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Seattle, Washington, United States

Manage and execute multidisciplinary analysis for aircraft aerodynamics, loads, and propulsion integration using both high fidelity CFD and lower­-order tools for subsonic, transonic, and supersonic aircraft spanning the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases. Presents analysis and design guidance as technical representative to senior management and external customers in both classified and unclassified settings.• Led propulsion integration for transonic air ­superiority UAV under DARPA Longshot program.• Led aerodynamic and propulsion optimization for tailless UAV concept using RANS­ based adjoint solver. Generated non­linear aero/loads database for baseline model and control surface deflections for flight controls and structural teams.• Investigated non­traditional aerodynamic control concepts and generated candidate geometries for proposal for DARPA CRANE program.• Developed analysis workflow for turbomachinery aerodynamic performance and unsteady blade loading due to inlet distortion and rotor/stator interaction as part of hybrid­ electric propulsion development effort.• Generated cavity acoustics and unsteady airframe loads predictions using URANS/DDES as part of USN MQ­25 development program.• Performed ice accretion simulations and assessed impact to boundary layer transition and aero performance as part of certification effort for MQ­9 SkyGuardian program.• Supported model validation through wind tunnel test planning, generating CFD pre­test predictions, and test execution and data reduction.• Developed internal and external research and development proposals and project bids.

• Performed wind tunnel characterization of small UAV airframe concepts and propellers foraerodynamic performance and stability in low-speed, low-Reynolds number flight regimes as part of rapid prototyping effort.• Performed aerodynamic characterization of small UAV using medium-fidelity CFD (Cart3D and Kestrel).• Authored winning funding proposal to develop experimental analysis of unsteady aerodynamic phenomenon with university collaborators.• Managed University of Florida wind tunnel facility, coordinated research schedule, funding, and contracts with University of Florida and Air Force Institute of Technology researchers and prime contractors.

• Designed and conducted experiments for active aerodynamic flow and acoustic control of high-speed and high Reynolds number jets using plasma actuators• Developed experience with numerous data acquisition methods, including particle image velocimetry (PIV), Mie scattering imaging, schlieren imaging, and time-resolved pressure measurements, and instructed junior researchers on their implementation• Developed methodology to calculate and analyze time-resolved acoustic source fields fromnon-time-resolved PIV data in high-speed free jets using reduced-order modeling techniques and numerical discretization of analytic equations; utilized Fourier and wavelet analysis, proper orthogonal decomposition, stochastic estimation, and artificial neural networks• Collaborated in experimentation at NASA Glenn Research Center and GE Global Research toinvestigate scalability of plasma actuators to full-scale and complex-geometry nozzles• Coordinated upgrades of free jet facility with independent contractors to ensure requirements were met and to minimize disruption to experimental schedule

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

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Pi Tau Sigma, Formula SAE