Coordinating company aeronautical engineering, aerospace test, and manufacturing engineering support programsPerforming data acquisition and control design, system engineering, and integration of aerospace test facilities including landing gear drop testing apparatusResponsible for hardware and software interface of test sensors with LabVIEW environment and National Instruments CompactDAQ acquisition equipment. Developing LabVIEW-based acquisition framework applications.Liaison with Federal Aviation Administration for company Supplemental Type Certificate activitiesChief of company information technology and data server infrastructure; administrator for Windows, Linux, and Internet systemsDeveloping custom in-house web-based data management and enterprise resource management tool employing software technologies including Vaadin web framework, RDF, and SPARQLAssisting in development of agricultural aircraft aerodynamic performance enhancement productsSupporting wind tunnel test activitiesPerforming aircraft configuration, performance, and design studies for customers and internal projects

Management of iOS and Android mobile application development for the Robots4Autism product (www.robots4autism.com)Project management support and test coordination for "RoboKind Web Portal" learning information web applicationFuture project planning and management team memberContributing software developer for robotics, web, and mobile applications. Principal languages include Java, Scala, Objective-C, and PHP.Engineering liaison for customer relations

Performed software development for Hanson Robokind (now RoboKind, robokindrobots.com) robotic human interface and spatial reasoning functionsDeveloped web applications for PC and mobile platformsDeveloped Android smart phone applications for aviation flight planning and inflightnavigational computationsApplyed modern programming technologies including Java, Scala, Maven, OSGi, RDF, and OpenGLManaged company web servers and development environments

Designed wing-body fairing surfaces in collaboration with structural design and aerodynamics groupsParticipated in configuration and systems planning for new aircraft developmentBuilt CATIA surface models for research and development aircraft configuration and CFD studiesCreated digital models of future light turbine aircraft design concepts and analyzed their engine intake pressure recovery characteristicsDeveloped APU inlet geometries to reduce acoustical signature and designed stereolithography prototype partsRebuilt and maintained master geometrical lofts of current production models for CATIA V4 to V5 migrationLeft company due to massive layoffs totaling over 50% of 2008 headcount

Managed wind tunnel data collection for a wide variety of test articles including military aircraft, space vehicles, and sports equipmentDeveloped and maintained LabVIEW data acquisition code for collection of auxiliary force balance dataProvided customized reduced data sets including propeller performance metrics by designing appropriate Visual Basic codeActed as technical liaison to industry wind tunnel customersAssisted in teaching of classes on aerodynamics, aircraft design, stability and control, flight dynamics, and engineering mechanics

Provided individualized flight training to diverse students including recreational aviators, professional pilots in training, and US Air Force cadetsWorked as contract pilot carrying passengers for Texas Redwood Lumber Company and performing recurring survey work for Texas Disposal Systems, both of Austin, Texas

Responsible for an electronics shop which designed, constructed, and repaired a large variety of analytical devices and field test equipmentPerformed technical support and maintenance of mass spectrometers, seismographic equipment, and power systems

Developed and maintained scientific instrumentation, avionics, and data acquisition systems for an Antarctic airborne geological surveyIntegrated equipment with a survey aircraft and its air data / navigation systemsLed diverse flight crew responsible for inflight survey operations while operating in a harsh and challenging environment under constant schedule pressure

Assembled electronic instruments and developed FORTRAN software for plasma property diagnostic devices at the Texas Experimental Tokamak (TEXT), a research fusion reactor

Assisted in a survey of computer network resources during summer internship in the computing support team of the Missiles Division