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Whitehall, Michigan, United States

Greater Chicago Area

• Dramatically improved manufacturing efficiency and enabled successful introduction of new customer parts through creative application of analysis-based design optimization utilizing ProCAST & Visual-Cast to identify and remedy investment casting solidification issues utilizing thermal, CFD, and stress modeling.• Strove for continuous improvement of process modeling capabilities and workflow in order to improve analysis accuracy, reduce input errors, and reduce analysis turn-around time, and automate report generation by creating scripts and tools within NX, Visual-Cast, HyperMesh, Excel, Python, and the Linux shell. Distribution and support of these tools to an international team of process modeling engineers enabled corporation wide improvement of process model engineering processes and best practices.• Concurrently supported process and product engineering teams through the creation and modification of CAD and engineering drawings for manufacturing and documentation. Frequently incorporated inputs from local and customer teams, original design requirements, manufacturing needs, and analysis results.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

• Flight clearance subject matter expert for flutter, buffet, and vibroacoustics for USAF F-35 Joint Program Office. Completed technical reviews in support of submitted flight clearance requests, aircraft operating limitations, stores limitations sheets, and airworthiness certifications pertaining to structural configuration changes, envelope changes, and store loadings.• Spearheaded alternative solutions to structural dynamics issues to reduce risk, alleviate fleet maintenance burden, and reduce lifecycle costs. One example resulted in an $289MM in lifecycle cost savings.• Performed airworthiness reviews, technical assessments, business case analyses, and risk assessments of Air Force systems to ensure compliance with the JSSG and MIL-HDBK-516.• Performed technical analyses and project management to coordinate efforts with contractors to complete required test and analysis for structural dynamics related certification including flutter, buffet, aeroelasticity, aeroservoelasticity, and vibroacoustics.

San Diego, Ca

• Executed structural design, modeling and simulation utilizing NX, FEMAP, NASTRAN, and MATLAB to complete modal, stress, and thermal analyses of client structural systems.• Setup and conducted stress and modal testing of aerospace platforms and other mechanical structures while performing multiple simultaneous duties on site as a test engineer. Completed follow-on analysis and report creation based upon acquired test data.• Adapted to constantly changing test environments through the fabrication and installation of test fixtures to rapidly address project specific issues.

Michigan City, In

• Utilized AutoCAD, survey data, and GIS resources to complete engineering design plans and to convert project plans from hardcopy drawings and as-built project information to digital format. • Conducted field surveys which required use of digital and analog equipment to record topography, object locations, and elevations and convert this data to CAD drawings.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Aerospace Engineering, Structural Dynamics, Dynamics & Control, 3.61 / 4.0

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, Aerodynamics & Structures, Gpa: 3.61 / 4.0

Activities and Societies: Manufacturing Graphics (CGT) Minor, Co-op program, Sigma Gamma Tau AAE Honors Society, American Institute.