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Irvine, Ca, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Develop back-end applications in Typescript and Docker to run ad targeting and analytics on the edge in retail spaces using Azure’s IoT Edge platform.Integrate with 3rd party advertising platforms to receive ad media and provide impression statistics.Build an edge-to-cloud messaging framework on top of Azure to handle data resiliency and throttling.Standardize a system of work including work planning and delivery processes for a start-up in the process of scaling.Collaborate with product, sales, and operations to define capabilities of our ad delivery platform.Own design, development and delivery of our advertising platform.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Lisle, Il, Us

Led a remote team of developers by defining process and coding standards, reviewing code, and managing releases of the software platform Defined flexible microservice based software architecture running in Kubernetes to handle cloud, on-premise, and hybrid deployment models while enabling integration with key third party systemsDeveloped a user interface in Angular/Typescript to provide lighting controls as well as device and system monitoring and alerting and the supporting back-end in Java, Spring Boot, and Mongo

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Developed and implement an algorithm in embedded software to analyze real-time data and perform impact detection on an edge device.Integrated impact sensor with the cloud platform to collect data and provide remote reprogramming and configuration updates.Developed back-end service in Python to normalize, aggregate, and cross reference disparate data sources.Developed back-end service in Typescript to manage user access to aggregated data and reports.

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

Performed verification of flight control hydraulic actuators to ensure that all requirements are met. Identify and resolve any non-conformance.Designed, optimized, and troubleshot hydraulic and pneumatic aerospace components through the use of physics based models and simulations.Analyzed the behavior of complex flow in valves and manifolds using 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD).Developed 1-D and simplified analytical models in Matlab or Amesim to simulate transient behavior of pneumatic and hydraulic systems. Use these models to predict performance, perform trade-off studies, troubleshoot, or optimize designs.Developed 1D-3D coupled models that combine high-accuracy CFD simulation with 1-D modeling to allow for high fidelity simulations with low computational cost.Developed and maintained custom software tools written in C++, Matlab, and Visual Basic/VBA that perform design or performance analysis for fuel tanks, solenoid banks, ejector pumps, and other aerospace components.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Applied industry standard data analytics to a garbage truck hybrid-hydraulic power train to develop a predictive maintenance methodology.Used engineering knowledge to extract critical features from raw truck data.Applied general purpose classification algorithms such as support vector machines and neural networks to data features to identify high risk hydraulic systems.Developed a business case and provided recommendations regarding the application of the analytics process and necessary infrastructure for IIoT based data analytics. Identified the challenges and opportunities of applying IIoT

Responsible for researching and developing performance predictions for turbine-based combined cycle engines. Also designed components and experiments to support the HiFire hypersonic vehicle program. Key responsibilities included:Create modular program to model engine components, predict performance, and allow for efficient sizing and optimization of turbine based combine cycle engines.Generate performance models for Wren100K turbojet for demonstrator designs.Design frame to hold and protect vehicle during assembly and shipping.Design experiment to test the structural integrity of the ablative-based thermal protection system.

Part of the senior design team participating in the Air Force's Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program (APOP). The overall objective of the project was to design an exhaust driven fan to increase the thrust of the Jetcat P80-SE turbojet engine. Individual responsibilities included:Participating in overall design decisions and problem solving.Performing propeller-turbine matching to determine optimal system RPM.Designing transonic propeller blades using CFD.The final design increased thrust from 4.4 lb to 11 lb at 70,000 RPM.

Intern for the Thermodynamics department with a focus on computational fluid dynamics to explore the behavior of fuel spray simulations. Tasks included:Perform a parametric study of a lagrangian based fuel injection simulation. Determine the effect of numerical settings such as mesh size and droplet count and study the trade-off between computation time and solution accuracy.Perform mesh sensitivity studies for multi-phase fuel injection models with cavitation.Develop software tools to automate the creation and simulation of various fuel injectors.Perform parametric CFD studies of high pressure fuel injectors and optimize for minimal cavitation.

Worked as an intern for the Engineering department. Designed fixtures for balance and milling operations. Generated a compliance matrix comparing in-house and customer shot peen specifications. Identified gaps in specifications. Created Access database to track tool usage and notify operator of necessary replacements. Converted a 5-axis milling post-processor from basic to visual basic. Created additional file utilities in visual basic that allow for the faster processing of large data files.

Winter Quarter 2011 co-op position at TECT Power in Utica, New York. Wrote a Visual Basic post-processor to convert Unigraphics toolpaths to quaternion coordinates to be used by ABB Robotstudio in the design of Robotics toolpaths. Performed analysis of edge milling fixtures to determine optimal choice and placement of pneumatic lift assist. Designed and implemented pneumatic lift system and hydraulic clamping system. These improvements to the edge mill fixtures simplify and speed up the process of preparing parts for the milling operation as well as improving ergonomics and decreasing operator strain.

Master'S Of Science, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering