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