Experience

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior RF Engineer

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Create, define, analyze, test and validate RF transmissive designs for airborne satellite, surveillance and weather systems. Test performance to show compliance with system requirements.

• Structural Design Engineer

  • Apr 2000 - Present

  ¤ Design, development, analysis and product introduction radomes, covers and structures for aircraft¤ Finite Element Analysis of composite structures for strength, vibration, buckling and impact¤ Radio frequency propagation design and analysis of composite structures ¤ Lightning protection design and test of composite structures

• Structural Engineer

  • 2000 - 2012

  Create, valuate, analyze radome designs for airborne radar, surveillance and satellite communications systems for structural strength and durability. Show conformity of designs to federal aviation regulations.



United Aircraft Products Division of Parker Aerospace

• Senior Product Engineer

  • Mar 1998 - Oct 1999

  ¤ Design, development, analysis and product introduction of plate fin and tube shell heat exchangers ¤ Formulate bids and responses for commercial and military products ¤ Design, development, analysis and product introduction of plate fin and tube shell heat exchangers ¤ Formulate bids and responses for commercial and military products



Hunter Manufacturing Company

• Manager, Engineering

  • Mar 1996 - Aug 1997

  ¤ Manage the commercial and military product development for a $15,000,000 business. ¤ Department manager with 9-12 direct reports. Initiate, oversee and evaluate the work of engineers, technicians and drafters. ¤ Formulate and evaluate solicitation responses, bids, and proposals for commercial and military products. ¤ Provide expert knowledge in liquid and gaseous fuel combustion and heat transfer. ¤ Manage the commercial and military product development for a $15,000,000 business. ¤ Department manager with 9-12 direct reports. Initiate, oversee and evaluate the work of engineers, technicians and drafters. ¤ Formulate and evaluate solicitation responses, bids, and proposals for commercial and military products. ¤ Provide expert knowledge in liquid and gaseous fuel combustion and heat transfer.



NASA Lewis Research Center

• Consulting Thermal Engineer

  • Nov 1989 - Feb 1996

  ¤ Provide heat transfer engineering support and analysis of U.S. and Russian design of a Solar Power module . ¤ Radiative/conductive heat transfer, insulation gas venting, liquid nitrogen thermal control design and test facility design and development. ¤ Fluid dynamics design of cryogenic test facility and supporting gas to liquid heat exchangers. Payload Integration Engineer ¤ Plan, control and evaluate integration of Solar Dynamic Flight Demonstration in U.S. shuttle and Russian space station. Determine project requirements for safety of flight and mission success in thermal, gas and electronics disciplines. ¤ Coordinate inputs from U.S. and Russian specialists. Negotiate common interface design. ¤ Interface between project and Russian designers and Space Shuttle program Show less



NYMA

• Senior Engineer

  • Aug 1993 - Oct 1995

  ¤ Provide heat transfer and fluid flow engineering support and analytical verification of contractor analyses for Space Station Freedom thermal control and environmental heat exchange systems. ¤ VAX/VMS system administrator. ¤ Provide heat transfer and fluid flow engineering support and analytical verification of contractor analyses for Space Station Freedom thermal control and environmental heat exchange systems. ¤ VAX/VMS system administrator.



Sverdrup Technology Inc

• Thermal/Fluid Systems Analysis Section, Supervisor

  • Nov 1989 - Aug 1993

  ¤ Supervise engineers working on heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and rocket systems analysis tasks. Plan and schedule work on assigned tasks. ¤ Act as liaison with NASA principal engineers. ¤ Support heat pipe and capillary pumped heat transfer research and development program. ¤ Provide fluid flow and heat transfer engineering expertise and analytical verification of contractor analyses for Space Station Freedom thermal control and environmental heat exchange systems. ¤ Use SINDA'85/FLUINT, TRASYS and Patran to model designs. ¤ Plan and implement shared computer analysis network for department PCs, VAX and UNIX workstations. Control department data processing equipment purchases. Show less



Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Electro

• Engineer

  • Mar 1983 - Oct 1989

  ¤ Conceptual design and analysis of structural systems, thermal engineering and analysis, and cryogenic engineering of electro-optical systems. ¤ Modification and maintenance of thermal and radiation heat transfer computer programs used on Thermal Design Group microcomputers. ¤ Conceptual design and analysis of structural systems, thermal engineering and analysis, and cryogenic engineering of electro-optical systems. ¤ Modification and maintenance of thermal and radiation heat transfer computer programs used on Thermal Design Group microcomputers.



American Cyanamid Company

• Materials Test Engineer

  • Jul 1981 - Mar 1983

  ¤ Designed and conducted tests of new materials; including Kevlar, fiberglass, and graphite composites, for aerospace, medical and automotive structures in temperature regimes from cryogenic to equatorial tropics environments. ¤ Analysis of test data directed at the improvement of the materials. ¤ Planned and directed construction of advanced composites fabrication laboratory ¤ Researched fabrication processes for use with new reinforcement materials and matrices. ¤ Designed and conducted tests of new materials; including Kevlar, fiberglass, and graphite composites, for aerospace, medical and automotive structures in temperature regimes from cryogenic to equatorial tropics environments. ¤ Analysis of test data directed at the improvement of the materials. ¤ Planned and directed construction of advanced composites fabrication laboratory ¤ Researched fabrication processes for use with new reinforcement materials and matrices.



Northrop Corporation

• Electronics Division, Engineer (Student)

  • Jun 1980 - Jun 1981

  ¤ Performed thermal analyses and heat transfer analyses directed at the development of computer techniques for analysis of small, high reliability hybrid electronic circuits. Hughes Helicopters, Engineer (Student ¤ Performed thermal analyses and heat transfer analyses directed at the development of computer techniques for analysis of small, high reliability hybrid electronic circuits. Hughes Helicopters, Engineer (Student