Engineer Design

Aaron Scott Payne

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Grand Prairie, TX 75050

Home: (817) 642 – 0173, Cell: (972) 998 - 4563

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Professional To obtain a position as an aerospace engineer in the area of aerodynamics, propulsion,

Objective guidance, navigation & control (GNC), or modeling & simulation of aerospace systems.

Professional Teacher Irving, Texas

Experience Arlington Independent School District 08/2009 – Present

Project Lead the WayTM Engineering Instructor. Teaching Introduction to Engineering and Principles of Engineering to freshman through senior level.

Teacher Arlington, Texas

Irving Independent School District 08/2008 – 08/2009

Geometry and Math Models with Applications teacher for sophomore through senior level.

Sr. Systems Engineer Dallas, Texas

Lockheed Martin MFC 11/2007 – 07/2008

Support ATACMS Test Operations with writing Statement of Procedures for White Sand Missile Range Field Team.

Responsible for coordinating the Industrial Engineering Services Contract (IES) monthly report input from team members and submitting that input to upper level management

Contractor – Aerospace Engineer Dallas, Texas

Client company – Lockheed Martin MFC 03/2006 – 07/2007

Evaluated system level performance of the MEADS (Medium Extended Area Defense System) system using the MEADSIM simulation. Ran Monte-Carlo simulations against varying target threats to make statistical comparisons between previous simulations as well as evaluations against system level requirements.

Supported Performance Assessment Report work by computing battlespace engagement zone coverage using the MEADSIM/MSE simulation and comparing those results with the PAC-3/MSE battlespace engagement zone coverage.

Evaluated MEADS system level performance against varying target threats as well as evaluated how algorithm changes improved or degraded system level performance.

General Electric Transportation – Aircraft Engines Cincinnati, Ohio

Commercial Transient Analysis & Design Engineer 07/2005 – 03/2006

Redesigned the N1K decel schedule to study the effects of lowering min idle while maintaining adequate thrust vs. time decay during a throttle chop from high power. This data study was used to support an LPC operability audit on the GP7200 engine.

Owner of the link control between the FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control)

Software and the NPSS (Numerical Propulsion System Simulation) for the GP7200 engine

simulation.

Performed transient analysis studies of the GP7200 turbofan engine (Airbus A380 engine) using NPSS. Supported GP7200 engine testing (ground and flight) with transient studies of Break-Ins to by uploading new VBV schedules and ensuring corrected core speed remained within limits.

Performed a transient study on the GP7200 turbofan engine to define the location of throttle hangs on engine decels within the designated flight envelope.

Supported operability with an analysis to provide stability margin improvements in the transient op lines by varying the VBV demand adjustment adder for throttle chops.

Torch Technologies, Inc. Huntsville, Alabama

Systems Engineer 4/2004 – 6/2005

Ran the End-to-End Medium Extended Area Defense Simulation (MEADSIM) on multi-processor SGI machine.

Evaluated various target models ranging from air breathing targets to theater ballistic missile targets in the MEADSIM simulation.

Worked on developing a target-interceptor engagement simulation model.

Northrop Grumman Corporation Huntsville, Alabama

Systems Engineer 6/2003 – 4/2004

Wrote and performed software analysis plans for certification objective requirements on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Ground-based Midcourse Defense Fire Control/Communication (GFC/C) software.

Constructed GMD target trajectory files for the Benchmark Radar Simulation using Satellite ToolKit (STK) software.

Schafer Corporation Huntsville, Alabama

Aerospace Engineer 4/2002 – 6/2003

Developed a stand alone 3 degree of freedom trajectory simulation in Matlab/Simulink and Fortran for the Light Fighter Lethality Seeker Projectile (LFLSP).

Assisted in the design of airframe concepts and inboard profile models for various projectile configurations. Conducted miss distance trade studies for the LFLSP as a function of seeker detection range, seeker update rate and various natural airframe frequencies.

Performed a Monte Carlo analysis to determine the effects of initial pitch and yaw miss on the number of Divert Impulse Thrusters (DIT’s) fired during a simulation fly out of the Miniaturized Kill Vehicle (MKV).

The Boeing Company Huntsville, Alabama

Systems/Aerospace Engineer 3/2000 – 4/2002

Worked with senior engineers to design conceptual aerodynamic control and stabilizing surfaces for Common Missile. Also responsible for developing multiple aerodynamic databases of varying missile concepts for trajectory analysis using both Missile Datcom and experimental wind tunnel test data.

Performed a laser designator time delay study for the Israeli Hellfire Missile using a six degree of freedom trajectory simulation.

Worked with propulsion vendors of pintle, solid, and gel rocket motor technology to evaluate the feasibility of integration into Common Missile. Used vendor supplied data in a trajectory simulation to test out maximum range scenarios.

Auburn University Auburn, Alabama

Graduate Research Assistant 6/1998 – 3/2000

Assisted government personnel in a subsonic wind tunnel test of the C-130 Gunship for Warner-Robbins Air Force Base. The test objective was to quantify the drag buildup of the various protuberances on the aircraft and give recommendations for drag reduction. Designed and developed the LabView data acquisition program for the test. Co-presenter of the final report to the government support contractors.

Assisted government personnel in a subsonic wind tunnel test of the M77 Ribbon Stabilized Grenade for the Army Aviation & Missile Research and Development Center (AMRDEC). Designed and developed the LabView data acquisition system for the test. Assisted government personnel in tunnel operation and testing.

Worked on the assembly and testing of vacuum chamber equipment for electric space propulsion technological systems. Performed test on a pair of 100 mF capacitors for capacitance and discharge current rating for use in a pulsed-plasma thruster (PPT).

Calculated the downwash angle on the aft stabilizing flare of SLID (Small Low-cost Interceptor Device) for Boeing North American, Inc. and performed the literary search on the subject of jet interaction. Co-author of the final report submitted to BNA.

Education Auburn University

Graduate coursework – 3.8/4.0 GPA

1997 – 2000

Auburn University

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering

December 1992

Computer & Windows, UNIX, Microsoft Office, 3 degrees of freedom (DOF) trajectory simulations,

Software Skills 6 DOF trajectory simulations (DIMODS, TAVSIM, MEADSIM), Matlab/Simulink, ANSYS CFX, Missile Datcom, Aeroprediction Code, Genetic Algorithms, LabView, NPSS (Numerical Propulsion System Simulation), Fortran, C, C++, Autodesk Inventor 3-D Modeling Software

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