Oversee nuclear engineering, risk management, strategic weapon employment and operational planning.- USS CALIFORNIA (SSN-781)- Submarine Squadron Twelve - Certified Naval Nuclear Engineer by the U.S. Department of Energy and Naval Reactors.- TOP SECRET - SCI clearance.- A Watch/Duty Officer responsible for the safety and viability of the nuclear propulsion plant and operations on 150-crew submarine.

Assistant Weapons Officer: Managed operation of nuclear and non-nuclear systems, maintenance planning, and system troubleshooting on a $3.5B nuclear submarine. Served as the at sea technical expert and engineering authority charged with keeping the ship underway as long as required to meet the country's objectives. Completed an Extended Drydock Ship Readiness Availability and a European Command (EUCOM) deployment and many other missions vital to national security.- Drove and coordinated the efforts of more than 45 sailors along with shore-based maintenance personnel and contracted engineers to keep USS CALIFORNIA operational. - Led two years of production meetings reconciling the ship's mission requirements with necessary maintenance and upgrades. Interfaced with operators, engineers, and supervisors to identify and direct priorities, work schedules, resources, and personnel to maintain quality and timeline requirements.- Developed over fifty written procedures with corresponding training to accomplish high-risk engineering operations and processes.- Responsible for communicating technical problems to headquarters and coordinating personnel and material to affect timely restoration.- Leveraged technical background and scant resources to complete numerous repairs underway that were widely considered impossible on mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems, resulting in no lost mission time.

Damage Control Assistant - Responsible for all shipboard damage control equipment and casualty response, daily operations, maintenance, audit & surveillance program, quality assurance, testing, and personnel management of Auxiliary Division onboard USS CALIFORNIA. Prepared a highly versatile division for rare high-risk operations, directly resulting in top score during a critical material inspection.

Main Propulsion Assistant: - Submarine Division Officer leading a team of 11 sailors.- Responsible for the operation and maintenance of all reactor plant fluid systems and propulsion equipment.- Effectively ran a continuous process improvement program for routing out deficiencies in administrative and maintenance practices. - Administered all nuclear machinery readiness on board USS CALIFORNIA.- Accomplished a critical nuclear valve repair, vital to national security, finishing several months ahead of schedule and under budget.

- Graduated 2 of 20 students in the COMSEC course provided by the US Navy.- COMSEC Account Manager for USS CALIFORNIA.- Generate, manage and distribute local symmetric products and maintain KOA administrative information in KMI with exception to centrally managed data elements such as the accounts Highest Classification Indicator (HCI). - Maintain Administrative Programs for KMI Program. - Review reports related to tracked and accountable events associated with the KOA. - Perform required accounting transactions to effectively manage the KOA and ensure proper accountability of material.

Studied the science and engineering fundamental to the design, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants. Regarded as the most demanding academic program in the U.S. military. Topics include nuclear physics, health physics, reactor technology and principles, thermodynamics, applied water chemistry, and material science. Courses are accepted for graduate credit at numerous civilian institutions. Graduated in the top 10%.

- Delivering research improving performance for Iowa companies, making processes more efficient and effective.- Developing solutions of plant layouts to optimize efficiency of building setup.

Mechanical Engineering Department under Dr. Carmen Gomez: - Research focusing on development of biosensors using nanoscale approachesElectrical Engineering Department under Dr. Timothy Bigelow: - Researching methods to best develop a novel 3D Metal Printer.

Served as Undergraduate Teacher Assistant for the following classes with the respective professors:- ME 451: Engineering Acoustics: Dr. Timothy Bigelow - ME 421 System Dynamics and Controls: Dr. Xialing Bai - ME 332 Thermodynamics II: Dr. Mirka Deza - ME 324 Manufacturing Engineering: Dr. Emmanuel Agba - ME 270: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design: Dr. Emmanuel Agba

- DoE Analysis for hydraulic valve optimization.- Global company impact; produced new receiving instruction manual for parts from suppliers. - Implemented new system for manifold blocks throughout Chicago creating online inventory.