Experience

Creator

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Engineer

  • Nov 2019 - Present

• Director of Systems Engineering

  • May 2019 - Present

• Senior Robotics Engineer

  • Jan 2014 - May 2019



QBotix, Inc.

• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Systems Engineering Manager

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Responsible for the team that delivers the controls, behavior and infrastructure for the QBotix Robotic Tracking System.

• Robotics Engineer

  • Feb 2012 - Dec 2012

  Played a large role in the design, architecture and implementation of the QBotix Robotic Tracking System. Provided support and mentorship of FEA of structural components. Designed and conducted tests of solar panels to evaluate production.



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2012

  In addition to dissertation work, assisted in the design and performance evaluation of end effectors for climbing on the Robots in Scansorial Environments (RiSE) project platform. Participated in design and fabrication of climbing robots. Developed experimental test platform for characterizing mechanical behavior of adhesives.

• Graduate Finite Element Analysis Teaching Assistant

  • Mar 2009 - Jun 2009

  Main responsibilities included holding office hours and grading assignments. Also created video tutorials for students to demonstrate using Ansys® to conduct a FEA.

• Course Instructor

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Co-designed a multi-week course in Mechatronics. The course consisted of lecture, a set of laboratory exercises and final project. We taught the course twice during the summer session of EPGY.

• Guest Seminar Instructor

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2007

  Designed a short seminar with lab component for students participating in the EPGY who were interested in Mechatronics. Responsibilities included creating a lesson plan and laboratory project.

• Graduate Mechatronics Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2006 - Jun 2007

  Main responsibilities included holding office hours, grading assignments/test, developing and evaluating term projects, and lab duties. The course is a year-long sequence with a strong focus on hands-on implementation of mechanical, electrical systems. As teaching assistants our duty was to assist students in understanding course material and aid in the design, implementation and debugging of complex systems.



Lockheed Martin

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

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Jun 2006 - Sep 2006

  Worked in Solar Array and Mechanism Product Center. Designed test fixtures and setups. Redesigned and conducted FEA of mechanism components.

• Test Engineer

  • Jun 2005 - Jun 2006

  Worked in the Vehicle Dynamics group, where satellites and other hardware undergo acoustic, modal and vibration testing. Setup and ran data acquisition system for tests, and setup acoustic control software. Designed test equipment fixtures. Evaluated measurement uncertainty of test setups.



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Mechanical System Design Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2006

  Main responsibilities included holding office hours, developing and evaluating term projects and lead labs. The course is a quarter and focuses on machine elements, transmission design, mechanism types, and linkage analysis. As a teaching assistant, I helped the students with the course material and the project. I also gave a class lecture.

• Undergraduate Mathematics Course Assistant

  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2005

  Main responsibilities included preparing and leading a section. The course is a quarter and focuses on linear algebra. Every week I would hold section, where I would review lecture material, answer student questions and work with the students on new examples.



NASA Dryden Flight Research

• Aerospace Student Engineer

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  Worked on the Automated Aerial Refueling project. Evaluated, interpreted and integrated CFD solutions into the project's hose/drogue model. Designed and examined motion-tracking software in order to expedite data analysis. Also, investigated accuracy of relative GPS algorithms using the project's video tracking system. Worked on the Automated Aerial Refueling project. Evaluated, interpreted and integrated CFD solutions into the project's hose/drogue model. Designed and examined motion-tracking software in order to expedite data analysis. Also, investigated accuracy of relative GPS algorithms using the project's video tracking system.



Purdue University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• NASA Undergraduate Research Scholar

  • Jun 2003 - Aug 2003



Anheuser-Busch

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineer

  • Jun 2002 - Aug 2002

  Designed and implemented a Microsoft Access database containing the information gained from an electric delivery motor survey. Conducted an analysis using the database that had a projected savings of over $20,000 by consolidating inventory. Also trained other employees how to use the database. Designed and implemented a Microsoft Access database containing the information gained from an electric delivery motor survey. Conducted an analysis using the database that had a projected savings of over $20,000 by consolidating inventory. Also trained other employees how to use the database.