Conducted stress-strain and fracture experiments and finite element studies on aluminum samples and ladder sections

* Propulsion, Power and Thermal Management Architect: * Co-PI on $3.5M ARPA-e program for light and compact waste heat recovery for aircraft * Task lead on systems design for combined cycle supplemental power unit with supercritical CO2 bottoming cycle * Task lead on sCO2 turbogenerator design, fabrication and testing program

* Condensation of Hydrocarbons and Zeotropic Mixtures: * Synthesized data * developed analytical and computational condensation heat transfer & pressure drop models * Designed, built and operated test facilities * developed tool for sizing industrial natural gas liquefaction components * Condenser for Absorption Heat Pump – Data Analysis, Design and Optimization: * Optimized condenser design to minimize volume and increase cycle efficiency * Consulted on experimental results and proposed test facility alterations for increased fidelity * Lithium Ion Battery – Short Circuit, Thermal Runaway and Thermal Management: * Simulated Li-ion battery performance/failure responses and assessed effectiveness of thermal management strategies * Developed coupled FEA model for thermal runaway failure of Li-ion batteries * Leadership: * Mentored a Masters students * wrote proposals (ONR, ARPA-e) * project scoping, planning and pricing * authored quarterly and final reports * and customer engagement.

* Developed new trading strategies and traded bond, equity and short–term interest rate products * Developed real-time predictive trading tools (e.g. heat maps) that provided market insights, assessed market products/orderbooks and highlighted arbitrage opportunities

* Designed, structurally analyzed, developed method for construction and built septic tank on a budget of $750 * On-site engineer for site foundation preparation and construction of custom sanitation modules

* Simulated stresses and strains of individual components of mobile and tower cranes using finite element software (RISA 3D & Ansys) - verifying manufacturers design specifications aligned with allowable state design standards * Developed Excel database selection/analysis tool, performing rapid backward stability calculations on mobile cranes * In-house drafting for site layout designs (AutoCAD, Solid Works) * Conducted site inspections and liaised with clients

Developed customized lessons and coached for standardized testing exams (SAT, ACT) and High School AP classes, i.e. chemistry, physics and math

* Flow Battery: * Stack fluidic design: optimized fluid channel and active area dimensions for pressure drop and performance requirements * Electrochemical FEA modeling of flow battery stack performance * Developed detailed models for: anolyte/catholyte tank mixing using two-phase CFD, manifold designs, and balance of plant * Mechanical Systems Analysis: * Two-phase flow CFD analysis of gearbox lubrication for P&W 1000G GTF * Bearing compartment oil distribution; two-phase flow subsonic and compressible CFD simulations * Lift-off seal FMEA: fluid-structural analysis of bearing compartment sealing problems

* I work on advanced propulsion concepts, and I have been developing UTRC's capabilities in high fidelity physics based modeling. My work has focused on developing products and technologies in the areas of thermal-fluid systems architecture design, high fidelity simulations, topology optimization. Key words: advanced propulsion, onboard power generation, thermal systems architecture design, high fidelity CFD/FEA, compressible two phase-flows, topology optimization, interface dynamics, two-phase flow heat transfer, condensation, two-phase fluid transfer between rotating and non-rotating parts, and turbulent modeling with two fluid phases.