State University Engineering

SUMMARY

Dependable and reliable Aerospace and Materials Engineer fluent in research and development of composites materials, design, testing, and manufacturing. Expert in producing consistent high-quality results in both team and individual work environments with high personal standards, and ethics. Critical thinker with an exceptional problem-solving aptitude

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

AUTO CAD, SOLIDWORKS, and CATIA • Composites Manufacturing and repair

PATRAN/NASTRAN, and Abaqus • Mechanical Testing

Windows, Visual Basic, FORTRAN, and C+ • MRB and Materials R&D

Maple/MATLAB • Classical hand stress analysis

Materials packaging and Safety/FAA Regulations • Aircraft construction

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Power Generation Equipment Repairer 12/2015- Present United States Army Reserves, Sloan, NV

Performs maintenance on tactical utility, precise power-generation sets, internal combustion engines and generators one weekend a month per US Army Reserves policy

Research and Development Technician 09/2012-06/2014

Composite and Advanced Materials Laboratory

National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR), Wichita, KS

●Competitively selected student intern for employment in prestigious national research lab

●Received composite panels for repair from customers; documented incoming condition labeled, measured, and photographed; cleaned and prepared items for testing; developed, and executed mechanical test plan, and testing on composite specimen coupons

●Full spectrum repairs: cut plies using Gerber cutter; prepared lay-up tool and equipment; and performed hand lay-up plies per customer specifications; vacuum bagged and cured laminate and sandwich panels in autoclaves

●Instrumented composite panels and aircraft window frames for mechanical testing; executed tests

●Employed the scarf method to facilitate internal part inspection and repair of composite panels.

●Designed panels for repair using CAD/CAM and CATIA; provided status updates

●Conducted damage tolerance testing of composite panels, and specimen machining

Assistant IT Coordinator 01/2012-08/2012

Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

Provided student support service for students’ internet, software, and networking needs

PROJECTS

Graduate research project

●Reviewed/summarized fracture mechanics analysis in National Transportation & Safety Board (NTSB) reports

●Conducted structural analysis: prepared instrumented honeycomb core, laminated polymer matrix composite panels; investigated the nature of crack propagation in ceramic matrix composites

Senior Aerospace Design, Design/Build/Fly International Competition (DBF 2013-2014) Structures and Materials Lead Engineer

●Designed an aircraft structure to support specified mission loads; conducted stress analysis manually and using software(FEM); selected materials and planned manufacturing processes

●Produced CAD drawings, laser cut parts, and assembled the project aircraft

●Collaborated with 14 multidisciplinary team members; prepared an AIAA-compliant report and completed all tasks associated with aircraft structures and manufacturing, meeting or beating all project milestones

●Placed 11th out of 80 international competitive teams

Experimental Analysis in Aerodynamics

Designed, tested, and, installed high performance inverted dihedral wing on a model racing car

Increased traction when racing car make turns around a bank by increasing the lift produced by the wing in the gravitational force direction

EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT

North Carolina State University, Engineering Online 04/2017 - Present

Student, Masters of Science in Materials Science and Engineering GPA: 4.0/4.0

Related Coursework: Advance Composites, Polymers Technology, Ceramics & Nano

Technology

University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 04/2015 – 06/2016

Student, Masters of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering GPA: 3.5/4.0

Related Coursework: Fracture Mechanics, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Elasticity

Theory & FEM

Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 05/2014

Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering with emphasis in Aerospace Design and

Structural Analysis

Minor in Mathematics GPA: 3.50/4.0

AFFILATIONS

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics(AIAA)

Member, 2013-Present

Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering(SAMPE)

Member, 2017-Present

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