I am currently working for Makino, one of the world's leading machine tool companies. Throughout my career I have striven to be on the cutting edge; making things more efficient, more intuitive, and overall better. Having a competitive nature, I can never settle if what I work on is not the best. A full background can be found on my Linkedin page following the link below.

Whlie at Makino, I constantly work to improve how efficiently our machines function for our customers. From improving cut plans to reduce cycle time, designing radical fixtures which reduce cost per part, to testing the latest technology of tooling, my job is to ensure our customers receive the best process available.

During my grad school I developed a regenerative brake and launch assist system (RBLA) for vehicles. This design was simulated to save over 9% in the city as well as the Winning Idea for Siemens' Urban Ideas Contest (video above) for more info see last paragraph.

I am passionate about design and innovation.

I have a wealth of experience while a student in many research positions mostly for aerospace and automotive applications. These positions ranged from both full time Co-Ops and part time research positions. Many of these positions were for the Air Force Research Labs leading to the final position for the Air Force in which I helped to design a Micro Air Vehicle. This design was featured in the Aerospace America, 2012 Year in Review magazine.

In the RBLA design I developed during grad school, when a car is braking the system stretches a spring to store the kinetic energy of the vehicle. Then, when the car is stopped, the energy from the spring will be released which will accelerate the car. This has potential to be more efficient then current devices since the energy is not converted to electric and back. In addition, it could be installed on any conventional vehicle including ones already on the road. The challenge of this project is the design of the mechanism to be able to transfer the energy between the drive train and the spring. The concept has been tested to increase mpg by 9%.

More of my previous designs can be found on the Youtube link below.