As the senior mechanical engineer supporting the City of Denver’s commercial and multifamily electrification program, I’ve worn many hats. Having helped develop the program from scratch, I’ve worked primary as the electrification subject matter expert for commercial building mechanical systems. I play a critical role in program design having developed the EFR model to determine electrification feasibility for our clients. I was tasked with developing a model to be used upon permitting existing natural gas systems - and scaling the tool to be used by our industry service workforce. I helped to develop our pilot program and electrification rebate programs. Other than program development, I take the lead role in client facilitation, specifically pertaining to electrification of large central hydronic heating plants. I assist engineers and building owners for the entirety of their projects - from feasibility to design and bid review and commissioning.

As an analyst supporting the customer energy solutions team with E Source, my responsibilities include providing direct-to-utility subject matter expertise as it relates to cutting-edge demand side management, demand response, and distributed energy resource technologies. As a technical subject matter expert in commercial building energy, energy storage, distributed energy resources, and cold climate heat pump technologies; I network and consult with utilities and industry stakeholders across the United States and Canada as we work to meet decarbonization goals. Beginning in November of 2021, I've taken a new role as a technical contractor supporting research as I’m able while supporting my full time role as a senior engineer in the field.

As project engineer II, I work directly with customers to help meet their energy goals through commercial building HVAC and power systems optimization, commissioning, and design build. Im involved start to finish, from bidding, planning, design and implementation.I acted as lead engineer with the City of Golden’s net zero buildings initiative.My primary engineering responsibilities involve energy modeling, commissioning and retro commissioning as well as project management and HVAC/power systems design.

As a Research Engineer III within the Building Energy Sciences Group at NREL, I am responsible for providing technical engineering support of projects related to advancements in grid interactive efficient building design (GEB), grid transformation technologies, energy storage and utility program development. With a background coming from private industry – rather than postdoctoral research – I have the unique role of creating a conduit between research and industry partners; such as utility providers and our Better Buildings Alliance (BBA) network. This conduit is intended to establish new strategic utility programs and campaigns within our BBA network that accelerate the adoption of state-of-the-art technologies necessary to transform our energy infrastructure to accommodate increasing variability associated with, and to further promote, renewable power generation. As the former lead of the Space Conditioning Technical Research Team, and current lead technical engineer supporting utility clients, my responsibilities include strategic utility program development, workplan and laboratory plan development, BBA outreach & campaign management (such as the Advanced Rooftop Unit Campaign), project management, equipment procurement, budgeting, sub-contract development, design of experiment, fabrication / build, testing, modeling, data analysis and reporting. I have acted in supporting roles related to state-of-the-art cooling thermal energy storage technologies, advancements in HVAC autonomous fault detection & diagnostics as well as HRSRM smart motor application studies; while maintaining continuous communications across several teams to ensure quality deliverables to both utility clients and the Department of Energy are met on time.

ASHRAE level 2 energy assessments, custom energy evaluations, retro-commissioning studies and DSM program implementation.

Design and implement industrial processes to support lean principles, create ergonomic solutions, and continuously improve quality to our customers.Work with engineering staff in Decorah and across the industry to keep production flowing smoothly and identify root cause to various problems.Create and manage co-op projects from brainstorming to implementation.Create professional documentation and ROI estimates for various projects.Key accomplishments while working for Rockwell CollinsIntroduced Solidworks to the Decorah facility and trained IE team to use the software resulting in ongoing time savings and a higher level of professionalism (previously used AutoCad).Member of the Energy Efficiency team in Decorah and currently helping to manage various projects. Involved with 3D ESD printing technology for rapid prototyping and creating fixtures to improve a variety of processes.Member of NGT (Next Generation Teaming), a team that meets with off-site locations to evaluate quality trends for each production line and share best practices across the enterprise.

Worked part time nights and weekends as a second job. Responsibilities include:• Design fully custom aluminum truck bodies and trailers using Solidworks.• Work with customers to ensure product will meet their specific needs.• Time management nights and weekends to ensure we meet schedule.• Lead brainstorming activities to inspire creativity and innovation.• Required to “think outside the box”, breaking ground into new niche markets.

Installation and integration engineering intern responsible for staging, testing, and troubleshooting state of the art virtual reality systems.

I am currently taking 16 credits towards my BSME while leading the research for high velocity blood impact testing at the forensics lab. What began as an independent research credit, has now turned into a year long job where I have been independently developing high speed impactors to be used in the lab. Recently I have been offered a position as a paid masters student, however, I will likely pursue employment following graduation so I can get my career going.

While Kiewit is a large corporation that has been around for over 150 years, the Nuclear department of this company is relatively new and still establishing much of the training, quality, safety, and procedural foundation which will pave the way for an exciting future in the Nuclear Industry. As a Mechanical Engineering intern for Kiewit, I was trained on the operation of nuclear, natural gas and coal fire power plant operations. I obtained Nuclear safety training and began my Nuclear Field Engineering training. When my intern training was complete, I spent some time helping to support a natural gas plant called Chouteau in Oklahoma. I then assisted in the development of further Nuclear Field Engineering training coursework. The majority of my work was focused on quality control, functionality, testing, and inspection of mechanical components such as valves, piping, rigging, flanges, pumps, etc... Using SolidWorks, I designed a simple nuclear power plant to display some of the mechanical components which I covered in the Nuclear Field Engineering Training - I have uploaded screenshots of this power plant design to my profile, however, these designs were for presentation use only.

My primary responsibility while working for Mechdyne was to ensure the installation of our product went smoothly and met customer needs. I was involved with three virtual reality systems for customers such as John Deere, Boeing, and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. I spent a considerable amount of time staging each of these custom systems to ensure proper functionality. I then traveled to the customer location to assist in the installation of the virtual systems. I spent 3 weeks with Boeing in St. Louis, 3 weeks with John Deere in Waterloo and a total of about 9 months in Saudi Arabia. During each system installation, my team's responsibility was to overcome the unexpected challenges that occur when working with virtual technology. Our greatest challenge was dealing with all of the construction that was going on while we were installing the system in Saudi Arabia, where each day brought new problems for us to overcome as efficiently and safely as possible. I earned awards from my superiors for my performance during this time. One example was for my 3-axis adjustable speaker mounting method which I made from scrap in order to solve an un-forseen tolerance issue with our light-path.

I worked for Martin Marietta during my second year of college. During this time, I was a full time student working in the mine on the night shift from 5pm to 5am. My main responsibility was to work with a team of 4-5 technicians to ensure the plant remained operational during each shift. We were responsible for fixing everything from conveyors and bearings to rebuilding the entire crusher. I was required to weld, plasma cut, and do anything necessary to get the job done safely and fast. I learned a great deal about safety during this time, as well as team management that is required to complete a task in high stress and high danger situations.