Professional Experience

• Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, California.(2009 - Present)


• Postdoctoral Associate, Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, California. (2007 - 2009)


• Research Engineer, Thaerocomp Technical Corporation (currently TTC Technologies), Long Island, New York (2005 – 2007)


• Research Engineer and Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook and Thaerocomp Technical Corporation, New York (2004 - 2005)

Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (June 2004)
  University of Buffalo, The State University of New York
  Dissertation: Interaction of a Vortex Ring with a Non-Premixed Methane Flame
  GPA: 4.0/4.0


• Advanced Graduate Certificate in Computational Science (2001)
  University of Buffalo, The State University of New York


• M.S. Aerospace Engineering (July 1996)
  The Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania.
  Thesis: Simulation of Compressible Boundary Layers via Dorotnitsin Integral Formulation.
  GPA: 9.83/10.


• B.S. Aerospace Engineering (Propulsion Systems) (July 1995)
  The Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania.
  Diploma Project: A Numerical Study of Incompressible Boundary Layers.
  GPA: 9.82/10. Graduated first in the class (out of 80).