Research Assistant (2006 – 2009) University of Siegen – Provided technical guidance and support for CFD students involved in a variety of academic / research / industrial projects at the Institute of Fluids & Thermodynamics.  Estimated and optimized pressure losses for electronic equipment ventilation systems, validated and improved Micro-scale meteorological models (EU research project), and designed and implemented advance turbulence models in CFD commercial software using Fluent 6.3.

Project Engineer (2000 – 2005) Simon Bolivar University – Prioritized project tasks to meet milestones and project deadlines for a number of industrial applications/projects.  Created a petroleum well-core reservoir simulator utilizing finite volume techniques for bi-dimensional porous media flows, executed CFD multi-phase fluid flow simulations, and designed a control system for a cyclone / heliocoidal oil – gas separator. Collaborated on technical presentations and reports.

(2003 – 2004) PDVSA-Intevep – Developed a multiphase fluid flow simulator for Eulerian-Eulerian axisymetric flow conditions using the Control-Volume-based Finite Element Method (CVFEM) in Fortran 90 and applied to cyclone separator simulation.