Principal Scientist at Lone Star Aerospace, Chairperson, Central Florida Section at American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Location:
Windermere, Florida
Industry:
Aviation & Aerospace
Work:
Lone Star Aerospace since Aug 2006
Principal Scientist
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics since Feb 1990
Chairperson, Central Florida Section
University of Central Florida Jan 2006 - Aug 2012
Adjunct Professor
Wind River Systems Jan 1998 - Jan 2006
Project Manager / Engineering Manager
Integrated Systems Jan 1996 - Jan 1998
Field Application Engineer
Education:
University of Central Florida 2006 - 2009
PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University 1990 - 1994
Degree of Engineer, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1988 - 1990
MS, Applied Mathematics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1986 - 1988
BS, Engineering Physics
Harper College 1982 - 1986
AS, Pre-Engineering
Interests:
Airframe modeling (aerodynamic coefficient estimation with CFD and system ID)
Autopilot development (acceleration, adaptive, nonlinear, and optimal control)
Guidance algorithm development (PNG, APNG, optimal guidance, etc.)
Signal conditioning (Kalman, EKF, H-infinity filters)
HWIL (servomotors, stepper motors, batteries, IMUs, seekers, etc.)
Honor & Awards:
AIAA Associate Fellow
ASME Recognition Award
The National Scholars Honor Society
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
AIAA / UCF Lecture Award
Distinguished Community College Alumnus Award
Languages:
Italian
Certifications:
Certified Modeling & Simulation Professional, National Training and Simulation Association The 4 Disciplines of Execution, Franklin-Covey Focus: Achieving Your Highest Priorities, Franklin-Covey
Nestle Dreyer's Ice Cream Company Manteca, CA 2010 to 2013 Regional Transportation ManagerGardner Trucking, Manteca Ontario, CA 2004 to 2010 Vice President of OperationsMacro Plastics Fairfield, CA 2001 to 2004 Director of OperationsPeople PC San Francisco, CA 1999 to 2001 Web Sales Computer Distribution for RetailConsumer Electronics Distribution for Retail Hayward, CA 1994 to 1999 Director of Distribution
Education:
California State University Hayward, CA 2004 MBA in FinanceArizona State University Tempe, AZ 1980 BS in Logistics
Feb 2012 to Present Merchandise and Customer Assistant (MCA)Cognizant Technology Solutions
Jan 2012 to Present Incident Management LeadCognizant Technology Solutions Mooresville, NC Jan 2009 to Jan 2012 IT Technical LeadCognizant Technology Solutions Mooresville, NC May 2010 to Jul 2011 Sales AssociateMcDonalds North Wilkesboro, NC Oct 2006 to Jan 2010 Crew Area SupervisorMercury Data Systems Wilkesboro, NC Sep 2004 to Dec 2008 Application Development AnalystPublix Clearwater, FL May 2004 to Aug 2004 Deli Crew / Sandwich makerSales AssociateClearwater, FL Dec 2003 to Jul 2004
Education:
Iowa State University Ames, IA 1977 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
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