Experience

Corvid Technologies
• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Computational Analyst

  • May 2018 - Present


Rockwell Collins

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 1 - 100 Employee

• FEA Engineer

  • Nov 2013 - Apr 2018

  Carried out LS-Dyna crash simulations for aircraft seating to predict part failure and occupant injury, optimize designs, and mitigate risk for FAA certification tests. Carried out LS-Dyna crash simulations for aircraft seating to predict part failure and occupant injury, optimize designs, and mitigate risk for FAA certification tests.



Altair Engineering

• South Africa
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Applications Engineer

  • Oct 2011 - Oct 2013

  Provided onsite support for Hyperworks suite of computer aided engineering software. • Expertise in HyperWorks CAE software suite o Hypermesh solver neutral FEA pre processor o OptiStruct FEA (linear static, modal, thermal, MBD) and topology optimization o HyperView/HyperGraph solver neutral post processors o HyperStudy - DOE and response surface methodology optimization tool o MotionView/MotionSolve – dynamical and control systems simulation tools • Taught the Intro to HyperMesh w/ Dyna, Intro to FEA, Intro to MotionSolve classes, Intro to Customization in TCL/Tk • Wrote custom scripts in TCL/Tk to automate and create custom functionality within HyperMesh. Carried out software benchmarks vs competitors, that led to increases in license usage and consulting services Show less



University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2011

  Teaching assistant-engineering instrumentation lab Grader - undergraduate dynamics and fluid mechanics Research assistant - conducted basic research into dynamical and control systems, Teaching assistant-engineering instrumentation lab Grader - undergraduate dynamics and fluid mechanics Research assistant - conducted basic research into dynamical and control systems,