Work Experience

Materials and Structures Division in the High Temperature and Smart Alloys Branch
Tested a variety of materials and aerospace structures for research and engineering
Testing types include: Monotonic and biaxial tensile, fatigue life, creep, fatigue crack forth, thermomechanical fatigue and structural validation
Materials tested include: Metallic alloys and super alloys, ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), polymer matrix composites, additively manufactured metals and metal alloys, polyimide aerogels, polymers, and aluminum honeycomb composite sandwich structures.
Measured specimens precisely using a Projectron Comparator
Captured fractured surfaces using an Olympus SZH Zoom Stereo Microscope System
Trained in ARAMIS and TRITOP digital image correlation systems
Trained on MTS 858 and MTS 810 Material Test Systems, along with MTS and McGaw Test Controls Systems

NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, 08/15-Pres.

Conducted a full modal study on what is known as the Jim Beam Structure
Created a full Finite Element Model of the Jim Beam Test Article in FEMAP
- Used MSC-NASTRAN to obtain different modes, and Frequency Response Functions
Performed FEM mini-studies on different plate structures, element sizing, fastener types and stiffness
Conducted modal impact testing using the roving hammer technique on the Jim Beam structure
- Tested different free-free boundary conditions (bungeed structure and structure on airbags)
- Tested reciprocity and the linearity of the test structure
- Used Pulse Laboratory and Brüel and Kjær Data acquisition System
Obtained modal parameters (Eigenvalues/Damping/Residues) through curve-fitting data in ME’Scope
Correlated test data to FEM data using Modal Assurance Criterion (MAC) Checks and updated FEM using FEMTools

NASA Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral, FL, 06/15-08/15

Game Changing Development (GCD) design project to return an Antares rocket second stage using a Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) (Main Focus-Deorbit propulsion and Flight Trajectory)
Performed Inflight vibration test and analysis to produce PSD curves for the following aircrafts: HU-25 Falcon Jet Aircraft and B200 Kings Air Propeller Aircraft
Conducted and assisted on modal test and analysis on both 3–meter and 6–meter HIAD models
Wrote LabVIEW code to aid in motor test and life testing data acquisition
Trained/executed material classification from running/analyzing Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
Classification and contamination engineering for Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III on ISS
Designed gaseous Nitrogen piping system throughout the Systems Integration and Test Branch building

NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, 01/13-08/14

Founder/President/Advisor
Led a group of 60 students, 7-sub-systems, to successfully launch a sounding rocket to an altitude of 20,000 ft.
Used BurnSim and Open Rocket to simulate max dynamic pressure forces and propulsion burning characteristics
Performed ANSYS-Fluent simulation on different nosecone and fin designs
Currently advising the research sub-system in variable nosecone design and spin stabilization methods
Performed STEM outreach
Created budget proposals that successfully raised $35,000 in funding
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University of Akron's Rocket Design Team Akron, OH, 05/14-Pres.

University of Akron's IDEAS Tutor Akron, OH, 08/12-08/14

Tutor undergraduates in fundamental engineering courses

TA: Mechanics of Materials

LA: Dynamics, Statics, Mechanics of Materials

Tutor: Tools for ME, Dynamics, Engineering Analysis I-II, Thermodynamics I, Fluid Mechanics I, Basic Electrical Engineering, College Algebra, Calculus I-III, Differential Equations, College Physics I-II, University Physics I-II