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

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  Design and testing of space plasma propulsion systems primarily associated with Hall thrusters and hollow cathode technology ranging form sub-kilowatt to multi-kilowatt systems. Currently acting as lead engineer on a commercial Hall thruster and cathode qualification effort. Design and testing of space plasma propulsion systems primarily associated with Hall thrusters and hollow cathode technology ranging form sub-kilowatt to multi-kilowatt systems. Currently acting as lead engineer on a commercial Hall thruster and cathode qualification effort.



Colorado State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Oct 2015 - Apr 2016

  Research and development of hollow cathode based electron beam 3D printer for use on metals and other high temperature materials. Design and fabrication of electrostatic and magnetostatic lens for beam conditioning as well as initial setup and testing of system.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Investigated the use of magnetic field sensors, external to a Hall Effect Thruster (HET), as a means for mapping the Hall current within the thruster channel to predict real-time thrust.• Designed and constructed an automated 2 axis probe automated scanning to obtain a planar map of a magnetic field contour within a Hall thruster channel. • Constructed double hanging pendulum thrust stand capable of 1.0 mN accuracy for steady state thruster applications. • Constructed and programed testing equipment system (mass flow controller, pressure gauge, thermocouple, power supply interface) to control and monitor 1000 hour life test of reservoir hollow cathode. System was capable of running unmonitored around the clock and mitigating any faults or system errors encountered during testing.• Researched, developed, and tested 1.5kW and 300W Hall effect thrusters utilizing internal and external cathode designs operating on Krypton and Xenon.



Texas A&M Plasma Physics Lab

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

  * Designed and developed an optical laser measurementsystem for detecting the micro-newton force exerted by an electric field plasmaactuator.* Used millimeter scale plasma thrusters in a pulsed manner to inject high velocity flow into the boundary layer flow over an airfoil. When used at high angle of attack these actuators can delay stall by 1-2 degrees allowing for improved performance. - Constructed fiber glass airfoils and performed wind tunnel tests. - Modified tunnel measurement systems to acquire data for validation.



Texas A&M Nuclear Space Power Lab

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Aug 2008 - May 2013

  Research advanced measurement methods for nuclear reactors.* Designed closed-loop control and acquisition system in Labview for testingmeasurement methods. Program is fully automated and measures data and controlsfurnace with graphite heater within TRIGA reactor to maintain safe operatingconditions.* Used Solidworks to construct model for furnace chamber and ran some CFDsimulation on it using StarCCM+. Assisted in construction of chamber anddesigned and fabricated supporting equipment.* Assisted in assembly of graphite heater testing vacuum chamber. Gainedunderstanding and practice in operation and design of vacuum chambers.



L3 Technologies

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Co-op Simulation Development Engineer

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2012

  Research, design, and development C++ models integrated with real-time simulationenvironment for training International Space Station crew and controllers.* Wrote python and tcl/tk scripts to create displays for the models and execute theC++ model properly in the SIM environment.* Gained vast experience in object oriented design and coding in C++, Python, andTcl/Tk. Research, design, and development C++ models integrated with real-time simulationenvironment for training International Space Station crew and controllers.* Wrote python and tcl/tk scripts to create displays for the models and execute theC++ model properly in the SIM environment.* Gained vast experience in object oriented design and coding in C++, Python, andTcl/Tk.



Texas A&M Aerospace Combustion Diagnostics Lab

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2012

  Run and manage the data acquisition systems for the combustion and laserdiagnostics lab. Extensive experience with Labview and using it for control and datacollection for the entire lab.* Gained experience with aligning and modifying optical measurement systems usedfor laser spectroscopy. Worker with high power class 4b 532 nm green laser. Run and manage the data acquisition systems for the combustion and laserdiagnostics lab. Extensive experience with Labview and using it for control and datacollection for the entire lab.* Gained experience with aligning and modifying optical measurement systems usedfor laser spectroscopy. Worker with high power class 4b 532 nm green laser.