Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Jun 2021 - Present

Principal Engineer Mission Assurance

• May 2020 - Jun 2021

Consulting Engineer

• Mar 2019 - Mar 2020

Inspection: - Conduct field evaluations of Natural Gas Power Plant equipment, primarily Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs), to prioritize maintenance issues & repairs to the client. - Perform High Energy Piping (HEP) inspections by photographing hot and cold conditions to track wear and diagnose maintenance issues. - All inspections are followed up by a detailed report. Eighteen (18) Weeks of inspections were performed during the employment period. Project Management: - Successfully managed one (1) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) project to minimize ash buildup and unplanned downtime in a woody-biomass electric generation boiler by designing an optimal turning vane system to reduce turbulence and improve gas flow distribution. Sales: - Develop and submit proposals to define project scope of work, price, and technical description for equipment being inspected or analyzed. Accepted proposals have been in the US$10k-50k range. Pipe Stress Analysis: - Self-taught Caesar II pipe stress analysis of High-Energy Piping systems for natural gas combined cycle equipment. - Two (2) projects were completed to resolve process issues with a hot reheat steam line reroute to a blowdown tank and a steam line reroute to a rotary air cooler (RAC) to reduce pressure drop and increase efficiency during peak summer hours (B31.1 Codes). Both projects are to be implemented in April 2020. Fluid & Thermal Systems Engineering Applications: Steam Boiler Drums/Tubes/Duct, High Energy Piping Stress Analysis, CFD, Combustion, HRSG, Power Generation, <1500°F thermal applications Show less

Project Engineer

• May 2016 - Mar 2019

Project Management: - Managed European projects in Sweden, Greece, & Germany, and some projects in the Domestic US. - Review and supervise internal engineering/design of water-cooled steel production furnaces, fabrication, & delivery between the U.S. and EU countries. - Value of three (3) fully or ten (10) partially managed projects ranged from US$60k-$8m. Piping Engineering: - Piping & Electrical conversion projects w/ self-taught laser scan integration. -Existing pressurized tubular equipment was converted to gravity drain technology and typically required piping changes, a recirculation tank, and new pumps to work with the original water system. Emissions: - For the Big River Steel’s construction Phase 1, a large order was lost due to lack of a temperature guarantee to meet EPA emissions requirements. I troubleshooted an existing gas temperature calculator toguarantee these temperature requirements. Afterwards, Systems Spray-Cooled secured their highest revenue order to date which was just recently delivered to be installed for Phase 2. Cost Estimation: - Estimate costs of new steel furnace equipment, including materials, fabrication, delivery, engineering, taxes & duties, instrumentation & controls, and unstable market factors (due to new Section 232 Tariffs on steel) for international (Mexican, German, Swedish, German, & Turkish fabrication) and domestic projects. Sales: - I developed new cost estimating spreadsheets to develop a budget quote price based on equipment size and country of fabrication, which allowed for a quote to be performed within 2-4 hours including engineering specifications, instead of a 1-2 week process requiring 3rd party pricing and engineering drawings for each case. - I also designed a tool to present ROI to clients based on historical downtime reductions, as well as engineering templates to reduce specification time for new piping and control systems. Show less

Product Design Engineering Intern

• May 2015 - Aug 2015

-Revise designs to overcome maintenance & manufacturing bottlenecks -Collaborate with Project Team to design conveyor distribution systems -Revise designs to overcome maintenance & manufacturing bottlenecks -Collaborate with Project Team to design conveyor distribution systems

Engineering Intern

• Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

-Troubleshoot manufacturing equipment to reduce downtime & increase reliability -Implement and update maintenance database to improve troubleshooting capabilities -Develop and issue Technical Work Instructions to improve safety & reduce equipment downtime -Troubleshoot manufacturing equipment to reduce downtime & increase reliability -Implement and update maintenance database to improve troubleshooting capabilities -Develop and issue Technical Work Instructions to improve safety & reduce equipment downtime

Research Assistant Intern

• Mar 2013 - Apr 2014

-Evaluate surface tension of carbon nano-clay modified asphalt binder using Optical Contact Angle Analysis -Evaluate cost-effectiveness of implementing recycled tire rubber into asphalt pavement binders to increase pavement life and reduce wear due to winter erosion -Setup, learn, and train others on laboratory machinery as quantity of projects and researchers increase in research team -Develop website for research team to host access to previous and future research projects -Evaluate surface tension of carbon nano-clay modified asphalt binder using Optical Contact Angle Analysis -Evaluate cost-effectiveness of implementing recycled tire rubber into asphalt pavement binders to increase pavement life and reduce wear due to winter erosion -Setup, learn, and train others on laboratory machinery as quantity of projects and researchers increase in research team -Develop website for research team to host access to previous and future research projects