Experience

Cornerstone Research Group, Inc.

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Research Engineer

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  • Primary Investigator (PI) and Project Lead (PL) on over $5 million in government contracts • High success rate of SBIR/STTR proposals awards (10 awards in the past 3 years) • Manages biosensor and biological laboratory • Develops new and innovated biosensor and microfluidic platforms o Sweat collection and real-time fatigue monitoring (patent pending) o Stress and cognition monitoring via biomarkers o Environmental sensors o Aerosolize biohazard collection and storage • Designs and fabricated state-of-the-art batteries o Lithium metal and silicon anodes o Non-flammable electrolyte development o High capacity metal oxide cathodes o Expert in cell design and prototype manufacturing



Iowa State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Researcher

  • Jun 2015 - May 2019

  • Invented new manufacturing techniques for thin film electronics (2 patents pending) • Researched colloidal suspensions and rheology for inkjet printable inks • Established new curing/annealing processes with various lasers (ND:YAG, Diode, CO2) and furnaces • Nanoparticle and 2D material synthesis • Enhanced substrate diffusion through custom designed microfluidic cartridge and tape sensor • Designed custom DAQ electronic module using PMD-1408/Arduino and 3D printed housing for biosensor system • Developed high energy (0.25 mWh/cm3) and power density (0.3 W/cm3) electrochemical supercapacitor • Fabricated graphene-based flexible electrochemical biosensor for pesticide detection with high sensitivity (370 nA/µM) and low detection limit (3 nM)



Us Naval Research Laboratory

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pathways Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Ratiometrically functionalized enzymes to nanoparticles for enhanced kinetics • Evaluated enzymatic kinetics using fluorescence and color microplate assays • Ratiometrically functionalized enzymes to nanoparticles for enhanced kinetics • Evaluated enzymatic kinetics using fluorescence and color microplate assays



Link Manufacturing

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineering Intern

  • May 2012 - May 2015

  • Developed ergonomic flow process and production layouts for new and current production lines • Designed and modeled products and equipment using 3-D modeling software (CAD – PTC Creo) • Directed management projects such as a companywide security and access control system • Developed ergonomic flow process and production layouts for new and current production lines • Designed and modeled products and equipment using 3-D modeling software (CAD – PTC Creo) • Directed management projects such as a companywide security and access control system



Dordt University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Teacher's Assistant - Mathematics

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Facilitated review sessions and graded homework for Calculus I-III and Differential Equations • Facilitated review sessions and graded homework for Calculus I-III and Differential Equations