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Orange County, Ca, Us

Orange, California, Us

• Actively collaborated on cross-functional teams (mechanical engineering, industrial design, electrical engineering, and software engineering) to design over 12 medical devices from initial concepts to design transfer. • Adapted to system architect role by leveraging multidisciplinary skillset to perform subsystem integration of mechanical, electrical, and firmware/software designs to fulfill product and client requirements. • Championed first principles and first-order thermodynamic calculations to estimate mechanical stresses, heat transfer, joule-heating, PID tuning parameters, and battery and electrical sensor performance. • Established in-house, multi-physics FEA/CFD and optical ray tracing simulation capability to quickly model structural mechanics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, resistive heating, and optical paths. • Designed, programmed, and implemented Arduino-based breadboards to rapidly perform data acquisition, sensor down-selection, PID heater control, life-cycle testing, and DC/stepper motor control. • Evolved preliminary designs by employing expertise in CAD modeling, electrical sensor selection, Python scripting and data analysis, multi-physics simulations, rapid prototyping, 3D printing, design for manufacturing, program management, and supplier and client relations. • Developed electro-mechanically integrated instruments using various methods and materials: plastic injection molding, die-cast metal molding, sheet metal, precision machined custom parts, and glass bending. • Created P&ID/system flow diagrams to design fluid handling systems comprising pneumatic and fluidic valves, valve manifolds, flow and pressure sensors, and electronic pressure regulators. • Mentored junior engineers, interns, and students of engineering in all stages of development, from first principles calculations to CAD modeling and hands-on building prototyping techniques.

● Interface with key stakeholders to manufacture hardware and perform experimental validation and testing, ensuring the best possible results within a fast-paced, deadline-focused environment.● Researched ultrahigh temperature, aerospace materials and coatings (refractories and ceramics) that are produced by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) for defense, aerospace, and clean energy applications. ● Perform material trade studies with fundamental calculations to ensure component survivability in austere thermochemical/mechanical environments.● Designed, modeled, and manufactured test hardware for 1 – 22-N Oxide-Iridium/Rhenium liquid monopropellant engines.● Developed hot-fire test campaigns with detailed assembly / integration instructions, test matrices, and instrumentation requirements. Oversaw hot-fire testing and executed on the fly test matrix modification and troubleshooting to meet program goals.● Experienced in performing finite element analyses in COMSOL Multiphysics to model fluid flow (CFD), heat transfer, resistive heating, and thermal stress.

● Managed subcontracts as the technical point of contact and ensured smooth completion in a high-stress workplace, integrating new standards to achieve efficiency and productivity goals.● Performed thermoequilibrium (Isp / C*) calculations to formulate liquid and solid rocket propellants to meet desired performance, specific impulse, and hazards class goals.● Investigated environmentally friendly monopropellants containing energetic ionic liquid salts for in-space propulsion applications.● Developed and executed hot-fire test matrices to test the performance of solid rocket motors and monopropellant thrusters.

● Prepared and developed lesson plans which supplement the Professor's lectures in Process Dynamics and Control and Aspen Plus Modeling. ● Helped students with any homework questions and with the general understanding of course material. ● Held office hours and discussions to assist students one-on-one with their questions.

San Diego, Ca, Us

● Researched self-healing nano-composite materials capable of healing subcritical damage. ● Functionalized and characterized titanium dioxide nanoparticles by silane vapor deposition for enhanced light attenuation properties. ● Modeled and developed low pressure drop and high aspect ratio silver nanowire air filters.

● Assisted a project scientist in collecting, preparing, and analyzing human synovial fluid and its aggregates for specific chemical species. ● Completed friction and wear testing of osteoarthritic articular cartilage. ● Experienced biological engineering research aspects such as: biosafety, biostatistics, and formatting project reports.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

High School Diploma