Experience

Town of Blacksburg

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Blacksburg Transit Intelligent Transportation Systems Technician

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Assist in the deployment and troubleshooting of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) equipment and programs, including Mobile Data Computer (MDC) and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems.Monitor and maintain Data Acquisition (DAQ) systems collecting bus fuel usage and performance.http://www.virginiafirst.com/news/local-news/unique-technology-helping-with-local-public-transportationhttp://www.masstransitmag.com/article/12134800/3d-printing

• Blacksburg Transit Intelligent Transportation Systems TIGGER Technician

  • Apr 2014 - Dec 2014

  Installed Data Acquisition (DAQ) systems to collect data for the Transit Investment in Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) project. Tracked and documented the status data collection system, and performed any maintenance on the data loggers as required.



Blacksburg New School Inc

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• K-2 Spanish Teacher

  • Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

  Teach Spanish to the Lower Elementary students at BNS Teach Spanish to the Lower Elementary students at BNS



Virginia Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant/ Research Specialist

  • May 2014 - Aug 2015

  Assist researchers with study participants and data collection. Communicate with the participants to schedule data swaps and uninstallation of VTTI's Mini Data Acquisition System (MiniDAS), as well as greet and inspect their vehicles both before and after the installation or removal of equipment. Road test the participants'​ vehicles after the MiniDAS installation to ensure drivability. Share the results of the inspection with the participants, as well as administer a participation questionnaire and answer any questions. Assisted researchers with the installation of IR cameras and illuminators on the Smart Road. Writing a computer program to relay the alarms from the Senstar OmniTrax buried cable system to the Smart Road's Road Side Equipment. Show less



Theta Tech Solutions, LLC

• United States
• Defense & Space
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Aircraft Design Engineer & Software Engineer

  • Mar 2012 - Aug 2013

  Working on refactoring ACSYNT into modern object-oriented web services. Built a Beowulf Cluster for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Working on refactoring ACSYNT into modern object-oriented web services. Built a Beowulf Cluster for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).



AVID LLC

• Principal Aircraft Design Engineer

  • Feb 2011 - Mar 2012

  Performed sizing and conceptual design analysis of AVID Sora technology demonstrator.Validation and modification of AVID OAV models based on wind tunnel results and flight testing data.Propulsion system modeling with AVID OAV, AVID ACS, or NPSS.Served as Product Line Manager (PLM) for AVID XML and AVID CCD.

• Aircraft Design Software Engineer

  • Feb 2002 - Feb 2011

  Responsible for improving AVID OAV code capabilities, providing new algorithms and testing their implementation.Design and analysis of air vehicles using AVID OAV and AVID ACS.Created an HTML template to document and control the configuration details of a design, known as the Configuration Control Document or CCD.



Virginia Tech

• CAD Laboratory

• Research Associate

  • Aug 2001 - Feb 2002

  Responsible for analysis and design of object oriented OAV conceptual design code and related optimization trade studies. Compared the performance data provided by the two teams competing in the OAV program. Revived the Aircraft Synthesis Code, ACSYNT, by getting it to compile in AIX 5 with XL FORTRAN. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff1997/ct11.html https://www.nasa.gov/ames/spinoff/aircraft_design_software/ Responsible for analysis and design of object oriented OAV conceptual design code and related optimization trade studies. Compared the performance data provided by the two teams competing in the OAV program. Revived the Aircraft Synthesis Code, ACSYNT, by getting it to compile in AIX 5 with XL FORTRAN. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff1997/ct11.html https://www.nasa.gov/ames/spinoff/aircraft_design_software/



Saint Louis University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 1998 - Aug 2001

  Assist and substitute as required for the Senior Design Course’s main instructor. Install, maintain and teach engineering software. Create C/C++, VB and FORTRAN programs as well as Unix shell scripts to be used in design class. Install and administrate a Linux server to serve as a gateway between the Engineering Flight Simulator’s internal network and the University’s general network. Through its Apache web server and a CGI Perl script, this computer allows the remote entry of new airplanes into the simulator. Show less