Experience

Virgin Galactic

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Manager- Loads

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Boeing

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 700 & Above Employee

• Flight Engineering Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

• Aerodynamics Engineer

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2022



Textron Aviation

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Engineer- Loads, Structural Dynamics/ Acoustic/ Load/ Flutter

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

   Performed the static loads design and certification analyses for aircraft in accordance with airworthiness criteria Provided engineering support to structural groups to facilitate sizing of aircraft structure  Provided loads guidance for static test and substantiation functions in support of certification efforts Wrote certification reports to document loads and means of compliance to airworthiness criteria Developed and validating analysis methodologies to support new aircraft development programs Show less

• Sr. Engineer- Loads, Aerosciences

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2017

   Performed aircraft static loads analyses in accordance with airworthiness criteria Wrote certification reports to document loads and means of compliance to airworthiness criteria



Cessna Aircraft Company

• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Engineer- Fatigue and Damage Tolerance

  • Oct 2012 - Jan 2015

   Supported sustaining efforts for all Cessna jets aircraft through production support, maintenance manual revisions, aircraft service opportunities, and field issues  Developed profile and spectrum for various load iterations  Performed Fatigue and Crack growth analysis to ensure correct sizing of aircraft structure  Supported sustaining efforts for all Cessna jets aircraft through production support, maintenance manual revisions, aircraft service opportunities, and field issues  Developed profile and spectrum for various load iterations  Performed Fatigue and Crack growth analysis to ensure correct sizing of aircraft structure



Wichita State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Dec 2011 - Oct 2012

   Performed NIAR/Industry/State (NIS) projects, Sponsored by Spirit AeroSystems and Hawker Beechcraft Supervised and assisted Master’s and Ph.D. students

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2007 - Dec 2011

   Prepared research proposals and performed funded projects sponsored by Cessna, Bombardier-Learjet, Spirit AeroSystems, Hawker Beechcraft, and Boeing Simulated turbulent flow in acoustic wind tunnel using Gridgen and Cobalt  Simulated flow in landing gear housing of a Cessna aircraft Simulated turbulent flow over a puppet valve inside the cabin of Hawker Beechcraft airplane using CATIA, Gambit, Gridgen, Fluent Simulated turbulent flow over flat plate and different types of cavities  Developed a DNS scheme (3-D) for acoustic applications with FORTRAN and MATLAB Supervised and trained Master’s students Show less



IranAir

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Aviation Information Specialist

  • Nov 2003 - Sep 2007

   Prepared flight plans and dispatched domestic and international flights  Appointed to IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Project Manager  Defined resource requirements and project tasks for each group  Liaised with managing directors of all departments to monitor the progress of the project and identify the training needs of each occupation  Performed project evaluations and assessment of results. Monitored corrective actions and implementations  Monitored compliance with existing flight operations regulations and procedures and supported continuous safety improvement programs  Led flight safety and quality assurance audits and inspections Show less