Kyle Stark Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

$40K fellowship that trains interdisciplinary, multiscale skills. My primary lab is with Padmini Rangamani in theoretical biophysics studying the viscoelastic behaviors of skeletal muscle. My co-mentor, Samuel Ward, is the Director of Translation Research and advises me on how best to direct my work into real, actionable, patient outcomes.

I build biophysical mathematical models at the cellular and tissue level that focus on the interfaces of low Reynolds number flow and solid mechanics.Publications: - Book Chapter: The Impact of Mechano-Electric Feedback on Drug- and Stretch- Induced Arrhythmia Using a Computational Model of Cardiac Electromechanics. Computational Physiology: Simula Summer School 2023 − Student Reports (pp. 87–97). Springer Nature Switzerland. - In-Preparation: The Effects of Modulated Material Properties on Drosophila Furrow Formation. Investigating the viscoelastic properties that contribute to a rapid velocity change during membrane ingression. This feature allows for sudden transformation from a single-celled embryo to a tissue with greater than 6000 cells. Awards & Invitations- UCSD Interfaces Symposium organizer and student speaker (Summer 2024) - Southern California Applied Mathematics Symposium (SOCAMS), Presentation (Admitted Spring 2024) - UCSD Jacobs School of Eng’g, Research Expo, Poster Presentation (Admitted Spring 2024) - Annual Biophysical Society (BPS) Meeting, Poster Presentation (Admitted Winter 2024) - Department Qualifying Exam (DQE) (Admitted Summer 2023) - Interfaces Graduate Training Program (Awarded Spring 2023) - San Diego Match Fellowship (Awarded Spring 2023) - Department of Defense SMART Fellowship Semi-finalist (Awarded Winter 2023) - Simula Summer School (Admitted Summer 2023) - Vcell, COPASI, and SpringSaLaD workshop (Admitted Summer 2022)

Experience and specialization in:1. Carbon fiber structural composites2. Thermal protection systems (TPS)3. Ultrasonic and radiographic non-destructive evaluation (NDE, NDI)4. Risk evaluation and bounding5. Defect containment, mitigation, and corrective actions6. Root cause investigation (RCI)7. New process development8. Process monitoring9. SQL10. Dashboard creation through Excel and PowerBI11. Bolted joint analysisRoot Cause Investigations:Primary owner for finding root causes of all anomalies and defects on hardware I owned.Achievements: - Investigated and redesigned manufacturing requirements for the Dragon nosecone following an anomaly on the Dragon Demo-2 capsule that presented as a delayed parachute deployment. - Collaborated with my lead to prove that an un-traceable exterior composite panel for an ISS cargo resupply mission was safe for flight several days before liftoff. - Demonstrated that greater than 250 parts would be safe for flight after manufacturing defects were discovered. This was completed by containing flight hardware, followed by designing, building, and testing specimens with representative manufacturing defects.Product Development:Held regular build reviews with partner teams to sustain continuous improvement of hardware.Achievements: - Aggregated, cleaned, analyzed, presented and collaborated with production and engineering peers to reduce build-time defects by 75 hours per Dragon heat shield.

Carrollton, Tx

DESIGN FOR REGULATORY STANDARDSAlthough the lighting industry may not come up on many (or any!) top 10 regulated industries lists, its shear reach mandates presence in those that are heavily regulated—everyone needs light. By understanding the intent, scope, and test methods of regulatory standards, cost-effective design options become apparent.After several projects, I became positioned as a leader of the engineering department in navigating UL regulations and often collaborated with team members on resourceful and creative solutions for compliant products.DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY (DFM)"Do not create the perfect design, create the design that will work perfectly every time." To this end, I worked intimately with our in-house sheet metal fabrication shop, as well as outside vendors and fabricators to improve design robustness on the floor, and ultimately, in production. Often this was accomplished through Gemba-walks, appropriate tolerance analysis, and Poka-Yoke'd designs.ENGINEERING PROCESS DEVELOPMENTI was fortunate enough join a department with a continuous improvement mindset, and the influence to make meaningful changes. As in any manufacturing organization there must be a structured flow of information and material to operate smoothly.ACHIEVEMENTS• Engineered for increasingly stringent environments, • Two wet-rated fixtures bringing in orders for large clients. • A hazardous-location-rated fixture with consistent monthly sales. • Governed diverse, 20-piece product line from China, for ETL approval in the US and Canada. • Optimized part fabrication from sheet metal to injection mold, reducing the cost of poor quality by 5%.• Introduced new designs that, on average, increased product build speed by 11% in fabrication and 18% in assembly. • Deployed a New Product Development Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the engineering department, increasing interdepartmental involvement and reducing rework.

Jessup, Md

Regularly worked towards developing methods of producing high volume, consistent quality, on-time LED products. • Applied new products to optimize the electronics-human interface, aimed at stimulating higher quality products with less assembly time and operator effort.• Developed processes for assembling and wiring of LED fixtures in a way that is understandable by someone who has no knowledge or experience in doing so.Coordinated a national account to ensure our product reflected the business’s image.• Received 2 additional stores• Promoted to Staff Engineer at the headquarters location in Carrollton, TX

Piscataway, New Jersey

Reverse engineered the folding and flapping mechanisms of a Red Milkweed Beetle, in pursuit of first mimicking the recorded pattern and ultimately to create vortex-induced lift with a drone.• Modeling software: 3Ds Max • Collaborated with team members and a senior professor in developing and applying theories to models

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biophysics In Mae Dept.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Bsme, Mae), Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: • Engineering Honors Society (Tau Beta Pi) • Mechanical Engineering Honors Society (Pi Tau Sigma)

Exchange, Engineering