2001–Present   Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

• Vortex ring entrainment at low Reynolds numbers
• Vortex lattice analysis techniques and applications
• "Historical" applied aerodynamics of the Wright Brothers wind tunnel test program
• Propeller/rotor analysis and testing
• Unsteady effects of ship airwakes (DD-963)
• Multiple-winglet configurations, analysis and testing
• Autorotational aerodynamic decelerator performance analysis and design
• Surface finish effects on wing aerodynamics
• Arrayed leading edge micro-spoilers for aircraft control
• Airfoil design, analysis, and testing
• Experimental facility design and instrumentation (wind tunnels, rotor lab)
• Non-traditional experimental and applied aerodynamics (non-Newtonian fluids, humpback whale flippers)

2001   Postdoctoral Research Professor, Fluids Laboratory, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

• Leading edge spoilers for aircraft control

1999–2000   Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

• Experimental aerodynamics of multiple-winglet configurations

1999   Engineering Litigation Consultant, Marks, O'Neill, Reilly, O'Brien, and Courtney, P.C., Philadelphia

1990–1999   Graduate Research Associate, Aero/Astro Research Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

• Development of the Large-Scale Rotor Testbed for modeling non-Newtonian flow through a 9X centrifugal left ventricular assist device
• Viscosity characterization of non-Newtonian blood analog fluids
• Development of the computer-controlled Wake Interactive Survey Probe for wind tunnel testing; delta wing vortex flow and wind turbine airfoil wake tests.

1993–1995   Research Scientist, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio

• Ray-tracing techniques for solid model-based thermal network analysis
• Near-IR spectrum thermal imaging for visualizing boundary layer transition and the propagation of methane combustion plumes
• Bidirectional reflectance distribution function modeling for IR signature simulation and validation of experimental “sensor fusion” techniques

1989–1990   Engineering Intern, Aerodynamics Research Department, The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington

• Computational trade studies of “heavy gases” for wind tunnel testing
• Wind tunnel heat rejection analysis for cooling tower development

1985–1988   Aerospace R&D Intern, Turbomachinery Technology Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, Ohio

• Dynamic wall shear measurements in high-speed axial compressors