Mark Alphonso-Waters Email & Phone Number

Redondo Beach, Ca, Us

Remote, Redondo Beach, Ca

El Segundo

Propulsion Lead for the Advanced Design department on multiple programs: • Organizing interdisciplinary project teams with Agile and Model Base Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes for the design and development of next generation systems.• Planning and running wind tunnel tests, analyzing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).• Designed the inlet for the Gray Wolf low-cost missile using Computer Aided Design (CAD) and performed thermodynamic analysis on turbojet engines resulting in a test flight within 2 yearsProgram Manager within the Research, Technology & Engineering department:• Regularly manage and present key findings to customers/Original Equipment Manufacturers.• Writing specifications and procedures for aircraft to engine interfaces and installation. • Recovered a $4M contract from a 25% cost overrun and schedule delays using Earned Value (EV) metric. Collaborated with customers, fabrication teams, stress analysts and NASA to manage instrumentation requirements, test duration, and cost sharing approaches. • Directed a team of 12 senior engineers for design and analysis of a high temperature, coated metal/ceramic exhaust system• Conducted data science studies, using advanced numerical Multi-Disciplinary Analysis & Optimization (MDAO) in a large dimensional space, resulting in a complex optimization of aircraft, power thermal management, and propulsion system designs. • Secured $30M across multiple efforts through technical writing of white papers and proposals.Achievements:• 2020 Employee of the Quarter• 2017 Employee Choice Award: Early Career Excellence• 2016 Presenter to the Board of Directors for next generation fighter concepts• Awarded a trade secret for creating disruptive algorithms for design and integration.• Co-founder/mentor for international STEM initiative building autonomous RC aircraft & quads

El Segundo

Working with LabVIEW, GPS Receivers, IMU systems, Launch Vehicle Guidance, Simulink/Matlab Programming.

Malibu, Ca

Internship at Delphi Automotive, Electronics and Safety. Set up a test facility for radar testing using Labview. Preformed data acquisition and analysis on different scenarios and data sets.

Los Angeles, Ca

A catering company run through ASUCLA, which catered to different events and customers across UCLA.

Master Of Science (Ms), Aerospace Engineering Fluid Mechanics

Activities and Societies: Focus on Fluid Mechanics and Control SystemsSAE, AIAA, Mini Baja, Rocket Project, DBF, USC-UCLA Grad Team

Bs, Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: AIAA Graduate Team, Design Build Fly, Mini Baja, Rocket ProjectTechnical Breadth Study in Technology Management..

High School Diploma, Engineering And Environment, 4.7

Activities and Societies: President and Founder of Movie Makers Club/Panther Television, Editor in Chief of Journalism/Prowler Newspaper.

High Impact Presentations, Verbal Communications, Oral Presentations, Visual Presentations, Pass

Dale Carnegie Course and the second course towards blackbelt, High Impact Presentations.

Advanced Systems Engineering Course, Systems Engineering, Pass

Model Based Systems Engineering with SysML, MODAF, DODAF, Magic Draw, Software System Architecture, Integrated Functional Capability.

General Education, 3.85

Activities and Societies: Shakespeare, Art HistoryEarned General Credits studying Shakespeare and Art History.

Audited Courseware @ Various Sources, Nuclear Engineering, Bachelors - Masters Courses

Activities and Societies: Introduction to Plasma Physics (EdX, USYD, IIT, MIT) Magnetohydrodynamics (IAS) Introduction to Nuclear.