Experience

Technology Assessment & Transfer, Inc

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Manager

  • Dec 2022 - Present



U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Materials Engineer

  • Apr 2019 - Oct 2022

  Supported armor ceramic programs, especially via residual stress characterization Led transparent ceramic program for processing and characterization of robust 8-12 micron infrared window materials Successfully proposed a new basic research program in multi-material joining Supported armor ceramic programs, especially via residual stress characterization Led transparent ceramic program for processing and characterization of robust 8-12 micron infrared window materials Successfully proposed a new basic research program in multi-material joining



Army Research Laboratory

• Postdoctoral Fellow, ORAU

  • Feb 2017 - Apr 2019

  Fabricated and characterized structure of multi-phase structural ceramics as part of mission program in personnel protection Led effort to extract structure-property relationships such as stoichiometry-hardness in boron suboxide ceramics Mentor: Dr. Lionel Vargas-Gonzalez Fabricated and characterized structure of multi-phase structural ceramics as part of mission program in personnel protection Led effort to extract structure-property relationships such as stoichiometry-hardness in boron suboxide ceramics Mentor: Dr. Lionel Vargas-Gonzalez



University of Central Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Jan 2017

  Worked with PI to build a lab focused on fabrication and characterization of laser gain media, scintillators, and IR optics Investigated a new class of nano-grained TiO2 thermoelectric ceramics Completed dissertation focused on ceramic halide scintillators for gamma detection Adviser: Prof. Romain Gaume Worked with PI to build a lab focused on fabrication and characterization of laser gain media, scintillators, and IR optics Investigated a new class of nano-grained TiO2 thermoelectric ceramics Completed dissertation focused on ceramic halide scintillators for gamma detection Adviser: Prof. Romain Gaume



Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

  Investigation of a new class of halide scintillator ceramics for gamma ray detection Adviser: Dr. Lynn Boatner Investigation of a new class of halide scintillator ceramics for gamma ray detection Adviser: Dr. Lynn Boatner



Clemson University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant at Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technology (COMSET)

  • Dec 2009 - Jul 2011

  Conduct large-scale remelts of chalcogenide glasses to produce large infrared windows Study the photosensitivity of germanium, arsenic, sulfide glasses for use in optical devices Adviser: Dr. Kathleen Richardson Conduct large-scale remelts of chalcogenide glasses to produce large infrared windows Study the photosensitivity of germanium, arsenic, sulfide glasses for use in optical devices Adviser: Dr. Kathleen Richardson



University of Bordeaux 1

• Bordeaux, France

• NSF international REU

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Investigation of structural and optical properties in thermally poled oxide and chalcogenide glass compositions Adviser: Dr. Marc Dussauze Investigation of structural and optical properties in thermally poled oxide and chalcogenide glass compositions Adviser: Dr. Marc Dussauze



Savannah River Nuclear Solutions

• United States
• Government Relations Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Intern

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Aided in the research effort supporting the defense waste processing facility at SRS Conducted a study on sulfur retention in simulated nuclear waste glass Advisers: Dr. Kevin Fox, Dr. David Peeler Aided in the research effort supporting the defense waste processing facility at SRS Conducted a study on sulfur retention in simulated nuclear waste glass Advisers: Dr. Kevin Fox, Dr. David Peeler