Following a PhD from the University of Liverpool under the supervision of David Bacon, FREng, and Derek Hull, FRS, FREng, and a postdoctoral fellowship with Hyung Kim at Carnegie Mellon University, I established a career at the intersection of aerospace engineering and academia. I first served as a Principal Scientist in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) via General Dynamics Information Technology LLC, before leading modeling and data science initiatives at Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. More recently, I conducted mission-critical research for the AFRL Sensors Directorate through KBR, Inc., and subsequently founded General Simulation, LLC to continue this technical leadership. Alongside my industry roles, I have held faculty appointments at several universities.
Editorial Responsibilities
Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Optics and Photonics
Reviewer, American Institute of Physics
Reviewer, Materials Research Society
Reviewer, Institute of Physics, UK
10/2023 – present
06/2014 – present
08/2006 – present
07/2006 – present
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Society for Engineering Education
Member, American Institute of Physics
Member, American Physical Society
Member, SPIE - International Society for Optics and Photonics
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, Materials Research Society
2026 - present
2020 - present
2016 - present
2008 - present
2002 - present
1999 - present
Current students
Damion Scharer
Landon Schroeder
Caden Kyser
Zachary Faris
Emiliya Ramazanova
Previous Students
Joshua Meier
Sudha Dorairaj