• 15+ years of Thermal-Fluids Research and Development experience• International exposure - USA, Germany, and China• Software Engineering experience as SE-FIT Lead DeveloperCORE COMPETENCIES:--------------------------------THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSISExperience in deriving closed-form analytic solutions for capillary driven flow in complex geometries, computing the shape and stability of equilibrium capillary surfaces, analyzing existence of equilibrium capillary surfaces, and designing high thermal performance micro-scale capillary wicking structures. Employed scaling, perturbation, Concus-Finn method, and SE-FIT.ENGINEERING DESIGNExperience in designing a 1.2 second high test rate drop tower facility. Experience in designing high thermal performance micro-scale capillary wicking structures.EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNExperience in designing microgravity drop tower experiment for studying capillary driven flow in complex geometries. Experience in designing experiment for studying micro-scale wicking structure with and without thermal control. Experience in designing wind tunnel experiment for studying shock wave/boundary layer interactions. Worked with international teams in UAS and Germany on experiments flown aboard International Space Station (ISS). ENGINEERING CONSULTINGExperience in working closely with aerospace and semiconductor industry customers to solve challenging technical problems, review technology development, and publish research results.SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGExperience in initiating and leading the development of the free software SE-FIT. Designed Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs). Employed Gestalt principles and User Experience (UX) Design principles. Created code to automate pre-processing, processing, and post-processing. Created documents for training purpose.
Listed skills include Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Analysis, Heat Transfer, Experimentation, and 29 others.