Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Engineering experience at a Masters level with emphasis in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software development.
Working with the Acoustics team to: * Preform community noise assessments for commercial aircraft and provide feedback on areas of improvement. * Preform computational aeroacoustics (CAA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses. * Prepare and present technical information to internal and external customers. * Assist with preparation and execution of test programs. * Contribute to process improvements and leading software tools maintenance/development.
Thesis: The Linearized Euler Equations for Predicting Supersonic Jet Noise of a Rectangular Jet using OpenFOAM The purpose of this work is to develop a Linearized Euler Equation (LEE) solver for the OpenFOAM environment to solve for aeroacoustics applications. The following skills have been acquired during this work: • Communicating results and ideas to Thesis Advisors via written reports and presentations • Setting up and using High Performance Computing clusters • Linux operating systems • Compiling applications from C++ • Mathematical operations to the Navier-Stokes and Euler Equations • Numerical Methods for solving partial differential equations • Setting up CFD cases for existing solvers including Fluent and OpenFOAM for LES, DES, and RANS modals. • Setting up CFD cases for developed LEE solver and experimenting to find best practices for the new solver • Building grids for CFD with emphasis on high quality Acoustic grids with Pointwise • Post-Processing and analyzing CFD results using TecPlot, ParaView, MATLAB, and Python
Graduate Research Assistant at the Eagle Flight Research Center. Was involved in various projects that included combustion modeling research and flight test engineering for an external partnership. The following were the rolls and responsibilities for each project. Combustion Flashback Simulations: • Set up 3D CFD cases with combustion modeling in ANSYS Fluent and Converge CFD. These cases used built in and external chemistry mechanisms such as the GRI3.0 mechanism. The cases were run using RANS and LES turbulence modals. • Analyzed cases based on different flow parameters that lead to the flashback condition. • Communicate results and ideas to supervisors via written reports and presentations. Flight Test Engineering: • Flight Test Engineer for in flight testing of a test article looking for an STC. • Lead the test and collected data during in flight testing. • Produced the test plans and schedule for the project. • Participated in the design process of a test boom attached to the wing of the aircraft for the flight test project. • Produced CAD drawings and 3D printed prototypes. • Analyzed prototypes for structural stability and reliability. • Conducted ground test of entire aircraft integration for flight safety prior to moving to flight testing.