"The engineer's engineer"
Winter 2022 - Current
El Segundo, CA
Senior Systems Engineer. Solving problems at the intersection of engineering, physics, and design, while building a team that redefines systems engineering for agile projects. Current work includes developing a museum-quality digital display for interactive and generative art. Past work includes inventing a novel, contacting temperature sensor with a response time faster than a thermocouple (patent pending), and extensive involvement with project architectures.
Exploration Technologies Division
Fall 2017 - Winter 2021
Pasadena, CA
Lead, Robotic Systems Group. Systems engineer for LAMPS, a Phase A NASA Game Changing Development Program to design a 10kW vertically deployable solar array for lunar habitation. Developed novel method for solid-state sample analysis and manipulation for integration into robotic sampling systems for Europa with JPL.
Robotics Engineer III. Systems engineer and project lead for KArLE, a TRL6 sample handling system for lunar exploration with NASA GSFC. Learn more about KArLE. Developed piezo-pneumatic excavation approach for CLPS payload LISTER.
Mechanical Engineer III. Design lead for two (of four) sample acquisition and handling subsystems in Phase A of New Frontiers 4 mission Dragonfly; also led testing, integration, and configuration management. Rapidly matured technology from TRL1 to TRL5 in 16mo. Worked closely with APL and NASA clients, won mission selection (2026 launch), and helped secure Honeybee’s largest contract to-date. Learn more about the Dragonfly's sampling system, DrACO.
Project Engineer. Project lead for two SBIR contracts from JPL; development of thermo-mechanical drilling techniques for Europa led to multiple new contracts under NASA’s PICASSO and SESAME programs. Learn more about thermo-mechanical drilling on the SLUSH project.
Freelance Consulting
Automation Consultant
Fall 2016 - Fall 2017
New York, NY
Prototype development of low-cost robotic solutions for automating the high voltage battery assembly line, such as smart assembly fixtures, automated testing equipment, and real-time inventory management. Learn more.
Mechanical Design Consultant
Fall 2013 - Fall 2014
Philadelphia, PA
Designed prototype modular charging docks for tablets specialized for customer self-checkout at premium dining venues. Manufactured and assembled end-products for delivery to clients. Learn more.
Internships
Battery Manufacturing (Pico) Group
Summer 2016
Brisbane, CA
Robotics Intern. Developed and integrated first mechatronic technologies required for assembly line ramp to production. Improved work holding, assembly quality and efficiency, operator safety, and component protection. Learn more.
Remote In/Out (RIO) Group
Summer 2015
Los Angeles, CA
Mechanical Engineering Intern. Developed a low-TRL coaxial connector for point-to-point valve and CAN bus connections. Investigated sheet metal electronics enclosures. Assisted test engineers. Learn more.
Research
Neurotrauma and Repair Laboratory
Summer 2013, Summer 2014
New York, NY
Designed a high-throughput-screening compatible flexible-bottomed 96-well plate. Designed, manufactured, and characterized a high-throughput neuron injury device for large scale traumatic brain injury drug testing. Learn more.
Future Accelerators Laboratory
Summer 2012
Munich, Germany
Assisted with preliminary stages of developing a plasma-Wakefield accelerator. Designed and built diagnostic tools for measuring the density of a high-speed plasma.
Teaching
Teaching Assistant
Spring 2013 - Fall 2016
Philadelphia, PA
MEAM510: Design of Mechatronic Systems. Co-taught 117 undergraduates and graduates mechanical design, electronics (basic circuits, filters, op amps, discrete logic, and interfacing with mechanielements), and computing (interfacing with the analog world, microprocessor technology, basic control theory, and programming in C).
ESE505: Feedback Control Design and Analysis. Designed lab projects for course of 60 graduates and undergraduates. Developed platform based on augmented Lego trains for testing closed loop follow-the-leader control. Learn more.
IPD501: Integrated CAD, CAM, CAE. Co-taught undergraduates and graduates manufacturing techniques (CNC milling and turning, urethane casting, composite layup), design for manufacturing, principles of integrated design, rendering. Recognized by department chair for “Impact on MEAM Undergraduates.”
Summer Academy in Applied Science and Technology (SAAST): Robotics Course. Supervised thirty-five high school students and taught elementary mechatronic design. Worked with fellow TA's to create a multi-level, interactive obstacle course with targets for final student robot competition.
MEAM101: Introduction to Mechanical Design. Taught three recitations of twenty students. Trained undergraduates and graduates in SolidWorks, principles of applied mechanics, laser cutter operation. Maintained laser cutters.