Instructed and developed various mid- to upper- and graduate-level Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science courses.

Produced four complete series of online classes with complete video instruction during the switch to COVID mandatory remote learning.

Managed multiple teams of 3 to 4 graduate teaching assistants per year.

Consulted with various organizations in industries such as aerospace and insurance to test materials and designs in fracture and fatigue; conduct forensic analysis of material failure; and aid in material design.

Assisted students with various design problems for senior design classes and student organizations such as the Formula Racing Team and Rocketry Club.

Faculty Adviser for Cubing Club (able to solve a Rubik’s Cube in less than a minute.)

Trained students, graduate assistants, and faculty in safety procedures and laboratory techniques

Maintained safe, clean, and functioning instructional laboratories.

Conducted troubleshooting and repair of equipment and material testing machines.

Assisted development of laboratory class curricula.

Instructed lab-based classes such as Mechanical Properties of Materials.

Budgeted and procured funding for lab equipment and expenses.

Conducted experiments, completed research, and published in scientific journals for doctoral-level degree requirements.

Developed fatigue testing control software to implement the ASTM E399 standard for Instron materials testing equipment, which performed with accuracy an order of magnitude better than commercially available software.

Experienced in the operation of various material testing equipment: Instron and Bose fatigue testing equipment; Instron static testing equipment; Scanning Electron Microscopes; Electron Microprobe; Micro-Raman Spectroscopy; Impact and Hardness testing.

Developed various unique electrical and mechanical testing apparatus:

• Servo-controlled micro-compact tension test stage for in situ micro-Raman spectroscopy strain measurements and SEM imaging.
• Active signal filters for aligning load and strain signals in fatigue testing.

Designed and machined parts for laboratory testing equipment.

Dissertation: Fatigue Reliability Predictions in Silicon Nitride Ceramics Based on Fatigue Behavior, Bridging Stresses, and Fracture Data (September 2012)

Focused study in Materials Science and Engineering.

Tau Beta Pi Honor Society

Double major in Computer Science and Business Administration.

Started studying computer science and programming here while still in high school.