Design Quality Control

Eric D. Kenney

**** *. ********* **. ***. *** Denver, CO, 80211

********@*****.*** 505-***-****

DOD Clearance Level: Secret

Concurrent Bachelors/Masters in Aerospace Engineering Sciences

EDUCATION:

Bachelors GPA = 3.3

University of Colorado at Boulder

Masters GPA = 3.4

Masters Focus: Fluids and Propulsion

BS Graduation: May 2011, MS Graduation: May 2012

Raytheon Company Intelligence and Information Systems - GPS OCX

TECHNICAL

Command and Control Subsystem Test Engineer II, July 2012 - Present

EXPERIENCE:

- Write Ground Status and Control Software product-level test cases and procedures

- Research and develop verification procedures based on Con Ops and requirements

- Document test results and work with SE, SW, and HW teams to resolve problems

- Developed automated test scripts for streamlining testing and verification steps

Northrop Grumman Corporation Technical Intern - Aerospace Systems

Strike and Surveillance Systems Division, June – August 2011

- Assisted in engine inlet design testing at Northrop Grumman wind tunnel testing facility

- Used wind tunnel test results to verify and validate CFD models of engine inlet flow

- Developed graphic user interface for supersonic inlet design analysis code - MATLAB

Senior Capstone and Graduate Design Projects, August 2010 – May 2012

- Developed industry-style ConOps as well as project and system requirements

- Improved oral and written communication skills in PDR, CDR and IR presentations

• Hyperion Blended-Wing-Body Aircraft - Graduate Design Project

- Designed, built and tested a 3.2 m span “blended-wing-body” high efficiency aircraft

- Performed structural analysis and design trade studies as landing gear system lead

• Biofuel Miniature Turbojet Engine - Senior Capstone Design Project

- Successfully met customer requirements while under budget on 9-member team

- Adapted miniature jet engine to operate on biofuel and increased thrust/weight ratio

- Performed flow and structural analysis as head designer of variable-area nozzle

- Website: http://aeroprojects.colorado.edu/10_11/biomite/

University of Colorado at Boulder - Undergraduate Research Assistant

RESEARCH

Aerodynamic Loading on Micro Aerial Vehicles, December 2009 – December 2010

EXPERIENCE:

- Conducted experiments on design, fabrication and testing of 6” carbon fiber aircraft

- Designed and constructed hardware, including wind tunnel gust generator

Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Electronics Dept., May - Sept. 2010

- Fabricated complex circuits and integrated them into input/output panels

- Gained experience with surface mounting, circuit connections and quality control

Autonomous Vehicle Systems Laboratory, May - August 2009

- Experimental research on spacecraft relative motion control using Coulomb forces

- Designed and fabricated hardware, including electronics and precision acrylics

RELEVANT Computational Fluid Dynamics -Computational methods for the solution of fluid mechanics problems

COURSES: Electronics & Communications -Analog & digital electronics, data acquisition, and communication

Fluid Mechanics -Navier-Stokes equation, vorticity, viscous flows and boundary layers

High Speed Aerodynamics -Compressible flow, hypersonics, shocks/expansions, and sonic boom

Rocket Propulsion -Analysis and design of modern rocket and spacecraft propulsion

TECHNICAL Proficient in MATLAB, Microsoft Office, TecPlot, CATIA, and SolidWorks

SKILLS: Experience in research, data handling, technical writing, presentations, and team projects

Experience with C++, Fortran, JavaScript, and electronics design and fabrication

Experience with metal, plastic, rapid prototyping, and composites machine shop fabrication incl. CNC

HONORS: National Aerospace Honors Society, Sigma Gamma Tau - Outreach Coordinator

- Visit area elementary schools to help students design, build and launch model rockets

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