Engineering Research
Resume:
Derick
S.
Endicott
East
St.,
Apt.
25,
Mason
OH,
45040
Cell:
(937)
935-
2269
Email:
********@****.**.***
LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/derick-
endicott/29/833/563/
Education
M.S.
Aerospace
Engineering,
December
2014
(ABET
Accredited)
University
of
Cincinnati,
Cincinnati
OH.
B.S.
Mechanical
Engineering,
May
2012
(ABET
Accredited)
Ohio
Northern
University,
Ada
OH.
Engineering
Intern,
National
Council
of
Examiners
for
Engineering
and
Surveying
(NCEES).
April
2012.
Experience
Author
of
IGTI
conference
paper:
Aerodynamic
Investigation
of
Multi-
swirler
Array
Utilizing
Low
and
High
Swirl
Swirler
Combinations
for
a
Lean
Direct
Injection
Combustor.
Submitted
to
ASME
Turbo
Expo
2015:
Turbine
Technical
Conference
and
Exposition,
Montreal,
Canada,
June
2015.
Final
paper
accepted.
Co-
author
of
AIAA
conference
paper:
CFD Investigation of the Drag Effects of Heating and Cooling
th
Cylinders in Crossflow,
submitted
at
6
annual
AIAA
Flow
Control
Conference,
New
Orleans,
LA.
June
2012.
Laser
Diagnostics;
related
to
aerodynamic
and
fuel
spray
analysis
in
gas
turbine
combustors
DaVis;
PIV
data
manipulation
including
2D,
stereoscopic,
high
speed
and
combustion
scenarios
Tecplot
360;
manipulating
and
presenting
research
data
in
a
professional
manner
Solidworks;
design
of
gas
turbine
combustor
hardware,
design
of
new
combustion
facility
LabVIEW;
Certified
LabVIEW
Associate
Developer
(May
2013,
Cert.
#100-
313-
2134)
Pointwise;
proficient
in
grid/mesh
creation
for
Computational
Fluid
Dynamics
(CFD)
Cobalt;
proficient
in
generating
CFD
flow
solutions
Employment
Graduate
Researcher
at
University
of
Cincinnati,
Cincinnati,
OH.
(August
2012
–
Present)
Research
in
various
subjects
related
to
gas
turbine
combustors
including:
• Evaluated
aerodynamic
and
combustion
performance
of
proprietary
military
combustor
hardware.
• Designed
air-
fuel
mixer
to
prevent
combustion
flashback
in
Lean
Direct
Injection
combustors.
• Initial
development
and
evaluation
of
an
in-
house
low-
emissions
Lean
Direct
Injection
combustor.
• Designed
and
constructed
new
combustion
testing
facility
and
LabVIEW
data
acquisition
system.
• Experimental
technical
experience
includes
utilizing
Laser
Doppler
Velocimetry
(LDV),
reacting
and
non-
reacting
Particle
Image
Velocimetry
(PIV),
Sympatec
particle
analyzer,
En’Urga
Optical
Patternation,
high-
speed
video,
and
combustion
testing.
Civilian
Contractor
Researcher
for
Air
Force
Research
Laboratories
at
Wright
Patterson
Air
Force
Base,
Dayton
OH.
(June
–
August
2012).
Contracted
through
Universal
Technology
Corporation.
• Conducted
PIV
research
on
endwall
flow
behavior
and
its
influence
on
the
losses
associated
with
low-
pressure
high-
lift
turbine
blades
designed
for
weight
reduction
in
next
generation
gas
turbine
engines.
Student
Researcher
at
Ohio
Northern
University,
Ada
OH.
(June
–
August
2011)
• 10
week
Computational
Fluid
Dynamics
summer
research
project
funded
by
the
Ohio
Space
Grant
Consortium
studying
boundary
layer
control
via
the
implementation
of
heating/cooling
sections
on
the
surface
of
cylinders.
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