Experience

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  The Aerospace Corporation

  • Chantilly, Virginia, United States

  • Engineering Specialist

    • Oct 2023 - Present
    • Chantilly, Virginia, United States

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  Apogee Research, LLC

  • United States
  • Defense and Space Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Principal Research Engineer

    • Oct 2022 - Oct 2023

    Promoted to Senior Principal Research Engineer in October 2022. Promoted as a manager of one direct report in January 2023 (company of < 50 people).

  • Principal Research Engineer

    • Jun 2022 - Oct 2022

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  The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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

  • Senior Professional Staff I

    • Jun 2019 - Jun 2022

    --Lead JHU/APL technical engineer of multi-organizational program to support assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT): regularly lead and shape biweekly telecons with stakeholders; lead or co-lead biweekly telecons with government sponsor; regularly coordinate and lead varied internal discussion across team of ~12; define task and cross-system requirements in concert with sponsor and stakeholders; identify critical or limiting factors through parametric analysis; function as bridge between algorithm development, systems engineering, and hardware integration test needs.--Lead technical engineer on network protocol design (routing and scheduling algorithms) leveraging element-level digital array technology.

  • Associate Professional Staff II

    • May 2016 - Jun 2019

    Primary assignments include algorithm development and analysis for multi-target tracking (Kalman filtering) and performance analyses for netted sensor systems. Secondary assignments include network layer architecture and algorithm development for communication systems (e.g., routing and scheduling, multi-beam protocols for Digital Communication Arrays).

  • Associate Professional Staff I

    • Oct 2013 - May 2016

    Primary assignments include algorithm development and analysis for multi-target tracking (Kalman filtering) and performance analyses for netted sensor systems.

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  Peace Corps

  • Morocco

  • Rural Health Educator

    • Mar 2011 - May 2013
    • Morocco

    • Taught health lessons in the local dialect at schools, focusing on the importance of good hygiene such as brushing one’s teeth and washing hands with soap• Taught intermediate level English lessons – an estimated 112 hours of formal English class, as well as over 100 hours of curriculum and lesson preparation; at times had to purvey meaning in foreign language or through other approaches• Participated in a “Bike4SIDA” (AIDS in French) event, in which several Peace Corps volunteers biked a total of 240 km over seven days, reaching nearly 250 Moroccans along the way in the campaign to encourage HIV/AIDS awareness and discussion• Organized and rendered a Tamazight (Berber dialect) health education DVD designed to bring health and hygiene-related information to the illiterate and very young• Developed and maintained the Spelling Bee Morocco website – www.spellingbeemorocco.org – a project to develop the first national Spelling Bee competition and encourage Moroccan students to learn English in a new and fun way; over 6,000 students from 200+ districts across the country competed in the 2013 Bee

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  Purdue University

  • West Lafayette, IN

  • Hearing Impairment Researcher

    • Jun 2009 - Mar 2011
    • West Lafayette, IN

    Advisor: Dr. Michael Heinz, Associate Professor: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and Biomedical Engineering• Investigated the effects of noise-induced hearing loss on the temporal properties of the auditory nerve (AN) through digital analysis of AN spike times in anesthetized chinchillas; developed extensive MATLAB coding to analyze and quantify post-stimulus speech pattern data; long-end goal of research was improvement of hearing aid and cochlear implant algorithm processing• “College of Engineering Dean’s Choice Award” recipient for best oral presentation at the 2010 Undergraduate Research Poster SymposiumPublications:• Scheidt, R.E., Kale, S., and Heinz, M.G. Noise-induced hearing loss alters the temporal dynamics of auditory-nerve responsesHearing Research, 2010, Vol. 269, p. 23-33. • Henry, K.S., Kale, S., Scheidt, R.E., and Heinz, M.G. Auditory brainstem responses predict auditory nerve fiber thresholds and frequency selectivity in hearing impaired chinchillasHearing Research, 2011, Vol. 280 (1-2), p. 236-244

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  Lafayette Urban Ministry

  • Lafayette, IN

  • Overnight Coordinator

    • Feb 2009 - Mar 2011
    • Lafayette, IN

    • Supervised and managed nightly volunteers (3) and guests (20-30) at the emergency shelter: assisted with check-in/check-out, chores, helped organize and prepare dinner and breakfast, enforced rules, and resolved any conflicts that arose

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  Lutron Electronics

  • Coopersburg, PA

  • Electrical Engineering Co-Op #3

    • Jan 2008 - May 2008
    • Coopersburg, PA

    • Conducted product testing, qualification, and verification for a new universal voltage power supply circuit of a fluorescent ballast for international approval and use; responsible for many independent data collection tests involving setup and verification of system components (ballast, wiring, load); documented system responses and behavior with meticulous detail in data journals

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  Lutron Electronics

  • Coopersburg, PA

  • Electrical Engineering Co-Op #2

    • May 2007 - Aug 2007
    • Coopersburg, PA

    • Collaborated alongside several engineering design team members to develop, test, debug, and trouble-shoot new analog and digital incandescent dimmer designs that were released Q4 2007 to replace old designs; performed many laboratory safety qualification tests independently, with an eye for quick but accurate results

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  Lutron Electronics

  • Coopersburg, PA

  • Electrical Engineering Co-Op #1

    • Aug 2006 - Dec 2006
    • Coopersburg, PA

    • Developed, debugged, and verified embedded code (C programming language) for a microcontroller in a data acquisition device used by travelling field service engineers to trouble-shoot lighting system problems and failures; hands-on experience with oscilloscope, soldering iron, DMMs, ammeters, and other data analysis devices; worked together with senior design engineer on product testing and verification of an analog input circuit design of an incandescent dimmer