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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Saint Louis, Mo

• Chair, Unico Product Innovation Team• Oversight and scheduling of lab testing, calibrations, maintenance, and facilities expansion• Designed and built a PCB quality validation test stand • Perform engineering and business data analysis to support strategic decision-making

Saint Louis, Mo

• Designed and coordinated construction of two psychrometric test labs including all lighting, MEP, process control, and data acquisition. Managed contractors. Maintained project schedule and budget.• Collaborated with a group of Italian engineers over 18 months to develop special heat pump firmware for the US market. Traveled to Italy to support timely completion of the project.• Developed custom LabVIEW programs based on AHRI and ASHRAE test standards.• Project Engineer for joint research projects with DOE, FSEC, NIST, NREL, ORNL.• Subject matter expert on variable-speed multisplit heat-pump product line.

St. Louis, Mo

Department of Biomedical Engineering• Mechanical designer, machinist, shop supervisor and machining trainer for a 40-member photoacoustic imaging lab. • Prepared MEP drawings and served as point-of-contact during lab expansion.• Distilled sketches, functional requirements and discussions with students into 3D models and detail prints.• Machined custom instrumentation in multiple materials and tolerance levels.• Advised on mechanical design and machining techniques.

St. Louis, Mo

Department of Physics, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences - PI Ramanath Cowsik• Designed an UHV compatible 3-axis precision positioner using AutoCAD• Gathered functional design requirements for the positioner• Solicited quotes and negotiated pricing for commercial components• Created detail prints of assemblies and individual components• Prepared a BOM for all assemblies• Released production drawings to departmental machine shop and outside manufacturers • Worked closely with graduate students to define positioner assembly and alignment procedures• Performed functionality testing of the Positioner

Chicago

Department of Physics• Advised graduate students and postdocs on mechanical design and fabrication techniques.• Designed and fabricated a liquid cooled heatsink for a 6kW MOSFET array• Designed and machined a set of custom 2D translation stages• Implemented a new parts and tooling storage system to improve lab efficiency

Chicago

Department of Physics • Designed, machined, programmed and calibrated a CNC drill• Taught other students and postdocs basic machining skills.• Advised on mechanical design and machinability.• Operated a temperature and frequency stabilized laser diode array• Designed and machined an adjustable-aperture radioactive source holder• Programmed elements of Monte Carlo simulations of Kaon decay using FORTRAN

B.A., Physics

Activities and Societies: The University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Uncommon TurbinePhysics course work included: Newtonian.

Master’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

MSME with concentration in Fluids and Thermal Sciences.