Data Engineer PhD

Harry Redgrave Smith

*****@************.*** v 312-***-**** v Chicago, IL (soon Las Vegas, NV)

EXPERIENCE

Illinois Institute of Technology Aug. 2018 – Present Industry Assistant Professor Chicago, IL

§ Full time member of faculty 3/2 course load each semester, in addition to UG advising and PG research.

§ During the Covid-19 pandemic, created innovative teaching methodologies for online engagement. o Awarded Provost’s inaugural award for online teaching, Dec 2020 - bit.ly/HRSTeachingAward. o Excellent student feedback – 98.4% instructor rating (174 surveys, 3 courses, Fall 2020). o Developed online notes to supplement course material – www.aircraftflightmechanics.com

§ Experienced teaching Aircraft Flight Mechanics, Laboratories, Aerostructures, Aeroelasticity, Rotorcraft Aeromechanics. Redgrave Aerospace LLC Aug. 2018 – Present

Owner/Consultant Chicago, IL

§ Improved stability of fixed-wing UAS based upon flight test data analysis.

§ Provided dash-based Python dashboards for end-user process analysis. Aircraft Research Association Sept. 2014 – Jun. 2018 Business Development Manager (Dec, 2016+) Bedford, United Kingdom

§ PoC and liaison for US and Canadian Aerospace contacts for transonic wind tunnel testing and computation.

§ Initiated relationship to gain >$5m WT (Wind Tunnel) tests with major US airframers. Senior Aerospace Engineer (Dec. 2016+)

§ Technical authority for rotary testing – made pressure-sensitive-paint and deformation systems for propellers.

§ Technical authority for wind-tunnel data analysis – led successful negotiations following $1m equipment failure.

§ Created model deformation measurement image-recognition system for airframer - now generates >$100k/year. Aerospace Engineer /Project Supervisor (Sept. 2014-Dec. 2016)

§ Wrote system to successfully resume a halted $2m WT test following customer dissatisfaction with data quality.

§ ARA representative for Vertical Lift Network (VLN) and American Helicopter Society (AHS). AgustaWestland (now Leonardo Helicopters) Sept. 2010-May 2011 Graduate Engineer Yeovil, UK

§ Analyzed Flight Test Data for AW159 Wildcat; created MATLAB software to automate data analysis. EDUCATION

University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Aerospace Engineering Aug. 2014

§ Industrially funded PhD (GE Aviation) with significant restrictions on publication. Master of Engineering (MEng), Aerospace Engineering Jun. 2010

§ 5-year MEng program – graduated 1st-Class Honours., as top student of a class of 20 SKILLS & INTERESTS Python numpy, scipy, matplotlib, pandas, plotly, nltk, and many more - DAQ, signal and image processing MATLAB data acquisition, data processing, GUIDE

Other coding Can read/write simple FORTRAN, Javascript. Some C++ knowledge, Basic BASIC Data Science Statistics, SQL, Data Mining, Scikit-Learn, Dashboards, Live Data Analysis Presentations Award/competition-winning presentation skills (Science Slam, Pint of Science, BBC News) Leadership Experienced as technical leader, also personnel leader (former British Army and Police) Hobbies I keep fit; cycling/running year-round in Chicago. I lift, I walk my dog, and I read a lot

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