Technical Skills & Stack
Industrial CAD toolsets, engineering simulation, ASME regulatory codes, GD&T precision drafting, and shop-floor manufacturing integration.
Core Engineering Competencies
Primary domains developed through 4 years of industrial NPD execution
Parametric 3D CAD
- • Siemens NX (Part & Assembly)
- • SolidWorks (CSWP Certified)
- • PTC Creo Parametric
- • Sheet metal & complex cast surfaces
- • Dynamic interference & clearance checks
Simulation & Mechanics
- • Static Structural Stress Analysis
- • Steady-State & Transient Thermal
- • Modal Vibration Frequencies
- • High-cycle S-N Fatigue Life
- • First-principles hand sizing checks
Standards & GD&T
- • ASME B16.34 (Valves & Fittings)
- • ASME Y14.5 GD&T Certified
- • Tolerance stack-up (Worst-Case & RSS)
- • ISO 286 Fits & Limits
- • ASTM Material Specifications
PLM & Digital Tools
- • Siemens Teamcenter PLM
- • Engineering Change Orders (ECO/ECN)
- • Multi-level EBOM & MBOM structure
- • Microsoft Power Apps (NPD tracker)
- • Microsoft Applications (Power BI, Excel)
Software & Digital Engineering Suite
Software environments utilized across industrial engineering and academic research
Industrial modeling of complex valve pressure boundary castings, forged trim components, assembly constraints, internal flow profiles, and production 2D drawing drafting.
Parametric feature-based modeling, configuration management, sheet-metal unfold flattening, weldment cut-lists, kinematic collision checks, and certified CSWP professional testing.
Automotive exhaust subsystem modeling, complex sheet-metal gussets, structural brackets, tube bending profiles, and manufacturing drawing production.
Finite element meshing, boundary conditions, static stress concentration factors, modal natural frequency calculation, and thermal expansion gradient studies.
Item master lifecycle management, CAD dataset revision tracking, Engineering Change Orders (ECO/ECN), multi-level engineering BOMs, and manufacturing release workflows.
Custom Microsoft Power Apps digital NPD solutions for Emerson milestone workflows, cross-functional project tracking dashboards, Power BI data analytics, and advanced engineering calculation spreadsheets in Excel.
Standards, Regulatory Codes & GD&T
Rigorous compliance frameworks governing pressure boundaries and geometric accuracy
ASME B16.34 – Valves Flanged, Threaded & Welding End
- • Pressure-Temperature Ratings: Material class selection across Class 150, 300, 600, 900, 1500, and 2500 for severe-service fluids.
- • Minimum Wall Thickness ($t_m$): Analytical calculation and CAD verification ensuring structural integrity against pressure burst stresses.
- • Hydrostatic Shell & Seat Testing: Designing valve bodies to withstand minimum shell test pressures (typically $1.5\times$ rated pressure).
- • Casting Quality Factors: Accounting for radiographic and non-destructive examination (NDE) quality factors in critical pressure walls.
ASME Y14.5 – Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
- • Datum Reference Frames (DRF): Defining unambiguous primary, secondary, and tertiary functional datum planes based on assembly mating order.
- • Feature Control Frames: Applying True Position with Maximum Material Condition (MMC) / Least Material Condition (LMC) to guarantee assembly interchangeability.
- • Form & Orientation Control: Flatness, cylindricity, perpendicularity, parallelism, and total runout on valve stem guides and gasket sealing faces.
- • Tolerance Stack-Up: Conducting linear worst-case and Root Sum of Squares (RSS) statistical stack-up analyses across multi-component stacks.
Manufacturing Processes & Shop Floor Integration
Direct hands-on experience bridging nominal CAD models with physical factory floor production
Casting & Forging
Sand casting and investment casting draft angle provisions, parting line placement, wall uniformity to prevent hot spots, and machining stock allowances for cast valve bodies.
Sheet Metal & Stamping
Press brake bending allowances, K-factor calculation, sheet springback mitigation, relief notches, progressive die feasibility, and automotive heat shield stamping.
Precision CNC Machining
3-axis & 4-axis VMC milling tool access, CNC lathe turning clearances, surface roughness ($R_a$) specification, and thread tapping for pressure bolting.
Welding & Metrology
MIG/TIG weld symbols, joint preparation (bevels), weld distortion compensation, and 3D optical/laser scan STL mesh comparison against nominal CAD models.