Seeking a full-time engineering position where I can utilize my mechanical and aerospace engineering knowledge, strong problem solving skills, and effective teamwork abilities.

8/07 – Present   West Virginia University                 Morgantown, WV

·       M.S. Aerospace Engineering

·       GPA 4.0 / 4.0

·       Expected graduation 07/09 (Thesis approved)

·       Paper “In-Flight Actuator Failure Detection and Identification for a Reduced Size UAV Using the Artificial Immune System Approach” to be published in Proceedings of the 2009 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference in Chicago, IL

2/00 – 3/05                                Instituto Universitario Aeronáutico                 Cordoba, Argentina

·       B.S. Ingeniero Mecánico Aeronáutico (Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering)

·       GPA 3.53 / 4.0 (Ranked 3^rd in the class)

5/08 – Present   Research Assistant, West Virginia University               Morgantown, WV

·       Researching and developing automated fault detection software using Artificial Intelligence methods

·       Designing and monitoring flight tests on a 6 DOF simulator with the purpose of evaluating human/software response to sensor and actuator failures

·       Providing field support for minor repairs and general setup of unmanned aerial vehicle flight testing

8/07 – 5/08                                Teaching Assistant, West Virginia University                Morgantown, WV

·       Instructing and evaluating 98 students for Advanced Mechatronics course laboratory

·       Holding office hours and grading for Incompressible Aerodynamics and Introduction to Flight Simulation courses

9/05 – 7/07                                Researcher, Instituto Universitario Aeronáutico                 Cordoba, Argentina

·       Planning, executing, and analyzing aerodynamic tests at the Applied Research Center in the Experimental Aerodynamics Division

·       Writing wind tunnel testing process manuals for hardware/software operation and management as part of the University’s ISO 9001 certification

3/05 – 8/05                                Intern, Lockheed Martin Corporation                 Cordoba, Argentina

·       Project managing overhaul interventions for the complete Mentor B-45 maintenance line

·       Enforcing quality standards on documentation produced during overhaul interventions

8/03 – 3/04                                Research Assistant, Instituto Universitario Aeronáutico              Cordoba, Argentina

·       Developing measurement processing software for an open circuit wind tunnel

·       Performing wind tunnel tests and calibrating data for measurement processing software

Programming: MATLAB, Simulink, Fortran

Software: CATIA (Parts & Assembly Design), Maple, Microsoft Office

Interests: Dynamics and control of aerial/aerospace vehicles, theoretical/experimental aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, propulsion systems

Personal: Excellent problem solving skills, productive team player, effective communication skills, works well in process-driven environments