Experience

Raytheon Technologies

• Senior Research Engineer

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  Current roles:● Key technical focal point in the development of deep learning powered visual inspection architectures and robotic workflows for Pratt and Whitney's piece-part inspection (PPI).● Leading two teams in developing cutting-edge visual inspection technologies for Pratt & Whitney, and in the development of analytics capabilities for counter-UAS (unmanned aerial systems) applications with Raytheon Missiles & Defense.Other roles:● Identifying intellectual properties… Current roles:● Key technical focal point in the development of deep learning powered visual inspection architectures and robotic workflows for Pratt and Whitney's piece-part inspection (PPI).● Leading two teams in developing cutting-edge visual inspection technologies for Pratt & Whitney, and in the development of analytics capabilities for counter-UAS (unmanned aerial systems) applications with Raytheon Missiles & Defense.Other roles:● Identifying intellectual properties, filing invention disclosures & patents from executed projects to reinforce RTRC's strategic roadmap in the Machine Learning/Deep Learning technical area;● Executing marketing campaigns of research concepts, writing proposals and BAA responses;● Technical contributor to over than 10 government-funded research projects (U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security) and corporate-sponsored R&D projects;● Serving as a consultant for data analytics/ML engineering for cross-domain tasks (e.g., system architecture exploration, condition-based maintenance, novel event detection, cybersecurity analytics).Project portolio:● RM&D: Analytics and Threat Assessment for c-UAS (PI)● P&W: Visual inspection of HPT Blades; fine-defect reasoning engine (PI); Turbojet component PHM, analytics, and root-cause analysis.● RTRC: Air-traffic communication speech-to-text enhancement capabilities; Competency-aware Machine Learning (Co-PI); Context-aware ML (PI); UAS ML-based path planning under contingency scenario● ARPA-E: Learning-enabled topology synthesis & design for power converters● DARPA: AI-based hardware trojan detection; Traumatic Brain Injury detection for warfighter analytics; Gait-based personnel authentication● DOE: Cyberattack event detection of networked power grids● OTIS: Condition-based maintenance of smart elevators, Otis ONE Show more Show less



United Technologies Research Center

• Senior Research Engineer

  • Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

• Research Engineer

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2019



Iowa State University

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • May 2014 - Dec 2014

• Grading Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

• Undergraduate Student

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2014