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Senior Manager, Commercial Fast Craft & Engineering
ZF Marine Propulsion Systems
Miramar, FL
Jan 2015 - Present (9 years 10 months)
- Responsible for all engineering activities in North America & Central America for ZF's Marine and Special Driveline business unit
- Managing interdisciplinary team of engineers responsible for technical support of gearboxes, propellers, controls, surface drives, azimuth thrusters, and special driveline applications
- Propeller sizings and design recommendations
- Vessel resistance/powering analysis
- Sea trials and data analysis
- Vessel testing and commissioning
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Naval Architect
Brunswick Boat Group: Product Development & Engineering
Feb 2012 - Dec 2014 (2 years 10 months)
Recreational boat design and engineering for Sea Ray, Bayliner, and Meridian brands.
- Hull design
- Tow tank testing
- CFD simulation and analysis
- New product development and innovation
- Prototype testing and sea trials
- Data acquisition and analysis
- Hydrostatics and stability analysis
- Machinery layouts and weight studies
Key Projects:
Design of 270 Sundeck Outboard hull/deck/engine interface
- Allowed both sterndrive and outboard models to share all components and geometry forward of aft seating
Developed and implemented parametric hullform creation program, BBGHull
- Used during initial design stage for all new hull design projects
- Presented work at FAST2013 and COMPIT 2014 conferences
Publications:
"Parametric Generation of Hard Chine Planing Hulls"
FAST2013: The 12th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
"Development of Parametric Planing Hull Design Features"
COMPIT 2014: 13th International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries
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Marine Propulsion Systems Intern
ZF Marine Propulsion Systems
Miramar, FL
May 2011 - Aug 2011 (3 months)
- Developed new bow thruster sizing procedure and application for use with ZF Joystick Maneuvering System
- Calculated bow thruster and propeller sizes for pleasure boats and power catamarans
- Propeller sizings and analysis
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Graduate Researcher
The National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce
Jun 2011 - Jul 2011 (1 month)
Research focus:
- Maritime domain awareness
- Modeling and simulation
- Data analysis and integration
- Developed Google Earth-based website to aid in disaster relief for New York City and Hudson River estuary
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Initial Design and Naval Architecture Intern
NASSCO
May 2010 - Aug 2010 (3 months)
- Assisted with deadweight surveys and inclining experiments
- Performed tank surveys
- Created arrangement drawings and pumping diagrams
- Supervised the preparation of ISO 9001 design files for department audit
- Compiled design reports
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Design/Naval Architecture Intern
Feadship De Voogt Naval Architects
Jun 2009 - Aug 2009 (2 months)
- Performed weight and stability calculations
- Created stability booklets
- Supervised model tests at MARIN
- Assisted with inclining experiment
- Conducted market research study involving gross tonnages and space usability aboard current megayachts
- Presented floating status and weight calculations to shipyard management