Over twenty four years of aerospace engineering experience with composite materials, refractory metals, and refractory ceramics research supporting the development of advanced design solutions for extreme environment applications. Relevant thermal-structural design and analysis experience with a variety of refractory metals, ceramics, alloys, superalloys, and composite materials including orthogonal weaves, polar weaves, braiding, involutes, filament winding, 2D layups, 4D layups, and needling.