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Columbia, MD, US

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Responsible for development and refinement of strategic initiatives pertaining to the Corporate Global Operations division of Northrop Grumman, with a primary focus on significantly improving margin in the next 3 years.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Part of a rotational program called Future Technical Leaders (FTL), focused on overall company exposure and expansion of technical knowledge in various fields.ROLE 1: International Technical Lead, MissionLabs
• Executed multiple Mission Engineering development processes for international clients, capturing at least three multi-million dollar contracts over the next decade.
• Managed group of 5-10 in agile development of simulation models in AFRL-created tool AFSIM, set technical goals for use in sprints, provided constructive feedback to improve models over its lifetime.
• Drove client relations by presenting results in a succinct and results-driven fashion. Led multiple feedback sessions to ensure end-result met the customer’s expectations, strengthening client relationship.ROLE 2.
• Executed Quality and Customer Satisfaction metric analysis, resulting in quarterly out briefs of analysis and key trends to the Chief Executive Officer to ensure an eyes wide open approach to current programmatic risk.
• Produced long-term strategic vision for operating unit to conform to updated enterprise priorities, leading to significant reductions on the order of $100M in overhead costs across the organization over the next 18.

Spire Fellows

Generating content used to educate, train, and connect new and current fellows. Report directly to associate dean with advice on program exposure, retention, and selection of new fellowship class.

Peer Tutoring Program

Paid tutoring in all undergraduate engineering prerequisites, including Math and Physics.

Duke Aeroelasticity

Collaborating in various research efforts at the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.

Advanced Mechanical Vibration, Aerodynamics

Assisted various professors with grading, test preparation, and office hours in order to create a better quality learning experience.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Providing students throughout the triangle access to pro-bono consulting work, and the ability to learn by doing while receiving active feedback from peers.Responsible for maintaining and forming new client relationships throughout North Carolina, providing new and innovative projects for the organization.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Working alongside the president to create calendar of events for engineering graduate students, and lead all board meeting discussions when the president is absent.Responsible for maintaining and expanding a $10,000 annual budget through internal and external funding sources.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Acting as face of the organization, leading engagements with new partners and industries to generate and fund better programming for our members.Oversight of transition for club-funded organization TAC from incubation phase to a full-fledged nonprofit corporation.Responsible for an organizational budget of $4,500 used for various industry and consulting.

Managing year-long operations of the organization, creating and implementing solutions suggested by executive board and team members. Providing effective feedback for professional development of department chairs.Creating new revenue and advertising streams for the organization; have increased club revenue ($4,000) and active members (200+) three-fold.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Collaborating with the Professional Development chair and Executive board to create interactive and engaging lecture materials concerning case practice.Responsible for the creation, maintenance, and continuing development of the Duke APD YouTube channel.

Material Science Lab

Prepared samples for residual stress measurement using a stress relaxation method. Assisted and led group meetings to establish goals and conceptual understanding for upcoming projects.

College Of Engineering Dean's Office

Guided students in understanding UC Davis and its complicated system of advising. Used extensive knowledge about resources on campus to assist all types of students.

Student Academic Success Center

Tutored in Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Physics.

Optical Science Lab

Constructed working drawings and conducted detailed part testing with computer models as well as realisticprototypes. Led design of rig to transport sensitive measurement equipment.

Student Housing

Facilitated students' transition to UC Davis. Led small groups of students through the registration process.

Center For Advanced Energy Studies

Investigated connections between residual stress and stress corrosion cracking (SCC). Designed detailed plan to conduct research, purchased and assembled testing equipment, analyzed SCC data and compared to residual stress data gathered from previous experiments.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Duke University Marching Band, Duke University Marching Band, Duke Wind Symphony, Duke University Sax Quartet.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Studying helicopter rotor optimization

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering & Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: Aerobrick Model Aircraft Design Team , Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Integrated Studies Honors Program, California.