Experienced airplane configurator who has taken new commercial aircraft projects from the initial conceptual design to detailed design. Skilled at formulating key technical requirements from both internal and external customer needs.
Technical expertise in cross-functional integration, multi-disciplinary team leadership, aircraft design, multi-disciplinary optimization, problem solving, trade studies, requirements development, requirements management, aircraft design software testing, the use of CAD software, airplane layout, vehicle sizing, and vehicle analysis.
Program and project management expertise in developing executable plans, creating schedules, teamwork plans, customer communication, and presentations up to the senior executive level.
Technical Interests:
Aircraft conceptual design and analysis
Air vehicle configuration development and project management
Product strategy and requirement definition for new designs
Experimental aerodynamics
Areas of expertise:
Leadership of engineering teams and configuration management
Commercial aircraft conceptual design, sizing, multi-disciplinary optimization and layout
Uninhabited aircraft conceptual design, fabrication and flight-testing
3D CAD Modeling and Surfacing (ThinkDesign, AutoCAD, CATIA V5)
ANSYS Finite element structural and thermodynamic calculations
Experimental direct and indirect wall-shear measurement for 3-D supersonic flows
Low Reynolds number, supersonic and hypersonic experimental aerodynamic testing
Mechanical design and material selection of high-temperature structures
AIAA Associate Fellow
Virginia Tech Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Advisory Board
Former AIAA Aircraft Design Technical Committee Chair