FACULTY ADVISORS

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015
- Dissertation: The Effect of Confinement on Lean-Premixed, Swirl-Stabilized Flame Response
M.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, 2010

Research

Combustion: Gas Turbines, Combustion Instability, Fundamental Studies, Fuel Characterization
Experimental Techniques
Engineering Education

Professional Service

Education

Virginia Tech: Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering; Dissertation: The Development of Actuators for the Whole Skin Locomotion Robot
Virginia Tech: Future Professoriate Graduate Certificate; Courses: Contemporary Pedagogy, Preparing the Future Professoriate, Global Perspectives
University of Toledo: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering; Master Thesis: Development of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuator for Mirror Positioning
University of Toledo: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering; Senior Design Project: Handicap Accessible Wheelchair Weight Scale; ASME Undergraduate Design Team Leader: Bulk Material Transporter

General Information

Secretary: Graduate Student Assembly (Aug. 2009 - May 2010)
Mentor: ”Fabrication of Shape Memory Alloy Composites”, Independent Study (Jan. 2010 - May 2010)
Mentor: ”Shape Memory Alloy Composites”, NSF REU (May 2009 - August 2009)
Mentor: ”Robotic Hand using SMAs”, Toledo Technology Academy (Oct. 2006 - May 2007)
President: Engineering Graduate Student Association (Aug. 2006 - May 2007)
Vice President: ASME Student Section (Spring, 2005)