jonathan kyle

senior application engineer - digital twin

About

My past projects include electrical/mechanical design and fabrication at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester, intraocular lens manufacturing and metrology at Bausch & Lomb, tribological powder lubrication research at Carnegie Mellon University, satellite propulsion at the Space Propulsion Lab at MIT, meshless computational techniques for solid and fluid mechanics at Columbia University, fluid control components and subsystems design for aerospace vehicles at Marotta Controls, Inc and Blue Origin, and circuit card assembly analysis and chassis designs at Northrop Grumman. I am currently a Senior Application Engineer at ANSYS, Inc. focusing on developing and deploying digital twins. Specialties: Computational Fluid Dynamics, FORTRAN programming in parallel (OpenMP), FEM analysis utilizing commercial packages ABAQUS, Pro/E Mechanica, ANSYS, NX, Optical measurements, data acquisition, funding/purchasing/negotiation, mathematical modeling, meshless numerical modeling, design engineering, test plan and procedures documentation.

Country

united states

City

chicago

Industry

defense & space

Skill

matlab, finite element analysis, mechanical engineering, numerical analysis, simulations, fortran, mathematical modeling, fluid mechanics, cfd, heat transfer, data analysis, engineering, physics, research, mathematica, materials science, pro engineer, experimentation, thermodynamics, data acquisition, programming, abaqus, mechanical testing, negotiation, funding, purchasing, afm, labview, solidworks, microfabrication, scanning electron microscopy, nanotechnology, microfluidics, mems, tribology, spectroscopy, characterization, thin films, fluid dynamics, microscopy, robotics, sensors, signal processing, biomechanics, simulink, minitab, latex, modeling, ansys, comsol

Experience

senior application engineer - digital twin

ansys, inc.

2019-8 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

principal mechanical engineer

northrop grumman corporation

2018-3 - Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

I was a Principal Mechanical Engineer within the Mechanical Optical Team. My duties involved design engineering (structures, heat exchangers, mounting fixtures, etc), drawing production, structural/thermal analysis for electronic packaging, and optical system mounting fixtures.

engineer

marotta controls, inc.

2014-10 - 2016-3 · 1 yr 6 mos

visiting professor

princeton university

2014-7 - 2014-7 · 1 mo

Housed on the campus of Princeton University, the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute is an intensive academic and leadership program for high-achieving middle and high school students from underrepresented backgrounds. I taught an introductory course on Mechanical Engineering covering topics mostly seen on the college level.

research assistant

carnegie mellon university

2007-1 - 2008-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

While working in the Particle Flow and Tribology Laboratory I assisted in the study of powder lubrication. I helped create a data acquisition system for a pellet-on-disk tribometer that was created for studying the effects of film thickness with a self-replenshing powder lubrication system.

laboratory technician

laboratory of laser energetics at university of rochester

2004-6 - 2004-8 · 3 mos

The Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) of the University of Rochester is a unique national resource for research and education in science and technology. The LLE conducts implosion experiments in support of the National Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program. At the time, the LLE contained the most powerful and highest energy laser in the world. With 60 ultraviolet beams delivering 30 KJ, it had 60 TW of power. I was a laboratory technician there for the summer during my Junior year in High School. I designed and prototyped a two-state motor controller that could flip a lens assembly into and out of the path of the laser beam.

aerospace engineer

blue origin

2016-4 - 2018-2 · 1 yr 11 mos

research assistant

massachusetts institute of technology (mit)

2008-1 - 2008-1 · 1 mo

While working in the Space Propulsion Lab, I researched the feasibility of ion drag pump propulsion within space vehicle cabins. Specifically, I was working on retrofitting SPHERES, micro satellites that can maneuver around space cabins, with an electrical propulsion system. The original design was to use compressed gas for propulsion, but an ion drag pump would be more ideal with it being lighter, requiring less maintenance, and increase its reliability. Ion drag pumps only require electricity; providing thrust via the high velocity air molecules leaving the exhaust.

phd candidate

columbia university in the city of new york

2009-1 - 2014-8 · 5 yrs 8 mos

While pursuing my Ph.D. at Columbia University, I investigated the feasibility of meshless (or meshfree) methods as a replacement for the more commonly available meshed methods such as Finite Elements (FEM) or Finite Difference techniques in solving computational fluid and solid mechanics.