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New York, NY, US

New Jersey, United States

- Designed, developed, built and currently manage state-of-the-art labs: Advanced Robotics Development Laboratory (ARDL), Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (AML), Avionics Development Laboratory (ADL) and the Unmanned Surface Vehicle Laboratory (USVL).- Currently manage 5 cutting-edge Unmanned Systems projects in the civilian and non-civilian sector.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Successfully engineered, designed and built a mecanum-wheeled, robotic platform for Robotics and AI educationPerformed a ground-up design of the platform chassis and motherboard PCBDeveloped test jigs and testing protocols for all the sensing systems on the platform: Ultrasonic, TOF, encodingDeveloped the associated curriculum and teaching pedagogy for the.

Teaneck, New Jersey, United States

Managed the University's fast-growing Pre-Collegiate and Dual-enrollment programs.Developed Robotics and AI course offerings for the University's Pre-Collegiate programsDesigned and engineered the equipment and lab facilities required to offer courses in Robotics and AISuccessfully expanded the number of partner schools Enhanced the quality of course.

Managed the Research and Development of 9 cutting-edge Robotics and Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) projects. These projects range from GPS-guided ground delivery systems to Heavy-Lift Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Some of these projects were developed with software and hardware that was designed and developed in-house, while others used.

Developed instructor curriculum material and technical demonstrators for the Advanced Automotive ProgramDeveloped cutting-edge curriculum for programs related to alternative energy vehiclesDeveloped and managed revenue-generating instructor training programs for Technical High School instructorsConceived, designed and successfully developed one of the.

Developed and built one of the world's first plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid conversions on a Ford E-series platform. The project was funded by the US Department of Transportation.A full size Ford E-150 van was retrofitted with a Dual-Drive Plug-in Hybrid system which was developed, engineered and fabricated at FDU. Engineered and installed the powertrain.

Designed, developed and installed a prototyping machine shop equipped with CNC and manual turning and milling capabilities. Installed and worked on 3-D SLA prototyping machines and their interface to various popular 3-D modeling software. Serviced equipment as necessary and trained staff and students on equipment setup and operation. Ensured that the shop.

Greater San Diego Area

Worked on a project to develop Predictive Maintenance Systems for critical laboratory equipment.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Activities and Societies: ASME, ASEEStudent Sections Committee Representative, ASME,( NY, NJ, PA region) from 2005 to 2007.