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San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Alameda, California, Us

• Propulsion subject matter expert in vehicle architecture decisions, including upper stage engine trade study• On-site lead for 35 klbf engine test stand activation; engine instrumentation, checkouts, sequencing, hotfires

Alameda, California, Us

• Concurrent program management of mature production engine and new engine development for the first stage• Resolved launch-critical issue tickets, transition of technical knowledge to production and sustaining engineering teams• Generated program-level roadmap for development engine, growth from 2 to 10 engineering reports over 12 months• Increased reliability of reusable ground-based igniters to 100% over three launch campaigns

Alameda, California, Us

• Technical ownership of first stage engine modules, engine bay, pump battery assemblies, and ground-based igniters• Logged hundreds of hours on console supporting launch operations (six vehicles) and engine test control rooms• Presented technical data for FAA mishap report, NASA customer QDR, internal engine and launch data reviews• Managed a 5 person team of builders and designers, mentored summer interns

Alameda, California, Us

• Clean sheet design of DMLS combustion chambers, combined thermal-structural analysis, doubled thrust/mass ratio• Brought printed chamber machining capability in-house, designed fixturing, reduced lead time (75%) and cost (85%)• Designed fully machined heat-sink chamber, built out supporting module structure, plumbing, and valves• System-level architecture of multiple test stands, including P&ID, electrical schematic, procedure and operation

Alameda, California, Us

• Maintained top-level CAD assembly of 1st stage engine module, performed cost and weight analyses on 600 line BOM• Executed procurement and managed assembly of production engine hardware for first and second launch vehicles• Responsible engineer for 1st stage engine thrust chamber assembly, removed high-temperature sealing interface• Component-level design and drawings for pneumatic manifolds, electrical enclosures, structural members• Detailed design of test cell thrust structure and raised tank platform, established high-level test cell layout

Longview, Tx, Us

ATDynamics acquired by STEMCO in February 2015. Small engineering office in fast-paced environment. Work culture required fulfilling many roles, utilizing broad skill set. Routinely completed rapid R&D prototyping, metal fabrication, as well as component design, analysis, validation, testing and installation. Development of new products focused on the rear-drag aerodynamics of semi-trailers.• Responsible for introducing new rotary latch into existing product line, ensuring compatibility with all configurations and previous revisions.• Designed production-intent sheet metal bracket with custom gusset.• Procured secondhand environmental test chamber. Minimized cost from service professional by carrying out extensive repairs internally.• Introduced telematics to monitor R&D product field performance, custom reports used as sales tool. Developed installation procedure and built data analysis tool.• Screened potential intern candidates, attended career fairs, coordinated interviews, checked references.• Purchased NI accelerometers and DAQ for monitoring vibration and shock on R&D trailer. Analyzed real-world data with MATLAB using power spectral density to identify low-frequency peaks.• Developed standardized RMA process for part inspection and disposal. Inspected 100+ returned components and built database to estimate field failure age by revision.• Analyzed lateral stability of TrailerTail® product from archived wind tunnel data.• Iterated automated and passive mechanisms for maneuvering aerodynamic panel assembly on trailer contained within 3" stackup constraint. Worked with suppliers to obtain custom DC motors, gearboxes, electromagnetic clutches, gas springs, lead screws for R&D application.• Fabricated sheet metal components with in-house CNC plasma cutter, press brake. Outsourced precision components to local machinists by creating engineering drawings incorporating GD&T.

San Diego, California, Us

Worked as the sole engineer during the founding days of Bixpy (bixpy.com) to develop a compact diver propulsion vehicle. This recreational consumer product is intended to move a fully submerged human through water at a reasonable speed. Started with an initial concept and produced a compact, lightweight, functioning prototype.• Designed housing for additive manufacturing (3D printing) and to accommodate electronics while providing adequate waterproofing after assembly for continuous underwater use.• Developed a modular prototype to optimize individual components in a controlled environment.• Designed and tested propeller shapes to maximize thrust by varying blade shape, cross section, pitch and diameter.• Successfully used final prototype to pull humans through water and outperformed existing product on market.

La Jolla, Ca, Us

Teaching assistant for 100+ student class for 4 quarters, lead TA for 3 quarters.• Instructed undergraduate students during lab sessions and office hours in a senior-level multidisciplinary class focused in: applied design, analysis, optimization, mechatronics, and controls implementation.• Assisted students with hardware and software troubleshooting of ATmega328 microcontroller via an Arduino integrated development environment. The project involved a student-assembled, acrylic turntable with a DC motor friction drive and a rotary potentiometer to provide feedback of angular position.• Contributed to course logistics, workshop and lab section instruction. Supervised in student fabrication shop (LaserCAMM, end mills, bandsaw, sheet metal shear/brake, hand tools, etc).• Provided technical advice to students in areas of design, analysis, and professional documentation for senior capstone projects during weekly meetings with instructor.

Hampton, Virginia, Us

Conducted experimental research in the Flow Physics & Control Branch studying passive flow control to manipulate boundary layer transition in high-speed applications. Delaying transition would result in less surface skin friction, yielding less drag and improving fuel efficiency.• Conducted risk-reduction experiments of a biconvex, 35° swept-wing airfoil using the 20-inch Supersonic Wind Tunnel at a Mach number of 2.0.• Used sublimation flow visualization technique to observe of stationary crossflow vortex tracks across the laminar flow region.• Developed the primary analysis technique to quantify instability development within the boundary layer. Applied spectral analysis to quantify the dominant instability wavelengths present in the pattern.• Observed the effects leading edge surface roughness and discrete roughness elements have on flow transition as a means of laminar flow control.• Measured 1D wing surface roughness with profilometer, measured 2D surface roughness from wing surface replicate with confocal microscopy.

Poway, Ca, Us

Undergraduate intern, summers of 2011 and 2012.Designed conceptual prototypes and develop existing products involving laser and electro-optics within the Reconnaissance Systems Group.• Completed thermal analysis of optical nadir window for steady-state and transient flight conditions to assess risk of condensation.• Designed window cover mechanism for FOD protection.• Active role in creating and revising technical documents and drawings for radar production line.• Aided in prototype optical sensor system assembly• Airborne crash load stress analysis on data storage unit.• Developed adjustable foot pedal design for system operator console.

San Luis Obispo, Ca, Us

• Graded and recorded homework and quizzes from 100+ students for 6 quarters in Engineering Dynamics and Thermodynamics courses and Mechanical Vibrations Laboratory throughout the 2010-2012 academic years.

San Luis Obispo, Ca, Us

• Lead a total of 23 group-environment tutoring sessions during academic 10 week quarters in college-level math, physics, and engineering subjects.• Verbalized process for solving challenging problems.

San Luis Obispo, Ca, Us

Student Research, funded by University Honors Program.• Aided with graduate-level project of developing functioning, efficient, low cost LED package as alternative light source.• Researched printed circuit board metallization schemes, LED junction-temperature measurement.• Experience in printed circuit board fabrication operating wedge bonding machine.

Meyrin, Genève, Ch

Student research during academic school year 2009-2010. One of four Cal Poly students to spend the summer of 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland working control room stations for the Large Hadron Collider through a National Science Foundation grant.• Collected real-time ALICE collisions as control room operator while maintaining detector and beam stability.• Diagnosed and approved Front-End Electronics to be installed in EMCAL detector modules.• Analyzed deep-space cosmic ray data using ROOT with interest in occurrence and frequency of high energy muons.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Undergraduate Intern, summers of 2008 and 2009.• Designed and fabricated temperature regulated, multi-specimen cuvette and positive-pressure containment apparatus. These design changes increase throughput and improve quality of readings.• Sample cells of varying thicknesses were made interchangeable to optimize the scattering intensity based on the collimated X-ray wavelength and the absorption properties of the sample solution.• Designed and fabricated fixture to secure 96-well plate on temperature-controlled bed.• Performed small angle X-ray scattering experiments with synchrotron light to determine macromolecular structure.

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

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

Education record