Experience

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  Utah state university

  Jan 2011 - May 2013

  Undergraduate researcher

  Heat transfer research: determination of thermal properties of materials.Machining research: optimization of tool edge radius to minimize forces in a CNC lathe.Engineering education research: built computer simulations for high school physics and college dynamics courses.

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  National institute of standards and technology

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Summer undergraduate research fellow

  Developing a method to use Quarts Micro-balances to conduct thermogravimetric analysis of carbon nano-tubes.

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  Thermal management technologies

  Jan 2012 - May 2013

  Mechanical engineering servicetechnician

  Research and development of thermal solutions for the commercial, military and aerospace industries.

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  Purdue university

  May 2013 - Dec 2018

  Ph.d. graduate student
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  Cooling technologies research center

  Aug 2013 - Dec 2018

  Graduate research fellow
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  Sandia national laboratories

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Graduate student researcher

  I analyzed the packing efficiencies and bulk effective conductivities of spherical particle beds using granular discrete element method (granular DEM) and random walk algorithms. I simulated the compression of spherical particles using Sandia's molecular dynamics code, LAMMPS. Then I determined the effective bulk conductivities of these packs via random walk algorithm as part of a larger effort to characterize transport through heterogeneous porous materials.

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  Nasa

  May 2015 - Jul 2017

  The early carbon-dioxide scrubbing technologies used in the Apollo era missions were non-reusable LiOH Canisters. Once all the active area of the canisters had reacted with carbon dioxide the canisters were unusable. Unlike these early technologies, sorbents can both adsorb and desorb carbon dioxide allowing the bed to be used many times, like a rechargeable battery. At NASA, I studied transport in sorbent beds as part of the effort to design the next generation of carbon dioxide removal technology that will clean the air for Astronauts on their journey to Mars. I experimentally determined the heat and mass transfer rates of sorbent beds to validate computer models and help engineers improve performance of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly for future manned missions. Show less

  • NASA Space Technology Research Fellow

    Aug 2013 - Jul 2017

  • Visiting Researcher

    May 2015 - Aug 2015
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  Sandia national laboratories

  Dec 2018 - now

  R&d computer scientist