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Background & Experience

After successfully defending his masters' thesis in May 2007, Nick joined the growing team of mechanical engineering consultants at Pioneer. Nick pulls from his industrial research and practical experience to make him a very knowledgeable hands-on engineer.

Nicks mechanical engineering thesis included developing and applying techniques for load/force identfication on Rolls-Royce gas turbine engine wire harnesses. The methods developed helped in identifying damaged wiring harnesses and connectors with minimal sensing. He was invited to present his work at an international Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring in Granada, Spain. While in Purdue completing his masters' degree, Nick used the experience gained from the Rolls-Royce project to evaluate impact mitigation and damage of composite missile casing in a project for RDECOM and Lockheed Martin. He later presented his publication at the SPIE Smart Structures & Materials Symposium in San Diego, CA.

He earned his bachelors degree from Colorado State University where he graduated at the top of his class and was honored as the outstanding mechanical engineering student his sophmore, junior and senior years.

Nicks experience at a coal mine on Colorado's western slope along with his vast knowledge of vibration signal processing compliment his specialties within Pioneer Engineering of vibration analysis and modal analysis.

Education

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2007

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, 2005