Bio
Aaron has worked for Department of Energy Large Capital Projects for a majority of his career along with Department of Defense Contractors.
Aaron has always been passionate about merging engineering and manufacturing to better help in up front engineering activities. Many of his background jobs have expanded across various fields of expertise to include:
- Pipe Stress Design Engineer
- Vessel Design
- Finite Element Analysis
- ASME B31.3 and ASME BPVC
- Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerance for Machinability
- High Complexity Process Equipment Acquisition
- Research and Design for Weapon's Manufacturing Equipment
- MIL Spec NAVSEA Certified Equipment for DoD
- Technical Procurement Officer
He is excited to bring his breadth of knowledge to Oak Ridge National Laboratory while also very excited for the opportunities to learn about the mission space of the mission to bring critical isotope production back to the United States.
Professional Experience
Aaron came to ORNL to be the Group Leader for the Testbed Design Engineering team in 2022. Their primary focus is to Design Mechanical Systems needed to facilitate enrichment technologies for isotope separation. He is currently leading the Applications Engineering team with a primary focus on fabrication, installation, building, and testing for commissioning the systems designed by the Testbed Design team.
His career began in 2010 where he worked at the Waste Treatment Plant (i.e. Hanford Site) and then moved to Tennessee to work in the Specialty Mechanical Group for the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF). He participated in significant Preliminary and Final Design efforts with an emphasis on Glovebox Design. He helped lead an Acquisition Team at UPF to establish BOA contracts to execute Multi-Million Dollar Glovebox Fixed Firm Price Task Orders. Over $300M was awarded to NQA-1 Fabricators throughout the United States. He later worked with the Y-12 R&D team to design, install, and test critical equipment needed for the weapons mission. Additionally, Aaron acted as the VP of Engineering for a critical bearing manufacturer needed for many surface ships and submarines in the US Navy and other ally government surface ship platforms.
Aaron was then given the opportunity to join the Enrichment Science and Engineering Division and is excited to continue to learn and utilize he broad experiences to help the DOE mission for isotope separation technology and continuous research and development.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
University of Idaho
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
University of Idaho
Professional Service
Professional Engineer (PE)
Licensed in WA
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Glovebox Society (AGS)