SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Florida Institute of Technology
• Lead Senior Design Team to win the Aerospace Engineering category of the Northrop Grumman Engineering and Science Student Design Showcase (2012).
• Coached, lead, and served as a presenter at the AIAA Region Two Student Conference where we received the 3rd Place Award in Team Paper Category. Design and manufacturing of a steady state turbine thin film cooling proof of concept research device (2012).
• Department of Defense SMART Scholarship Recipient (2011).
• Received the AIAA Foundation Senior Scholarship (2010)
American Red Cross Blood Services
• First Level Award for Employee Excellence – In Professional/Technical Service (2007).
• Enabled continued collection and distribution of blood and blood products in the Charleston, SC area after hidden hurricane damage forced the closure and demolition of the existing facility by designing, outfitting, qualifying equipment, and developing process/product flows for 3 new facilities within 7 months of eviction notice while maintaining compliance with AABB, FDA, State, and Local Regulations (2005).
EXPERIENCE
Aerospace Engineer 2014 – Present
Fleet Readiness Center East – NAVAIR ISSC, MCAS Cherry Point, NC
• Test and evaluate the US Navy common video borescope system (CVBS) for use by the F402 (Pegasus) gas turbine engine program.
• Train test participants in the use of the CVBS as a remote visual inspection and measurement tool.
• Develop visual basic for applications (VBA) code to analyze data gathered during borescope testing.
• Write instructions for the use of the CVBS for remote visual inspection of the F402 gas turbine engine.
• Conduct technical manual reviews and submit corrections for errors found in support of F402 gas turbine engine maintenance.
• Research, author, and implement procedural changes necessary for new F402 gas turbine engine support equipment.
Research Associate/Graduate Student 2012 -2014
Florida Institute of Technology – Melbourne, FL
Installation Design of the Spinning Slosh Test Rig at the Florida Institute of Technology – Master’s Thesis
• Performed site suitability assessments to determine possible installation locations at the Florida Institute of Technology. Critical considerations were facility power, available experimental laboratory floor foot print, laboratory accessibility, and possible seismic disturbance (vibration) transmission to other laboratories.
• Reviewed building structural drawings to determine possible vibration transmission paths and assessed risk to existing experimental equipment within building.
• Design a barrier that surrounds and will contain possible failures of the Spinning Slosh Test Rig based on failure modes analysis.
• Develop dynamics models to predict possible projectile tangential velocities, flight paths, and momentum exchange during impact.
• Designed steel and glass fiber reinforced concrete barriers using AutoCAD Inventor 2013 for finite element modeling purposes.
• Performed finite element modeling using Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2014 to determine test rig failure containment for each respective barrier based on the failure modes analysis and dynamics models.
• Estimated construction costs of each barrier type to determine least expensive option.
• Collaborated with professional engineering firm to obtain stamped structural and electrical drawings necessary for City of Melbourne, Florida Code Compliance Division approval.
Graduate Student Classwork
• Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations – Converted a Fortran 66 stiff ordinary differential numerical methods equation solver (Gear’s Diff Sub) to MATLAB 7. Coded class projects in MATLAB 7.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics – Coded forward, central, and backward differencing models in C++ (using Linux based GNU compiler) and MATLAB to complete class projects as assigned.
• Internal Combustion Engines – Developed MATLAB code to increment, execute, read, and concatenate data from a professor provided 1-D analysis tool to be used in the design of internal combustion engines. Conducted research using KIVA 3 in a Linux based environment to determine the effects of changes in local equivalence ratio with respect to emissions production, power output, and efficiency of a diesel engine.
Department of Defense SMART Scholar Summer Intern – Turboshaft Engines Group Summer 2013
Fleet Readiness Center East – NAVAIR ISSC, MCAS Cherry Point, NC
• Developed code in VBA to analyze AE1107C Engine data in support of the V-22 Osprey.
• Reviewed and revised documents to support AE2100D3 engine and its quick change kit to support the KC-130 J radiological decontamination post tsunami relief efforts in Japan.
Department of Defense SMART Scholar Summer Intern – Turbofan Engines Group Summer 2012
Fleet Readiness Center East – NAVAIR ISSC, MCAS Cherry Point, NC
• Researched and authored engineering instructions for the F402 Pegasus Engine to support the AV-8B Harrier
• Analyzed and presented data for the installation and qualification of the Jet Engine Test Instrumentation (JETI) in support of F402 Engine performance testing.
Research Associate/Undergraduate Student 2009- 2012
Florida Institute of Technology – Melbourne, FL
Development of a Pseudo Steady State Device for Thin Film Cooling – Senior Design 2012
• Senior Design Team Leader and Combustion Technologies Researcher.
• Conducted Thermal analysis to determine the design and fabricated thin film cooling test section using a three axis CNC.
• Used AutoCAD Inventor for modeling.
• Decoded and implemented computational combustion mechanism for n-Decane (“Kinetic Modeling of n-Decane Combustion and Autoignition” by G. Bikas and N. Peters).
• Coached as needed team subgroups performing CFD Analysis, support structure designs, and instrumentation package.
Thin Film Cooling Research in conjunction with Mainstream Engineering – 2010 to 2011
• Rehabilitated and brought into operational status the Florida Tech six inch shock tunnel.
• Designed and fabricated clamping device to manufacture shock tunnel rupture diaphragms with accuracy and repeatability using a three axis CNC.
• Determined gas pressure and mixtures necessary to achieve research objectives.
• Developed MATLAB Code to determine pressure differentials based on gas properties.
• Assisted with the design of research test section and fabricated parts as needed to support ongoing research using the Florida Tech Machine Shop Equipment.
• Developed and authored procedures necessary for shock tube use in accordance with safe laboratory practices and Florida Tech Regulatory Compliance Office procedures.
• Installed, tested, and built infrastructure for instrumentation as needed including harness construction, soldering, and power distribution on an as needed basis.
Dual Containment Platform for Characterization of Slosh Dynamics in Microgravity 2010
Sponsored by NASA KSC LSP and FA...
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