Business Development Manager (Offshore)

• Jun 2015 - Nov 2016

ARIC R&D scholar

• 2013 - 2015

► Partnership between Boeing, STRATA, Airbus, Pilatus, Leonardo. ► Researched developing a composite equivalent of a sinusoidal metal structure. ► Harnessing the benefits of composites; such as having better strength-weight properties than traditional materials ► Harnessing the various strengths of composite materials ► Developed lab material for multiple courses in AE, ME, CE; Intro to Aerospace Engineering, Solids Lab, and Manufacturing and Design Lab. ► Composite structures design: Injection Molding; Manufacturing processes; ► Presented the up-to-date research results at the ICECS 2013 conference. ► Advanced experimental testing on different thicknesses of the Metawell structure, using an arc-can testing fixture- Tension, Compression, & shear. ► Used lab methods to develop the composite structure using Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) and Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Moulding (VARTM). ► Analysis of Compression and Tension Results; Using material science knowledge to formulate theories of the results from the testing. ► Contributed in developing and forming trend lines and drawing relations to methods in material science Show less

Project Head- UAV global competition (Infrastructure Inspection)- UAE Drones for Good Award 2015

• 2013 - 2015

▶︎ Developed and engineered the idea of employing drones to monitor construction areas for safety and law violations by builders; Participated in a $365,000 UAE Drones for Good Award 2015, reaching Top 5; on an entry from Khalifa University. ▶︎Received global media attention, and featured in a local Abu Dhabi newspaper; ▶︎ The UAE Drones for Good Award 2015 was the 1st edition of the award cycle. ▶︎ Developing several drone usage scenarios for use in the specific application. ▶︎ Detailing and development of the different hardware and software aspects of the drone environment; System architecture, software architecture, drone hardware, autopilot system, onboard intelligence, & ground station software. ▶︎ Managed complex group dynamics in an eight-member group, involving graduate and undergraduate students, and post-doc faculty. ▶︎ Managed and acted as a liaison between the Government and the University for encouraging adoption of the drone system. Final talks lead to the approval of the technology after the competition. They utilized the technology in initial phases and was able to improve the efficiency of the various tasks in the department. The primary benefit, was in obtaining instant updates on construction law violations, providing the department with the ability to issue fines with no delay. ▶︎ The project contributed to the improvement of safety in the construction industry, allowing violations to be immediately detected by the drones, and alert the municipality. ▶ The system enables the municipality to remotely identify all the various violations ▶︎ Envision and develop the different types of the mission scenarios and the various software programming required to successfully implement those scenarios ▶︎ UAS Hardware Assembly and Maintenance, Site Visit, Remote Tele-Operation, Ground Station Control, Image Acquisition and Image Processing, & Test Data Analysis Show less

Research Scholar

• 2011 - 2012

-> Joint System Design effort with SAAB to reverse engineer the JAS-35 Gripen Aircraft -> NASA ARMD Fleet analysis research work -> Office of Naval research (ONR)- Unmanned defense systems upgradation and mission design -> SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) -> US Department of Transportation and EPA -> Joint System Design effort with SAAB to reverse engineer the JAS-35 Gripen Aircraft -> NASA ARMD Fleet analysis research work -> Office of Naval research (ONR)- Unmanned defense systems upgradation and mission design -> SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) -> US Department of Transportation and EPA

Gas Turbine and Electric Propulsion (Plasma)- Research Scholar

• 2009 - 2010

Researched at the Ben T. Zinn combustion lab, home to the largest gas turbine combustion research group in the United States, named after the famous Georgia Tech professor, Ben T. Zinn, in my junior year. Under the guidance of Dr. Tim Lieuwen, I focused on a theory- based unsteady combustion problem. Utilized complex graduate level math to develop MATHEMATICA code for problem formulation and development. Researched at the Ben T. Zinn combustion lab, home to the largest gas turbine combustion research group in the United States, named after the famous Georgia Tech professor, Ben T. Zinn, in my junior year. Under the guidance of Dr. Tim Lieuwen, I focused on a theory- based unsteady combustion problem. Utilized complex graduate level math to develop MATHEMATICA code for problem formulation and development.