Brian Jones
Research Engineer
Education
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, 2011
Minor, Mathematics, Villanova University, May 2011
M.S. Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, expected 2014
Experience
Mr. Jones joined MR&D in May of 2010 as an intern and accepted a full-time position as a Research Engineer after graduating in May of 2011. Since joining MR&D, he has been involved in several government-sponsored (NASA, MDA, Navy, Air Force) projects involving the design of 3D woven preforms to test and analyze transient and structural models to determine heat transfers, induced stresses, and necessary material properties. Mr. Jones was heavily involved with a naval project where he worked to design and test a model used to analyze the thermal stresses induced in a rail gun projectile.
Brian is currently engaged in a design optimization effort to assess the structural performance and manufacturing benefits of ceramic matrix composite control surfaces of sandwich structure designs, separately fabricated and mechanically attached designs, and integrated manufacturing designs. This is a hot structure design effort being performed for NASA.