• Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Cum 3.6
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

September 1996- Present

Solectria, 
Wilmington, MA 

• Performing a study of the effect of manufacturing defects, specifically as wrinkles and resin rich areas in laminated composites.
• Designed, fabricated and performed real time data acquisition of multidimensional loads on structural members of a compact car.
• Design and manufacture of testing fixtures used in static tests, and dynamic tests.
• Sample preparation for static strength tests, including manufacturing of fiberglass test specimens.
• Determination of the strength through the thickness of 0.500" fiberglass plates with z direction reinforcement fibers.
• Finite element study of a glue joint for an all composite electric vehicle.

• Design and manufacture of testing fixtures used in static testing, and fatigue testing of composite materials. Performed tests to determine hoop strength, Young’s modulus, and fatigue life of various composite flywheels. Results from this have proven the tremendous variability of carbon fiber for the use in composite flywheels  for formula one racing and spacecraft applications.
• Other responsibilities include quantitative image analysis, pinpointing resin, fiber, and void volumes of the composite materials.
• Familiar with the theory and application of state of the art instrumentation used in performing various static, dynamic, and fatigue test scenarios.

• Design and manufacture of a head flow experiment for pump efficiency determination. 
• Responsible for the assembly, setup, and system troubleshooting for high tech equipment used for studies in the fields of mechanics of materials, heat transfer, thermofluids, and dynamics.
• Equipment used for studies include dynamic signal analyzers, impact hammers, accelerometers, linear variable differential transducers, eddy current probes, strain gages, and signal conditioners.

• Perform many diverse machining tasks which include CNC programming and Milling operations, manual milling and lathe operations, machine maintenance, shop maintenance, deburing and packaging. Reconditioned lathes and horizontal milling machines.

• The 1996-1997 President of the Composites Club as well as Secretary of the Active Structures Club. The 1995-1996 President of the SAE chapter at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, ASME member, SAMPE member, SME member, participated in the 1994-1996 Formula SAE racecar.

• Design and Manufacture of table attachment for a bench top sander, double dwell fourbar linkage, cam-follower system, Stirling Engine, fatigue-testing machine. 

• Experienced with CADKEY 7, Lotus 123, Amipro, Microsoft Office 97, Mathcad 6.0, DOS, Windows 95 - NT, I-DEAS, Lotus Measure, Imagepro, ALGOR, Hypermesh, Matlab, and Series IX. Familiar with AUTOCAD 12, Labview, Mastercam, and Femap.