Experience

DARcorporation

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

• Chief Engineer

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  As a team lead, I strive to ensure project completion in an efficient manner. * Devise plans for each phase of the project and perform quality control checks * Delegate tasks as necessary to engineering team * Perform airframe structural analysis (statics, dynamics, fatigue, flutter, etc.) As a team lead, I strive to ensure project completion in an efficient manner. * Devise plans for each phase of the project and perform quality control checks * Delegate tasks as necessary to engineering team * Perform airframe structural analysis (statics, dynamics, fatigue, flutter, etc.)



DARcorporation

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

• Senior Aerospace Engineer

  • 2009 - 2016

  Structural analysis (static, dynamic, fatigue, flutter, etc.) on: * GA and business jet airplanes * Antenna fairing installation on multiple NASA research airplanes * Radome structural analysis * Wind tunnel fan assembly * Windmills/wind turbines with novel design Structural analysis (static, dynamic, fatigue, flutter, etc.) on: * GA and business jet airplanes * Antenna fairing installation on multiple NASA research airplanes * Radome structural analysis * Wind tunnel fan assembly * Windmills/wind turbines with novel design



Caterpillar Inc.

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senoir Project Engineer (Contracted by Belcan Engineering)

  • 2008 - 2009

  Structural analysis of heavy machinery components and assemblies: * Stress, normal modes, frequency response analyses * Bolted joints * Non-linear contacts (contact opening and contact pressure) Structural analysis of heavy machinery components and assemblies: * Stress, normal modes, frequency response analyses * Bolted joints * Non-linear contacts (contact opening and contact pressure)



The University of Kansas

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Structural Analyst as a Graduate Research Assistant

  • 2006 - 2008

  Structural analysis (static, dynamic, buckling, etc) of: * Full Airframe Stress Analysis of a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the 1100 lb Meridian, for Antarctic icesheet remote sensing (successfully flight tested in Antarctica on January 8, 2010) * Antenna installation on research airplanes * Avionics box installation Structural analysis (static, dynamic, buckling, etc) of: * Full Airframe Stress Analysis of a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the 1100 lb Meridian, for Antarctic icesheet remote sensing (successfully flight tested in Antarctica on January 8, 2010) * Antenna installation on research airplanes * Avionics box installation