a research program that established U.S. technology leadership in AAM, which is projected to be a trillion dollar market within a decade.

Moffett Field, Ca

Successfully established and managed a high-performing team of 80+ employees for a 5-year project with a $120M life-cycle budget, focused on Platform as a Service (PaaS) technologies that autonomously manage drones in the airspace [Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management, UTM]. Served as a subject matter expert on drone integration for international committees and standards development organizations. Established strategic, programmatic, and technical roadmaps for the project and helped establish 50+ public-private partnerships to maximize research investment. Successfully lead four complex multi-aircraft UAS flight demonstrations of the UTM system that involved over 40 partner organizations, spread across 6 different geographic locations in the United States.Key Accomplishment: Inspired and accelerated a multi-billion dollar drone services industry, the global adoption of the UTM system, and accelerated the development of drone technologies, and enabling regulations.

Moffett Field, Ca

Developed aircraft performance requirements for detect-and-avoid technologies for UAS to enable integration in the national airspace. Conducted national airspace-wide simulations and human-in-the-loop simulations to analyze the impact of introducing UAS into the national airspace. Performed safety evaluations to determine the Target Level of Safety suitable for including UAS in the national airspace.Key Accomplishment: Research studies directly contributed to the development of a standard for keeping UAS separated from other aircraft that was adopted by regulators.

Boca Raton, Florida

Develops lesson plans and teaches graduate courses in aviation management, safety, and technology.

Huntington Beach, Ca

Designed and tested novel flight control algorithms for commercial aircraft (747-8I), experimental aircraft (X-48C blended wing body), and military operations (KC-135 tanker aerial refueling). • Using compressible flow theory in the flight control design to prevent faults due to degraded air data system measurements (Phantom Eye)• Design robust yaw damper for high angles of attack conditions on commercial aircraft (747-8I) • Perform linear analysis on control laws for commercial aircraft (747-8F and 747-8I) • Conduct analysis and design filters for flexible mode interaction on blended wing body vehicle (X-48C) • Analysis of discretization for control laws of highly flexible vehicle (Vulture)• Design, analyze, and test control laws, and support wind tunnel testing for controllable drogue proof of concept (KC-135 Tanker Aerial Refueling)

Edwards, California, United States

Developed, implemented, and flight tested a novel neural network-based adaptive flight control algorithm for a full-scale research F-18 (NASA F/A-18 #853) . • Implemented a rapid prototyping control law development that started with a Matlab Simulink model which was autocoded into C and deployed on a fixed-based simulator, then flight hardware, and installed on the F-18 within a 1 week period.• Analyzed the flight controllers stability, performance, robustness and handling qualities metrics and unique interactions between the pilot and the adaptive neural network.• Supported human and hardware in the loop (HILS) testing of adaptive flight algorithms in nonlinear F-18 simulator • Documented test plans, requirements, data analysis and processes • Interfaced with NASA engineers and test pilots to improve designs• Designed flight test experiments and supported NASA software assurance compliance, flight safety board and airworthiness approval process

Houston, Texas Area

Developed automated processes to improve workflow for wiring, harness design, and structural clearance assessments for payload integration into the Space Shuttle cargo bay.Supported Shuttle Missions: STS-115,117, 118, and 121.

Master Of Science - Ms, Artificial Intelligence

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

Activities and Societies: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)Dissertation: Differential Game-Based Control Methods.

Master'S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Council