Photo credits: HETDEX photo – McDonald Observatory; GMTNIRS telescope renderings – GMT; all other images – Center for Electromechanics, University of Texas @ Austin

Career Summary

Mechanical Engineer with 18 years of advanced electromechanical research/product development providing outstanding project leadership for high value government and commercial customers. Excelling in devising creative solutions that meet project requirements and deadlines within aggressive timelines. Effectively converted designs into final hardware within analysis, cost and design objectives for projects with values of $25 million.

• Highly skilled in solid modeling (SolidWorks), finite element analysis (SolidWorks Simulation), and computational fluid dynamics (SolidWorks Flow Simulation)

• Very experienced at creating engineering drawings for fabrication including GD&T, welding, machining, sheet metal and assembly operations

• Extremely competent with revision control (SolidWorks Workgroup PDM) and subsequent documentation (design change requests, bill of material management, assembly documentation, etc.)

• Performed substantial hands-on role in assembly, integration and testing of components designed to complete prototype development