Responsible for driving the technical the direction of the power and energy portfolio specifically in regards to technical collaboration among projects and offices, obtaining new business, and identifying and filling talent roles.Primary contributor to the Naval Power and Energy Systems project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research in which digital twins are designed to enable advanced power management, prognostics, and fault management.

• Designed, implemented, and tested the power electronic controls for a 10kW bidirectional power inverter. Integrated the inverter into a mobile renewable energy product to enable fuel savings and redundant power for the US Marine Corps and Army. o Successfully delivered prototypes and supported customer testing in the field. Led demonstration of product at multiple US Army field exercises. o Led the team against a project schedule for the next phase of the product. o Owned the role as lead test engineer for the inverter and the greater product.• Implemented two 60kW bidirectional inverters into a renewable energy product for the US military focused on using batteries and super-capacitors to achieve fuel savings and peak load handling. Successfully tested, delivered, and field commissioned the system for the US Army.

• Drove the development of wind turbine converter controls to adapt to new digital gate cards and associated firmware• Led the LV5 Software Development Team to develop the control software for a new product 1500V 4MVA 3-phase 3-level IGBT-based solar inverter employing various PWM switching strategies. After taking over as lead customer feedback during quarterly reviews praised improvement regarding software development quality and meeting schedules on time.• Drove semi-annual software releases for the LV5 solar inverter focused on meeting new and evolving grid requirements including lower short circuit ratios and various voltage and frequency ride through functionalities which allow the LV5 to be deployed in more locations allowing our company to increase sales and profit.• Solved customer issues on an existing 1000V 1.35 MVA 3-phase 2-level IGBT-based solar inverter product including the redesign of the electronic controls power system to address power quality issues and saving warranty budget, and modification of software control loops to address voltage oscillations in the field to allow for full functionality under weak grid scenarios and save the company significant liquidated damages.• Received co-Engineer of the Month in September 2014 for addressing the voltage oscillations at a customer site and demonstrating “expertise, dedication, external focus and a positive team work mentality” - the result of the work was “the restoration of full power plant capacity and a $700K change order with $300K margin to GE Power Conversion, as well as millions dollars increased revenues for the customer”.• Led the engineering effort on the $1.6M Compact Power Conversion Technologies Power Management Controller (PMC) project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research to develop a PMC for the next-generation all-electric Naval ship.

• Analyzed the system-wide effects of pulse power load power electronics and zonal load configuration on all-electric ship simulation models in Simulink, PSCAD, and Virtual Test Bed environments and proposed optimal concepts to the Navy for their next-generation ships.• Worked collaboratively with ABB (Automation and Power Technologies) and the University of South Carolina to drive the multidisciplinary Virtual Test Bed simulation platform to commercial quality which led to a contract from the Navy to develop a cloud based solution.• Evaluated, tested, and verified electrical simulation models using C# coding language for the Virtual Test Bed component database to improve the product to point of using it for advanced proposals for funding.• Assisted in the development of a comprehensive electric ship building tool designed in a cloud environment as part of fulfilling the requirements of a Naval contract and pushing for next phase funding.

• National Science Foundation (NSF) I/UCRC, GRAPES (Grid-connected Advanced Power Electronics): “Impact of Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Sources on Power Quality”– Examined the power quality-related effects of renewable wind turbine generation on the electric grid utilizing multiple electrical system simulation environments and advanced time-frequency analysis – Worked collaboratively with American Electric Power and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for real-world data analysis of transient disturbances experienced by the Trend Mesa Wind Project in Texas• Analyzed cycloconverter current waveforms extracted from a local steel mill utilizing time-frequency analysis to characterize the system under healthy conditions and diagnose the system under faulty conditions• Lead postgraduate of the Power IT group at the University of South Carolina: http://www.ee.sc.edu/research/PowerIT/

• Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium (ESRDC), Office of Naval Research (ONR): “Power Electronics, Architecture, Controls, and Design Tools for Electric Ship Systems”– Modeled and simulated multiple next-generation Naval electric ship integrated power systems, e.g., Medium-Voltage AC (MVAC), High-Frequency AC (HFAC)– Analyzed the flow of injected harmonic currents in those systems to determine the most efficient harmonic filter location for proper electrical protection and to identify a particular architecture as optimal in terms of harmonic vulnerability• National Science Foundation (NSF): “Diagnostics and Prognostics of Electric Cables in Aging Power Infrastructure”– Performed laboratory experiments for the detection and location of hard and incipient defects on cable types typically employed in electric ship and nuclear environments using joint time-frequency domain reflectometry– Wiring diagnostics demo: http://www.ee.sc.edu/research/PowerIT/TFDR.wmv• NASA South Carolina Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): “Diagnostics & Treatment of Electric Wiring Systems in Aging Aircraft”– Studied the time-frequency signature of real-world arcing faults in F-18 planes with data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to obtain a proper arc fault characterization for future modeling/simulation and advanced circuit protection• TA classes included: Digital Signal Processing, Power Systems Analysis, Digital Control Systems, and the USC Electrical Engineering Senior Design Project