Ryan Francis Léon

(U.S. Citizen)

**** ********** **. acwbth@r.postjobfree.com

Los Angeles, CA 90016 323-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE

Post-Baccalaureate Researcher, Los Alamos National Laboratory July 2014-July 2016 Jeremy Mitchell – LANL, Los Alamos, NM

Designed, modeled, and drafted mechanical testing equipment as 3D SolidWorks models and drawings. Models and drawings compiled into electronic database for group use.

Developed programming and procedures for machining plutonium on a CNC mill and lathe tooling.

Conducted and analyzed experiments to determine the elastic moduli of various depleted uranium compounds using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS).

Conducted high strain rate material experiments (Taylor anvil, Hopkinson bar) using gas guns. Intern, DTE Energy- Fermi II Nuclear Power Plant May-August 2013 Kendra Lawson-Hullum – DTE Energy, Newport, MI

Authored reports for design changes, technical revisions, and servicing on the plant mechanical & civil engineering systems.

Performed plant walk-downs to verify design specifications.

Prepared answers to NRC inspection inquiries on design basis and operation information. SKILLS

3D Modeling: SolidWorks (ASMI Y14.5M & GD&T), AutoCAD Machining: CNC Mill and Lathe Data Analysis: RITA, GSAS Programming: Matlab, Java, Mathematica, G-Code Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access Reactor Design: SCALE (including FEA), RELAP5-3D EDUCATION

Morehouse College & University of Michigan at Ann Arbor---GPA: 3.05

(Atlanta University Center Dual-Degree Engineering Program, AUC DDEP) B.S. Applied Physics, Morehouse College, 2011

B.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan, 2014 Senior Reactor Design Project: Fluoride Liquid-Salt Advanced Small High-Temperature Reactor Activities: American Nuclear Society (ANS), UM Chapter; Secretary Dr. John H. Hopps, Jr. Defense Research Scholars; Treasurer Morehouse Presidential Ambassador

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)-AUC Chapter; Corporate Relations Chair; Treasurer Honors: Member of Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society Dr. John H. Hopps Jr. Scholarship

RESEARCH

Independent Research at Plasma Physics and High-Power Microwave Laboratory Dr. Gilgenbach – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI June-December 2012 Constructed components for Z and X-pinch LTD machines. Analyzed and tested components are reliable performance. Assembled those components into a working system.

Independent Research at Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS) Dr. Yalisove – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI January-April 2012 Conducted experiments in laser-induced shockwave formation and propagation in aerogel. “Optics in the City of Lights”

International Research Experience for Undergrads (iREU) Dr. Delmotte – École supérieure d'optique, Palaiseau, France, June-August 2011 Designed and simulated multilayer mirrors for reflecting soft x-rays and attosecond pulses. Identified the best possible materials and optimized layer thicknesses for maximum reflectivity.

University of Michigan Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)

Dr. Krushelnick – Ann Arbor, MI, June-August 2010

Experimentally verified proton acceleration via high-intensity lasers on ultrathin aerogel targets. Created a procedure to micro-machine ultrathin aerogel targets with low-intensity lasers.

University of Washington Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

Dr. L. M. Moskal – Seattle, WA, June-August 2009

Surveyed forests with terrestrial LiDAR. Calculated the Leaf Area Index of the forests for biofuel estimation purposes.

PRESENTATIONS

Ryan Léon, Tarik Saleh, Joshua White, Andrew Nelson. Elastic Moduli of High Density Fuels via Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy. Material Science & Technology Conference; Columbus, OH. October 2015.

Ryan Léon, Adam Farrow, Jeremy Mitchell. CNC Tooling Development for Pu Machining in Gloveboxes. Material Science & Technology Conference; Columbus, OH. October 2015.

Seth Imhoff, Adam Farrow, Ryan Léon, Sven Vogel, Clarissa Yablinsky, Amy Clarke. Phase Stability and Thermophysical Properties of Au-An-Al. Material Science & Technology Conference; Columbus, OH. October 2015.

Ryan Léon, Tarik Saleh, Adam Farrow, Jeremy Mitchell. RUS and CNC Development for Plutonium Materials Characterization. Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos, NM. August 2015.

Tarik A. Saleh, Stuart A. Maloy, Tobias J. Romero, Matthew L. Quintana, Ryan F. Leon. Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy of Irradiated HT-9 Duct Material. TMS Spring Meeting; Orlando, Fl. March 2015.

Ryan Léon, Frank Delmotte. Designing Multilayer Mirrors for Attosecond Pulses. Ecole Polytechnique; Palaiseau, France. August 2011.

Ryan Léon, L. M. Moskal, Jeff Richardson, Guang Zheng. Remote Sensing Applications for Biofuel Estimation. University of Washington; Seattle, WA. August 2009.

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