ENGINEER • RESEARCHER • BUILDER
Structural Engineering PhD student at UC San Diego with a background in aerospace manufacturing, composite structures, mechanical design, testing, and hands-on hardware development.
My work spans mechanical design, composite structures, manufacturing, structural testing, and experimental engineering.
I am most interested in projects where I can stay close to the hardware: understanding the problem, developing a solution, building it, testing it, figuring out what went wrong, and improving the next version.
A growing collection of professional, academic, and independent engineering work.
ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING • COMPOSITES • TESTING
Designing and manufacturing controlled thermoplastic composite laminates to study how automated fiber placement defects affect fracture and compressive behavior.
VEHICLE DESIGN • FEA • FABRICATION
Using measured vehicle loads, structural analysis, fabrication, and testing to develop lightweight off-road suspension hardware.
COMPOSITE REPAIR • MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Structural fiberglass repair and mechanical systems integration on a Hurricane Sandy salvage sailboat.
I am pursuing a PhD in Structural Engineering in the Advanced Composites Laboratory at UC San Diego. My current research focuses on thermoplastic composites, automated fiber placement manufacturing defects, structural testing, nondestructive inspection, microscopy, and failure analysis.
Full research page coming soon.
I spend a lot of my free time outdoors, especially sailing, surfing, hiking, and traveling. I also enjoy working on old vehicles and generally finding things to build or fix.
I've had the opportunity to live and work in some very different places, including Madison, Wisconsin; Jacksonville, Florida; Aspen, Colorado; and now San Diego, California. I'm always looking for an excuse to explore somewhere new.
More about me coming soon →