Work Experience
Director of Applications & Technology
Mechnano, LLC
August, 2020 – PRESENT Mesa, AZ USA
Accomplishments:
- Completed the development of four (4) product lines
- Rigid ESD Resin
- Tough ESD Resin
- Rigid ESD Masterbatch
- Versatile ESD Masterbatch (tough, flexible, elastic resins)
- Completed the development of two (2) high-temperature ESD resins for vat photo-polymerization in collaboration with external customers
Applications Lead & Services Manager
Open Additive, LLC
FEBRUARY, 2020 – August, 2020 DAYTON, OH USA
Accomplishments:
- Secured external funding for 2 R&D projects ($850k)
- Established partnership with a major industrial supplier on process parameter development for alloys of interest
- Established partnership with two feedstock suppliers on process parameter development for traditional & specialized alloys
- Established collaboration with 2 academic partners on parts fabrication for various applications
- Developed process parameter sets for 3 feedstocks (3 for 6″ and 2 for 11″ LPBF systems)
Principal Scientist ➙ Chief Scientist – AM Applications
Universal Technology Company
FEBRUARY, 2018 – JANUARY, 2020 DAYTON, OH USA
Accomplishments:
- Secured external R&D funding through SBIR | STTR program
- Developed process parameter sets for 4 feedstocks
- Developed machine specific design guide
- Secured external collaborations with industry & academia
- Developed marketing materials for the AM product line
Research Scientist I ➙ Research Scientist II
Lynntech, Inc.
AUGUST, 2013 – JANUARY, 2018 COLLEGE STATION, TX USA
Accomplishments:
- Established & grew AM research program with a focus on defense applications
- Served as PI & PM on seven (7) externally funded R&D projects
- Developed pyrotechnic formulations to process via AM (extrusion-based methods) for aerial countermeasures (flares)
- Developed the fingerprint technology for the protection of AM parts from counterfeiting (NDT)
- Designed and tested novel biocompatible photopolymers for manufacturing of neonatal medical devices via vat photopolymerization
- Designed and build a test cell to additively process three classes of materials simultaneously (polymers, metals, and ceramics)
- Developed, tested, and scaled-up nylon-based formulations for Additive Manufacturing of textiles
Postdoctoral Associate
Institute for Critical Technology & Applied Science, Virginia Tech
FEBRUARY, 2011 – JULY 2013 BLACKSBURG, VA USA
Adviser: Thomas A. Campbell; Co-Adviser: Christopher B. Williams
Accomplishments:
- Developed a strategy to embed photonic crystals into photopolymers for PolyJet process
- Identified potential applications for the developed nanocomposite
- Established new protocol for the synthesis of non-spherical CdSe nanocrystals with >90% yield
- Investigated the use of fluorescent microspheres as tags for anti-counterfeiting of textiles