Experience

Plasmatreat

• Germany
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Applications Engineer

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Hayward, California, United States Process development of thin films using Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) in low pressure and open air systems. R&D experiments to advance company portfolio and provide clients with innovative solutions. Technical advisor to the Sales & Business Development team, providing technical solutions to the satisfaction of the clients.



Lightning Water LLC

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing

• Director of Plasma Sciences

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Greater Philadelphia Area Leading a team of engineers and researchers implementing plasma activated water for agricultural applications, including augmented crop growth and sterilization. Developing commercially viable apparatuses and providing technical expertise to clients adopting innovative plasma agricultural techniques.



LDS Technology Consultants, Inc.

• Research And Development Engineer and Research Scientist

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  Warminster, Pennsylvania, United States LDS is an incubator for plasma technologies. As a researcher here I am investigating new applications for electrical discharges ranging from gas conversion to sterilizing. Many of these projects are based on accepted SBIR proposals which I have cooperatively participated in writing and reviewing. AS a R&D engineer, I have directly been part of the design process to take the technologies out of the laboratory scale to commercialization.



Drexel University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2018

  Greater Philadelphia Area Several years of experience teaching as part of the Sophomore Engineering Teaching Fellowship. The fellowship was awarded to exceptional engineering teaching assistant to teach a two term, second year, undergraduate level, class dedicated to familiarizing engineering students with collecting and processing static and dynamic data statistically and analytically using Microsoft Excel, MatLAB, and LabVIEW.



Origin Inc.

• Mechnical Engineer

  • Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

  Princeton, NJ Development of non-thermal plasma technologies for commercial scale implementation. Providing expertise in plasma engineering, design, and manufacturing.



Rowan University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Professor

  • Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

  Glassboro, New Jersey Teaching core engineering curriculum for the freshman and sophomore classes. The freshman engineering clinic was a writing intensive class to acclimate new engineering students to the written expectations and standards of engineers that was completed with an experimentally based final project and report. The sophomore engineering clinic similarly writing intensive and professional communication skills, with a focus on the empirically driven design process and completed with a performance tested… Show more Teaching core engineering curriculum for the freshman and sophomore classes. The freshman engineering clinic was a writing intensive class to acclimate new engineering students to the written expectations and standards of engineers that was completed with an experimentally based final project and report. The sophomore engineering clinic similarly writing intensive and professional communication skills, with a focus on the empirically driven design process and completed with a performance tested physical device and accompanying report. While here I also served and the ASME faculty advisor. Show less



Drexel University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2016

  Greater Philadelphia Area Assisted and taught undergraduate level courses in for the College of Engineering and Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics Dept. Courses included material covering data analysis, plasma science and engineering, thermodynamics, and mechanics of materials. Directly assisted students in laboratory and recitation settings, while also occasionally requested to give a lecture. Awarded 3 teaching fellowships during the latter years.



NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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

• Intern Research Assistant

  • Sep 2015 - Jan 2016

  Pasadena, CA Received an internship to work on site at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL) in Pasadena, CA for 10 weeks. Research goals included: Validation of sample container surface sterilization of foreign pathogens via dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) and microwave plasma sources; prototype development.



Army Research Laboratory

• Research Intern

  • Sep 2009 - Mar 2010

  Aberdeen, MD Research goals included: Evaluating the effectiveness of thermosetting adhesives with low-HAP replaced solvents versus HAP containing adhesives. Included mechanical testing of rubber to metal adherence, polymer rheology, and chemical characterization; Augmentation of existing two part epoxies to faster cure times for underwater applications and the resulting effectiveness of the boding material.



Sarnoff Corporation

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • Sep 2008 - Apr 2009

  Princeton, NJ Worked on diverse design and build project objectives for electronic prototypes, namely for bio-metric security and video surveillance products. Designed as a part of teams and individually. 3D CAD and hands-on machining experience gained as part of the prototype build process.