EXPERIENCE
Professional Engineering Experience
Materials laboratory rigor. Depot-floor practicality. Engineering decisions connected to manufacturing, configuration control, and readiness.
JANUARY 2025 – PRESENT*
Mechanical Engineer — Polymer & Composites Branch
NAVAIR / NAWCAD, Materials Division · Patuxent River, MD
- Support polymer additive manufacturing, composite-material, inspection, and mechanical-test activities for naval aviation sustainment, including MQ-4C and CH-53K-related work.
- Characterized more than 80 ULTEM 9085 fastener pull-through coupons across thickness, print orientation, hole preparation, and fastener variables; evaluated load-displacement response and documented failure modes.
- Develop test plans, specimen-preparation methods, execution procedures, and data-reduction approaches for polymer and composite characterization.
- Operate and troubleshoot FDM / FFF and SLA systems; resolve build failures through slicer adjustments, moisture control, bed-adhesion correction, and design-for-print review.
- Evaluate AM implementation needs and contribute recommendations for printer deployment, material handling, quality controls, post-processing, and manufacturing oversight.
*“Present” is retained from the source portfolio and résumé. Current role status requires owner confirmation before production approval.
FEBRUARY 13 – AUGUST 13, 2026
Industrial Engineering Workforce Development Rotation
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW), Materials Division · North Island, San Diego, CA
- Supported LM2500 depot sustainment through engineering requests, measurement reports, physical components, technical-manual limits, repair options, inventory, and Bill of Materials data for configuration-controlled dispositions.
- Managed AM Portal requests from intake through closeout: feasibility review, material and delivery estimates, design uploads, fit-check coordination, and labor/material/print-time tracking.
- Designed, scanned, printed, and installed tool-tracing inserts. A Manufacturing Branch Head projected approximately $140,000 in savings for a portion of the shop floor versus purchased and laser-cut foam methods.
- Developed nylon masking plugs for an E-2D launch bar. Successful testing released work delayed about two weeks; 50 plugs were then produced in approximately 36 hours.
- Supported production of 50 blast-shop conveyor buckets for approximately $177 in AM material versus more than $825 before shipping and taxes for temporarily unavailable commercial replacements.
- Designed and tested a two-piece nylon arresting-hook shank mold; observed LM2500 performance testing and participated in hands-on F/A-18 composite-repair training.
Research & senior design
ULTEM 9085 Thin-Wall Process Optimization
Used Taguchi L27 DOE, Fortus 450mc fabrication, mechanical testing, and microCT review. The project reported approximately 80% less support material and 23% less print time while evaluating thin-wall performance.
Explore the senior design project →Remote AM Monitoring Research
Integrated an Ender-3 with OctoPrint, Node-RED, and SQLite to support remote monitoring, data acquisition, and printer-control workflow development.
Explore the research summary →Education & professional training
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
University of the District of Columbia · May 2024
- DAU acquisition coursework.
- Advanced Composite Repair and Fabrication.
- MTS TestSuite TW and Stratasys Insight training.
- Polymer AM systems and composite fabrication/repair training.
Training is presented as coursework or training, not as unverified professional certification. GPA is intentionally omitted in keeping with the existing website.
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