Education
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Case
Western Reserve University (summa cum
laude)
Recognition
- Gustav Kuerti Award for Scholarship
(CWRU 2015) - 9 patents pending
Interest / Obsessions
- Mountaineering, Hiking, Outdoors,
backpacking - Photography
- War history
- Existential philosophy
- Inventing
Favorite Quote
- “Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.”
– Niels Bohr - “ ‘In this world you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant.’
Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.”
– Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey by Mary Chase
Expertise
- Mechanism Design
- Mechanism modeling and analysis
- Rapid Prototype Development
- Tolerance analysis
- Design for injection molding
- Sheet metal system design
- Weldment design
Experience
- 4+ years machine design including:
- Numerous invention-to-prototype cycles
- Precision adjustments with inexpensive components
- Mechanisms for powder handling and mixing
- Precision motion linkages
- CWRU SAE Baja 2015 suspension design