Experience

TuSimple

• United States
• Software Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Sr Mechanical Engineer II

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  • Thermal/Fluid Dynamics SME to optimize cooling for server rack applications inside the vehicle • Sensor Cleaning Fluid Dynamics to clean dirt and grime form sensors as they drive autonomously. • Thermal/Fluid Dynamics SME to optimize cooling for server rack applications inside the vehicle • Sensor Cleaning Fluid Dynamics to clean dirt and grime form sensors as they drive autonomously.



World View

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Thermal Engineer/Aether Technical Program Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

  Principal Thermal Engineer/Aether Program Manager • Thermal SME for payload integration for Remote Sensing • Payload Integration Lead – Coordinated with Eng. Team and Customer to integrate payload for the Vehicle Platform • Program Manager for Aether Platform – Remote Sensing New Product Development developing schedule and directing the multidiscipline team. Principal Thermal Engineer/Aether Program Manager • Thermal SME for payload integration for Remote Sensing • Payload Integration Lead – Coordinated with Eng. Team and Customer to integrate payload for the Vehicle Platform • Program Manager for Aether Platform – Remote Sensing New Product Development developing schedule and directing the multidiscipline team.



Raytheon

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

• Principal Mechanical Engineer

  • Nov 2017 - Jan 2022

  Mechanical Lead for Directed Energy Systems • Integration and Testing of components at White Sands Missile Range • Modelling and Drawing support • Thermal Engineer SME for Directed Energy Radio Frequency Components • Assembly/Disassembly/Testing of Critical Hardware Mechanical Lead for Tactical Guidance Unit Design • Assembly, Integration and Testing of components • Packaging of components in an overall Guidance Unit • Performing trades to find optimum hardware for a conceptual Guidance Unit. • Customer reviews and program updates Cryogenics Engineer • Worked with suppliers to understand if deficiencies in components were still adequate for use • Worked with production team for manufacturing JT Cooler as well as gas bottles and other support equipment • Performed trade studies for future tactical designs including providing realistic cool down times with respect to thermal masses as well as gas bottle sizing. • Provided Support for Stirling Engine and Gifford-McMahon Coolers as needed.



SLB

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Jul 2013 - Nov 2017

  Mechanical Engineer – Core Completions - Packers – Erika Cerda & Kwami Kennatto Roberts • Design, Modeling, and Testing of packers & accessories • Packers suitable for up to 15ksi of pressure and 600kips of tension and compression. • Tubing Anchor Design suitable for 20ksi pressure, 100kips, and 2,000ft-lbs torque • Performed respective calculations to ensure desired performance prior to testing – Performance Operating Envelope • Experimentally tested swellable elastomer buttons to measure the mechanical properties as they absorb brine and expand. • Tested different temperatures, brine concentrations, and material compositions to find a mathematical relation Mechanical Engineer – Reservoir Production Systems – Tubing Coiled Perforation – Andrew Prisbell • Field support and investigations for Tubing Coiled Perforation • Investigated failures in the field for this product line creating Root Cause Analysis and making changes to design as need to ensure failure does not happen again.



Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ph.D Graduate

  • Jun 2008 - May 2013

  Investigated the effects of small scale cooling through microchannels by implementing increased surface roughness to improve cooling in devices such as electronics. Graduate work is detailed below. • Maximize thermal performance using mini/micro channels and carbon nanotubes in order to improve small scale cooling • Modeled a minichannel with a carbon nanofin array using ANSYS CFX with a constant heat flux  Tested different parameters and different shapes of the microfin array to allow for advancements in electronics • Experimentally tested minichannels with carbon nanotubes fins on the bottom surface using water and Al2O3 nanofluids • Using lattice Boltzmann method to model increased surface roughness and particle dispersions in a fluid through microchannel with constant temperature flux at the walls



Corning Incorporated

• United States
• Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  • Stress/Temperature analysis on the process used to mold glass. Stress measurements were taken after each step in the process to make it more efficient – Pre-Forming, Post-Forming, Post-Annealing • Modeled a mold comparison in a furnace using Fluent. Compared the heat up and the cool down time for 1 mold vs. 4 molds • Stress/Temperature analysis on the process used to mold glass. Stress measurements were taken after each step in the process to make it more efficient – Pre-Forming, Post-Forming, Post-Annealing • Modeled a mold comparison in a furnace using Fluent. Compared the heat up and the cool down time for 1 mold vs. 4 molds



General Motors

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Intern

  • May 2006 - Jul 2006

  Completed a benchmarking study on the wagon/ cross-over vehicles regarding the lift gates of competitor vehicles Worked on the assembly line gaining experience in the assembly of the 2006 Cadillac car series mainly with door seals Researched information regarding the complications and guidelines of JD Powers Rear Glass Distortion Gathered warranty data relative to front and rear closures Collected the math reports compiling information on changing parts for the Sigma program