22 years of hands-on and leadership experience in Materials and Process (M&P) design and development of flight hardware and conducting funded material science investigations. Selected as lead experimentalist and project scientist for space shuttle and international space station experiments. Awarded several NASA Special Studies projects to develop multifunctional materials for deep space radiation risk mitigation and net shaped aluminum component fabrication for weight reduction in Space Launch System (SLS) core stage. Successfully designed, developed and validated flight hardware for on orbit operations. Lead a process development and test team to optimize process variables for Ares 1 solid rocket booster nozzle fabrication. Excellent track record for developing scientific proposals and executing funded research including SBIRs and Microgravity Science.
Served as technical M&P lead for the SLS program providing technical supervision to a team of Boeing M&P engineers on all aspects of material selection, process development, and qualification for the SLS Core and Exploration Upper Stage. Have many years of in depth familiarity with NASA M&P and Fracture documents and requirements and MAPTIS database for material property search, fundamental material science research data, and submission of MUAs.
Received several awards from NASA and Boeing in recognition of exemplary technical expertise provided to Ares, Launch Abort System, and SLS programs. Authored over 50 publications in international referred journals. Was inducted as BAE SYSTEMS worldwide Fellow.