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Mahwah, New Jersey, United States

R&D and compliance testing of battery powered nut drivers. Worked on developing and testing brushless motors, three phase inverters, torque transducers, gearboxes, and more.

Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Model Free Control – U.S. Navy Funded• Implemented a robust flight controller for a quadcopter and coaxial helicopter Unmanned Aerial VehiIcle (UAV) based on the Model Free Control (iPID) algorithm, and validated the architecture in MATLAB’s Simulink using software and hardware in the loop simulations• Programmed the controller in C++ by modifying the opensource Ardupilot software, and performed flight testing and telemetry analysis for the quadrotor comparing the iPID versus PID controls while subjected to external disturbances like windUAV Design and Simulation – U.S. Navy Funded• Developed and conducted system-level computer simulations of an amphibious UAV to predict endurance, range, and thrust to weight ratio from mathematical models for the propeller performance (XFOIL CFD), brushless DC motor (BLDC), and electronic speed controller (ESC)• Designed, built, and tested a BLDC dynamometer programmed in LabVIEW to measure the DC, 3-Phase AC, and mechanical power of a UAV drive-train to verify and improve the accuracy of the simulation in air and underwater

New Brunswick, Nj

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering• Executed duties including, teaching lectures, conducting laboratory experiments, overseeing recitations, one-on-one tutoring, proctoring exams, grading exams, and supervising capstone projects• Served as Teaching Assistant for the following courses, Senior Design Project (Capstone Project), ME Measurements, Design of Mechanical Components (DMC), ME Computational Analysis and Design (MATLAB-based), and Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics • Designed in home laboratory experiments to measure strain, temperature, and distance

New Brunswick Nj

Wireless Strain Sensor – NASA Funded• Developed and tested a novel wireless strain sensor for long-term structural health monitoring and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) using a piezoelectric crystal as the sensing element and a pair of planar coils for wireless communication and power transferMulticoil Reader – NASA Funded• Designed, and created a reader device capable of locating an embedded wireless strain sensor by taking measurements at three known locations and back-solving through simulated mutual inductance versus position data• Performed high fidelity COMSOL Multiphysics simulations with experimental and analytical validation on the planar and cylindrical inductive coils to determine the mutual inductance of two coupled coils as a function of relative position in three dimensions

Huntsville, Alabama Area

• Designed, fabricated, and characterized a passive and wireless strain sensor capable of detecting small strain while embedded or attached to the surface of a test article • Developed a wireless capacitive-based temperature sensor using additive manufacturing, conductive inks, and a dielectric filament with a large coefficient of thermal expansion

Windsor Locks, Ct

• Responsible for the actuators controlling the angle of the pitch on the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine’s compressor and turbine blades along with the nozzle actuator used in the F35 JSF• Applied root-cause analysis to resolve field failure investigations of flight critical hardware and corrected the manufacturing, assembly, or design issues to prevent reoccurrences• Designed and implemented a War on Cost effort to reduce the overall cost of the production acceptance testing (PAT) used to validate the actuators controlling the F135 jet turbine before ramping up to full scale production

Somerville Nj

• Integrated Building Automation Systems (BAS) using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to reduce electricity consumption and provide reliable automation for HVAC systems in commercial buildings, industrial assembly lines, fire safety systems, and data centers• Designed, fabricated, and wired ISO compliant electrical panels for automation control• Programmed in ladder logic (RS Logix 5000) with feedback control on the MicroLogix and SLC 500 PLCs, and designed Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) on RSView32

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering, 3.73

- Implementation of a model-free control algorithm on a coaxial helicopter UAV to increase stability when subjected to external.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering, 3.72

Activities and Societies: IMECE 2018 Conference Technical Presentation - A Piezoelectric-Based Wireless Sensor for Monitoring Strain.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.44

Activities and Societies: Society of Hispanic EngineersGraduated Magna Cum Laude

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Engineering Science Program; Engineering Mechanics; Dynamicsengineering Graphics