Nicholas Plewacki Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Engineer working on testing and developing high-fidelity CFD codes for the Army Research Laboratory.

∙ Creation and modification of CAD for CFD modeling including structured light scanning of hardware and mesh creation including never before assembled aircraft geometries∙ Execution and analysis of WMLES simulations to analyze fluid flow and particle transport in critical aircraft systems including filtration ability, inlet losses, and distortion∙ Collaboration with OEMs and multidisciplinary engineering teams to work towards aircraft solutions including CFD comparison/analysis, interweaving models, and creation of reports∙ Contribution towards the submission of RFI and RFQ documents for critical Naval research projects and the evaluation of both industry and academic responses∙ Participation in high level meetings and contribution to vital milestones to meet Navy demands for aircraft testing and development gateway

Columbus, Ohio Area

∙ Construction and operation of the High Temperature Deposition Facility at the Aerospace Research Center for the study of external particle deposition as it applies to gas turbine engine fouling∙ Studied the effect of elevated gas temperatures on the softening and melting of relevant dusts to better understand how morphology changes with temperature∙ Used high speed camera equipment to perform particle shadow velocimetry to image particle impacts and the effect of temperature on rebound characteristics∙ Constructed backside cooling facility to test thermal barrier coatings and their response to CMAS attack as a function of gas temperature and cooling scheme∙ Supported the validation and expansion of the OSU Deposition Model to incorporate softening and melting of particulate in high-temperature environments to better predict deposition

London, Ohio

∙ Review and redesign lamps for upcoming automotive models to preemptively correct design flaws to increase manufacturability, cut costs, and promote safety∙ Bring new lamps through the development process to bring each to manufacturing maturity by attending molding trials, troubleshooting production lines, and creating testing prototypes∙ Rapidly analyze faulty lamps returned from the customer to determine root cause, identify how the process could pass the failure, and determine the best method for preventing further failures∙ Appointed to emergency, multidisciplinary team to reduce failures in the leading 5 models

San Leandro, California

o Design and implementation of plates and presses to create a standardized method of straightening forafterburner flaps saving about $200K annually in scrap parts and cutting $40K in labor costso Design and implementation of presses to straighten engine fairings without damaging parts andstandardizing method; estimated labor costs savings of $56K annuallyo Overview of all scrapped parts; general process evaluation to decrease scrap rates in parts with recurring issues; reduced miscellaneous scrap parts by 1%

annual revenue $2.5 million +* Landscapero Worked as both a team member and leader to solve landscaping problems and design layouts

services neighborhood of 340+ homes* Lifeguard 2009-2014o Teamwork, communication, and leadership skills, maintain safety and control emergencies

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering