Technical Leader overseeing thermal-mechanical design and analysis, including:• Design and licensing of thermal-mechanical operating limits (TMOLs)• Python automation and pre-verification of licensing process• Applications for licensing of updated methodologies and new fuel products (e.g., ARMOR accident-tolerant fuel rod coating)• Transient application methodology

• Perform stability analyses to support ongoing reloads and new fuel introductions• Provide expertise to support other functional areas, including fuel reliability and thermal-mechanical analysis

• Completed Auxiliary Operator Initial Training, from operator fundamentals through plant-specific systems • Qualified all Auxiliary Operator watchstations (Outside, Turbine, Reactor Auxiliary Building, Waste Process Building, Radwaste Control Room)

Project Management• Drove implementation of updated thermal-mechanical methodology across the core and fuel engineering organization• Implementation credited by the NRC as a role model in solving industry-wide modeling issues• Coordinated NRC audit of implementation, which resulted in no findingsNuclear Fuel Testing, Data Reduction and Analysis• Operated and maintained multiple test facilities• Established design requirements and supervised construction of test flow loops• Test execution and data analysis, including for the following test types: - Flow-induced vibration (FIV) - Counter-current flow limitation (CCFL) - Single phase flow lower tie plate loss coefficient - Lower tie plate filter clogging - Spacer fatigue and buckling - Channel buckling and collapse - Fuel bundle shippingFuel Rod Thermal-Mechanical Design and Analysis• Designed and analyzed fuel rod thermal-mechanical operating limits• Analyzed and automated analysis of pellet and cladding response to power transients• Experienced in modeling fuel properties in downstream safety analysis codesFuel Reliability• Created and utilized tools to design control rod sequences for power suppression tests• Consulted utilities on the execution of power suppression tests at multiple US plants to detect and suppress fuel leakers