Experience

Samson Rope Technologies

• United States
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Research And Development Engineer

  • Apr 2013 - Present

  Senior R&D engineer addressing rope design and construction, modeling of rope structures, and IoT Smart Rope projects. Senior R&D engineer addressing rope design and construction, modeling of rope structures, and IoT Smart Rope projects.



Zinc Air, Inc.

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Engineer

  • Aug 2012 - Jan 2013

  Created and implemented formal disassembly, assessment and reporting system for full scale battery tests in-house and customers’ facilities Provided materials engineering solutions for design and assembly challenges experienced while the final product design was being established Performed fundamental analyses and complex modeling to resolve design and operation concerns with the battery Created and implemented formal disassembly, assessment and reporting system for full scale battery tests in-house and customers’ facilities Provided materials engineering solutions for design and assembly challenges experienced while the final product design was being established Performed fundamental analyses and complex modeling to resolve design and operation concerns with the battery



NanoSteel®

• United States
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Metallurgist

  • Sep 2011 - Jul 2012

  Research engineer working as part of team producing nanostructured, advanced high-strength steels. Performed hands-on metallurgical research of steel alloy creation Research engineer working as part of team producing nanostructured, advanced high-strength steels. Performed hands-on metallurgical research of steel alloy creation



Orbital ATK

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

• Design Engineer/Material Specialist and Program Manager

  • Nov 1997 - Sep 2011

  Project Engineer/Material Specialist - Technical lead for all debris source and debris impact concerns that affect the solid rocket motors for Ares I and Space Shuttle Program Manager - Program manager over Space Shuttle and Ares I postflight engineering teams. Materials Specialist/Design Engineer - Responsible for materials selection and materials-related design issues for space shuttle solid rocket Final Assembly and Kennedy Space Center launch support groups Project Engineer/Material Specialist - Technical lead for all debris source and debris impact concerns that affect the solid rocket motors for Ares I and Space Shuttle Program Manager - Program manager over Space Shuttle and Ares I postflight engineering teams. Materials Specialist/Design Engineer - Responsible for materials selection and materials-related design issues for space shuttle solid rocket Final Assembly and Kennedy Space Center launch support groups



Materion Corporation

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Plate Process Engineer

  • Dec 1995 - Nov 1997

  Sole process metallurgist for all copper beryllium plate products produced by Brush Wellman Responsible for forging, rolling, annealing, and heat treatment of multiple alloy and mechanical property combinations. Used dynamic recrystallization and dynamic recovery during forming operations to ensure final properties and grain size Sole process metallurgist for all copper beryllium plate products produced by Brush Wellman Responsible for forging, rolling, annealing, and heat treatment of multiple alloy and mechanical property combinations. Used dynamic recrystallization and dynamic recovery during forming operations to ensure final properties and grain size



Wellstream

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Engineer/Metallurgist

  • Feb 1993 - Dec 1995

  Project Engineer - Designed and confirmed fitness-for-service of flexible pipe designs for use in oil, gas, and water transportation Metallurgist - Selected metals and coatings for flexible pipes given customer-specified strength, corrosion resistance and fatigue life. Additionally, served as only plant metallurgist and facilitated all metals-related issues. Project Engineer - Designed and confirmed fitness-for-service of flexible pipe designs for use in oil, gas, and water transportation Metallurgist - Selected metals and coatings for flexible pipes given customer-specified strength, corrosion resistance and fatigue life. Additionally, served as only plant metallurgist and facilitated all metals-related issues.