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Sheridan, Wy, Us

Sheridan, Wyoming, United States

Off Road Vehicle Design-Suspension-Powertrain -Cooling-Chassis-Materials-Prototype manufacturing (CNC, additive, forming, casting)-FEA simulations

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Machine Design  Collected noise reduction data from manipulator air-cooling impeller  Designed and tested inlet cone to reduce noise 1-2 dB for 18 inch impeller  Designed and optimized manipulators with respect to cost, size, and manufacturability  Engineered custom gearboxes to fit specific applications  Certified manipulator designs to industry standards (CE, SEMI ) through calculations and testing  Updated existing assemblies to reduce manufacturing time and cost or improve functionality  Acquired organizational and management skills by working on fast paced prototype projects

Hurricane, Utah, United States

Blade Design Designed 2 propeller blades similar to existing Powerfin blades Used CROTOR, JavaFoil, and Fusion 360 software to model, optimize, and design blade mold Developed CAM program for milling blade molds Designed and manufactured equipment for structural testing of carbon fiber blades Destruction tested different fiberglass and carbon fiber pre-preg. inner structures Developed process improvements to posted steps to reduce manufacturing flaws Determined cost to 3D print a large ducted fan to enter the EDF market Composed and submitted grant funding applications targeting aerospace and advanced materials Tested prototype blades in static and dynamic conditions.

Experimental Fluid Dynamics  Provided engineering support for University of Wyoming Aeronautical Laboratories (UWAL)  Instrumented low speed tunnel with pressure taps over a flat plate  Modified existing Labview programs for updated instrumentation  Started experiment to measure skin friction and drag (funded by the Air Force) using oil film interferometry (OFI), laser Doppler anemometry (LDA), and a force balance system

Laramie Wyoming

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)  Used URANS CFD solver to predict aerodynamic coefficients for oscillating airfoils  Coded pre- and post-processing routines using Fortran and Python in Linux OS  Ran hundreds of oscillating airfoil cases on NCAR’s Yellowstone cluster Experimental Fluid Dynamics  Designed and built 3 airfoils with 44 pressure taps for use in a low speed wind tunnel  Tested oscillating airfoils at helicopter operating conditions  Tested pressure response of tubing and calibrated for high temporal resolution  Checked aerodynamic coefficients with literature to verify experimental system  Used Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to view flow structures to compare with CFD  Presented work at NASA Ames and AHS (American Helicopter Society) for feedback  Assisted in setting up swirling jet experimental testing facility Analytical Modeling  Built Leishman-Beddoes dynamic stall model to predict stall on helicopter airfoils  Coded the Onera dynamic stall model to view accuracy of a simpler formulation

Maintenance/Troubleshooting  Troubleshot valves for gases, liquids, solids  Maintained gas analyzer unit during operation for accurate gas composition readings  Designed tools and methods to free the gasifier of densely packed coal Designing/Building  Installed thermocouples on gas reformer  Installed sensors, valves, and couplers for natural gas line  Developed ideas to prevent Nickel-Carbonyl from forming (toxin) Machine Operator for Coal Gasifier/Reformer  Estimated the amount of nitrogen, oxygen, coal, steam, natural gas, and wood pellets to fuel the gasifier  Adjusted louvers on flare, operated ash grate, and monitored all sensors/controls  Kept pollutants from forming by burning, maintaining temperature, or insulatin

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Laramie Robotics Club, Intramural Sports, Leading Scouts

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering