Daniel C. Lyons
1701 Taxville Rd. Apt. 10E
York, Pa 17408
(717)792-2135
Professional Objective:
To obtain a part time position working in an engineering, educational or technical field outside of my full time engineering job working weekends anytime or weekdays between 6pm and 9pm.
Work Experience:
· Voith Hydro Inc. (June 2008-Present): Hydraulic engineer using CFD to analyze hydro-turbine applications responsible for geometry creation in UG, mesh generation in ICEM and pre and post processing in CFX.
· Responsibilities: Work as part of CFD team providing support to hydraulic engineering department and working with hydraulic turbine applications
Education:
Graduate
· Penn State University (August 2005-August 2007): Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. GPA-3.44
Undergraduate
· New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) (September 2002- May 2005): Bachelors of Science, Magna Cum Laude in Mechanical Engineering. Accepted into the Albert Dorman Honors College. GPA-3.785
· Bergen Community College (January 1999-June 2002): Associates Degree in Applied Science. GPA-3.75
Course Work and Other Accomplishments
· Graduate Course Work: graduate level classes in Incompressible Flow (1 & 2), Atmospheric Turbulence, Multi-Phase Flow, and Numerical Methods for Heat Transfer; undergraduate level classes in Math Modeling, Finite Element Analysis, Compressible Flow, and Introduction to Turbulence.
· Undergraduate Course Work: Fluids, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Strength of Materials, Stress Analysis, System Dynamics at NJIT; core science courses in Calculus, Chemistry, Ordinary Differential Equations and Physics at Bergen Community College.
· Mentoring: “Pass the Torch Mentor” of 6 incoming freshmen for the Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 semesters in the Albert Dorman Honors College at NJIT.
· FE Exam: Passed the FE/EIT exam as an undergraduate.
Experience:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University
· Graduate Research Assistant (August 2005 – June 2008): CFD of turbulent flows.
¾ Compared CFD models for flow over a bump embedded in a turbulent boundary layer.
¾ Responsible for problem setup, discretization, grid generation, flow solution, and post processing.
¾ Applied RANS, URANS, DES, ZDES and DDES CFD methods implemented in the AcuSolve flow solver of ACUSIM Corporation.
¾ Masters thesis and draft journal articles are available upon request
¾ Funded by ARL/PSU Exploratory and Foundational Program.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
· Undergraduate Research Assistant (January 2005 – August 2005): Experimental modeling for Pharmaceutical applications.
¾ Investigation of synthetic jet impingement and air jet optimization.
¾ Responsible for monitoring of experiments, data collection, and data post processing into Excel spreadsheets.
¾ Funded by Dr. Nadine Aubry, NJIT.
· Senior Design Project: Design of a manual garbage compactor using the design tools PROENGINEER and analytical calculations.
Applied Science Curriculum, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
· Undergraduate course work (January 1999 – August 2002): Preparation for career in engineering.
Software and Operating Systems:
· AcuSolve: A commercial CFD flow solver used for flow simulations (Extensive experience).
· Gridgen, ICEM: Grid generation software.
· Fieldview, ANSYS CFX and Tecplot: CFD visualization tools.
· FORTRAN90 and C++: Programming languages used for post-processing code development.
· PROENGINEER, UNIGRAPHICS and IDEAS: CAD systems used for 3D solid model creation and FEA simulation.
· Operating Systems: Windows and UNIX.
Publications:
· Lyons, D.C., Peltier, L.J., Zajaczkowski, F.J., and Paterson, E.G., 2007: Assessment of DES Models for Separated Flow from a Bump in a Turbulent Boundary Layer. FEDSM2007-37293, 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, July 20-August 2, 2007, San Diego, California, USA.
· Lyons, D.C., Peltier, L.J., Zajaczkowski, F.J., and Paterson, E.G., 2007: Assessment of DES Models for Separated Flow from a Bump in a Turbulent Boundary Layer. J. Fluids Eng., accepted for publication with revision.
· Peltier, L.J., Zajaczkowski, F.J., Corson, D., and Lyons, D.C., 2008: Improvement of Detached-Eddy Simulation for Prediction of Internal Flows. In preparation.
Oral Presentations:
· Masters Thesis Defense: Assessment of DES Models for Separated Flow from a Bump in a Turbulent Boundary Layer, Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel, ARL/PSU, June 22, 2007.
· ASME Conference: Assessment of DES Models for Separated Flow from a Bump in a Turbulent Boundary Layer, 5th Joint ASME/JSME Conference, San Diego, CA, August 1, 2007.
Honorary Societies and Awards for Service and Leadership:
· Member of National Honors Society in High School.
· Graduated as member of Phi Theta Kappa/Bergen Community College.
· Graduated as a student of the Albert Dorman Honors College/NJIT.
· Student in Engineering Honors Society, Tau Beta Pi.
References:
References are available upon request.