Roxanna Moores
Ellicott City,Maryland
Summary
Highly Motivated and detail-oriented engineer with 20 years of experience with skills in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, catalysis, and electrochemical/battery design.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Aerospace Engineer (Electric/Avionic)
Federal Aviation Administration, FAA
02.2024 - Current
- Review Hybrid Electric Aircraft Concepts for Certification
- Review/Edit Advisory Circulars for Applicant Compliance Guidance
- Team Member of International EV Aircraft Regulation Standardization Group.
- Received Significant Electric Aircraft Certification Training
Graduate Student Researcher, (Li-O2 Battery)
Wachsman Battery Research Lab
01.2023 - Current
- Fabricated Solid State Electrolytes via Mixing, Milling and Tapecasting
- Building Batteries via Glovebox
- Battery Testing with EIS
General Engineer, (New Technologies)
Federal Aviation Administration, FAA
05.2016 - 02.2024
- Project Manager and Subject Matter Expert for the Continuous Lower Energy Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) New Technologies simulation development projects overseeing efforts of major Aerospace OEMS such as GE Aviation, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney.
- Prepared pre-modeling Matlab thermal calculations in cooperation with subcontractor for OEM.
- Conducted subsonic and supersonic jet engine thermal and performance calculations.
Senior Engineer, Exhaust Aftertreatment
Volvo Group Trucks
08.2005 - 04.2016
- Established the company’s first physics based computational capability to model catalytic NOx reduction in heavy-duty diesel engine mufflers.
- Modeled and characterized the detailed thermal heat transfer, NH3 storage and physiochemical kinetics to predict and control reacting flow behavior. This approach supplanted existing empirical models & significantly expanded company’s knowledge of implemented catalytic converter products.
- Analyzed and diagnosed engine and muffler catalyst experimental & scientific data to ascertain underlying physics of operation.
- Conducted focused laboratory aging tests to determine and identify system level degradation over lifespan of product.
- Designed new experiments and test procedures to gather necessary synthetic gas rig data for catalyst thermal and chemical model calibration & validation.
- Directed heavy-duty diesel engine test-cell activities.
- Project Manager of Emission Reduction System Development for the Texas Environmental Research Consortium Program
- Co-authored two successful grant proposals. Managed $1.9M development budget.
- Led custom hardware system development for after-market emissions treatment. o Coordinated subcontractors, hardware acquisition and schedule.
- Conducted IR thermography-based performance mapping on catalytic mufflers and diesel particulate filters.
- Co-developed a hybrid-electric test cell engine duty cycle for test cell testing.
Development Engineer
Aerojet Rocketdyne
01.2004 - 03.2005
- Lead Engineer on successful bid for Joint Strike Fighter design contract
- Performed CFD analysis on various fire suppression configurations.
- Conducted field tests on novel aircraft fire suppression gas generators at the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake Center
- Coordinated hardware engineering, acquisition, and scheduling.
- Conducted vacuum reliability tests to determine leakage behavior of product.
Graduate Research Assistant
Reacting Flow Laboratory
01.2001 - 08.2003
- Conducted laboratory experiments on flame extinction and employed Laser Doppler Velocimetry to assess flame strain characteristics.
- Developed computational model for physiochemical and thermal sensitivity calculations of a combustion mechanism in a perfectly stirred reactor.
Engineering Intern
Naval Research Lab
07.2000 - 12.2000
- Set up optical equipment, software and hardware for combustion tests.
- Collected spectroscopic and calibration data.
Wind Tunnel Operator
Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Installed vehicle models and test instrumentation for various companies such as Ford Motor Company, Raytheon, Young America and America True (Yachting)
- Prepared the test section and conducted aerodynamic performance tests
Education
M.S. - Chemical Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD12-2025
Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA01.2014
M.S. - Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD01.2003
B.S. - Aerospace Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD01.2001
Skills
Matlab, Simulink, ANSYS-Fluent, Chemkin, Labview, IR Thermography, COMSOL and COMSOL Battery Design Module, basic machining, Flight school
Publications
- Wachsman, Eric D., Alexander, G., Moores, R., Sisco, G., Tang, C. and Michael Danner. “Toward Solid-State Li metal-Air Batteries; An SOFC Perspective of Solid 3D Architectures, Heterogeneous Interfaces, and Oxygen Exchange Kinetics.” Royal Society of Chemistry, 8/11/2023.
- Moores, R., Cernansky, N., Birky, G., Suder, T., Modeling and Performance Analysis of a Field-Aged Fe-Zeolite Catalyst on a Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Application., SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars - Mech. Syst., 9, 2, 952-959, 2016
- Bhattacharjee, Subhasish, Haworth, Daniel C., Roxanna Moores, CFD Modeling of Processes Upstream of the Catalyst for Urea SCR NOx Reduction Systems in Heavy-Duty Diesel Applications., 2011-01-1322, SAE International, Detroit, MI, 04/2011
- Rohrbach, R., Bause, D., Weston, G., Unger, P., Hess, H., Moores, R., Diesel Fuel Desulfurization Filter., 2007-01-1428, SAE International, Detroit, MI, 04/2007
- Jackson, G., Sai, R., Plaia, J., Boggs, C., Kiger, K., Influence of H2 on the Response of Lean Premixed CH4 Flames to Highly Strained Flows, Combustion and Flame, 132, 2003, 503-511
- Sai, R., Plaia, J., Jackson, G., Kiger, K., Further Studies on Lean Stability of Premixed CH4/H2 Flames., The 2001 Technical Meeting of The Eastern States of the Combustion Institute, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 12/02/2001
References
Available upon request
Personal Information
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
Languages
German
Elementary
Timeline
Aerospace Engineer (Electric/Avionic)
Federal Aviation Administration, FAA
02.2024 - Current
Graduate Student Researcher, (Li-O2 Battery)
Wachsman Battery Research Lab
01.2023 - Current
General Engineer, (New Technologies)
Federal Aviation Administration, FAA
05.2016 - 02.2024
Senior Engineer, Exhaust Aftertreatment
Volvo Group Trucks
08.2005 - 04.2016
Development Engineer
Aerojet Rocketdyne
01.2004 - 03.2005
Graduate Research Assistant
Reacting Flow Laboratory
01.2001 - 08.2003
Engineering Intern
Naval Research Lab
07.2000 - 12.2000
Wind Tunnel Operator
Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel
01.1999 - 01.2000
Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering
Drexel University
M.S. - Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland
B.S. - Aerospace Engineering
University of Maryland
M.S. - Chemical Engineering
University of Maryland
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