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Orlando, FL, US

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Troubleshoot system failures on a prototypical ride vehicle design controlled by Beckhoff and Siemens processors at an overseas vendor facility
• Implement vehicle diagnostic software and alarming to determine root causes of failure for all possible failure modes included in the FMEA
• Perform probability risk analyses to prove the likelihood of dangerous failures
• Analyze logic elements to illustrate safety function implementation to leadership
• Organize testing efforts to… Show more
• Organize testing efforts to validate the system response of each failure mode Show less

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Commissioned the Rockwell control system for a dark ride system featuring constantly moving ride vehicles that communicate wirelessly to interact with each other and a master ride supervisory system
• Managed vendor control system hardware/software development and nightly acceptance testing of all ride systems and ride vehicle integration
• Resolved field wiring errors in 480VAC and 24VDC cabinets and junction boxes

Santa Clara, California, United States

• Supported µModule® DC/DC power regulator design and prototyping, including board bring up, debugging and internal PCB layout improvements
• Performed feasibility and performance studies for SiC and GaN power stage product designs through detailed bench evaluations to better visualize how the power density, control loop stability, noise and cost compared.
• Documented new product datasheet specifications and demo circuit manuals
• Evaluated a thermal matrix modeling… Show more
• Evaluated a thermal matrix modeling strategy for use in LTpowerCAD Show less

Dayton, Ohio Area

• Led campus tours to prospective students, families and faculty in diverse groups of up to thirty
• Opened honest dialogue with audiences and professionally answered difficult questions about the university or my experience
• Innovated ways to create campus experiences that cater to each student’s interests, hobbies and passions

Dayton, Ohio, United States

• Led team to configure capacitive sensing and conductive grids with Arduino to be used in a touch-free dashboard display for automotive vehicles
• Created bench mock-ups with hidden LED icons showcasing how hand and finger gestures could enable various convenience functions while driving

Anaheim, CA

• Designed and tested ride and show control system changes to sustain efficient vehicle flow, intrusion detection and A/V animations
• Estimated small project schedules and coordinated acceptance testing
• Developed an automated busbar thickness measuring device using a wide-array laser to gather real-time measurements for technicians

Durban, South Africa

• Prototyped an essential oil extractor using liquid refrigerant as a solvent
• Programmed a Mitsubishi PLC and HMI interface to automate the oil extraction, filtering and refrigerant recycling processes, optimizing production while enhancing user experience
• Developed a custom CNC plasma cutter machine, wired the electrical control panel according to UL508A standards and tested the servo motors
• Designed flow diagrams and outlined the process control algorithm usingcustom icons… Show more
• Designed flow diagrams and outlined the process control algorithm usingcustom icons to ease product understanding for future debugging and iterations Show less