Solution Architect · Model-Based Development

Architecting intelligent physical systems.

Solution Architect at ZF Group · Vehicle Motion & Chassis · MBD · Virtual Sensors

I translate complex physical-system problems into clear architectures, physics-based models, virtual sensing methods, and simulation-led development workflows.

My work connects five engineering layers: the physical system, sensing, control, digital representation, and system architecture.

Physical Systems & Multiphysics refined vehicle-motion chassisVehicle chassis and suspension, hydrogen and fuel-cell subsystems, compressors, thermal-fluid systems, refrigeration, and physics-based plant modeling. The schematic preserves the shared five-layer engineering framework.Reduced-motion schematic

01Physical Systems & Multiphysics. Vehicle chassis and suspension, hydrogen and fuel-cell subsystems, compressors, thermal-fluid systems, refrigeration, and physics-based plant modeling.

Examples: Vehicle chassis · Active suspension · Fuel-cell subsystems · Thermal-fluid systems

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Experience & Evidence / 01

Engineering experience grounded in modeling, systems thinking, and technical delivery.

A cross-domain path from computational physics and industrial thermal systems to electrification, virtual sensing, functional safety, and vehicle motion.

10+ yearsModeling, systems engineering, and technical leadership
3+Patent filings in virtual sensors, EV dynamics, and controls
20Publications
383+Citations
9h-index

Research metrics as of July 2026

Solution Architect at ZF GroupPh.D. Mechanical EngineeringISO 26262 Level 1 — TÜV SÜDZF Pinnacle AwardZF Excellence AwardDFSS Green Belt

Capabilities / 02

Core engineering capabilities

A practical combination of physical-system modeling, sensing, controls, Model-Based Development, systems architecture, and functional safety. AI/ML appears here as an engineering method—grounded in physics, data, validation, and deployable workflows.

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Sensing & State Estimation

  • Virtual sensors
  • State observers
  • Signal reconstruction
  • Physics-informed estimation

Physical and virtual sensors, observers, signal reconstruction, state estimation, and physics-informed sensing methods.

Selected Work / 03

Selected engineering work

Public-safe case studies focused on the problem, system boundary, technical contribution, and methods—without exposing confidential program information.

Vehicle motion · Digital twin

Simulation-Led Vehicle Motion Development

Architecture and integration of vehicle-level, multi-domain models supporting chassis-system exploration, active-suspension concepts, controller evaluation, virtual testing and test correlation.

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Virtual sensing · Hydrogen systems

Fuel-Cell Virtual Sensor Platform

Development of physics-informed and data-assisted estimators for hydrogen mixture properties, density, mass flow and recirculation states in fuel-cell subsystems.

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Systems engineering · Functional safety

Fuel-Cell & Electrified Mechatronic Systems

Systems architecture and functional-safety development for fuel-cell air-path, hydrogen-recirculation and electrified compressor applications.

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Research, Innovation & IP / 04

Research depth carried into applied engineering

A foundation in computational physics and high-fidelity modeling, extended into protected innovation, virtual sensing, vehicle systems, and deployable engineering methods.

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  1. 013+ patent filings across virtual sensors, EV dynamics, and controls
  2. 02Funded fuel-cell virtual-sensor platform and engineering team formation
  3. 0320 publications, 383+ citations, and h-index 9
  4. 04ZF Pinnacle Award and ZF Excellence Award

Career Journey / 05

From shock waves to vehicle motion

A progression from computational physics to architecture for intelligent physical systems.

Foundation

UNC Charlotte

Computational physics, CFD, turbulence, HPC, and validation

Industrial systems

ATS Life Sciences / SP Scientific

Refrigeration, vacuum flow, freeze-drying, and industrial thermal systems

Teaching

SUNY New Paltz

Heat Transfer, Computer Simulation, MATLAB/CFD teaching

Electrification

Eaton

Electrified systems, MBSE, compressor/motor modeling, and ISO 26262

Virtual sensing

ZF — Senior Technical Lead

Fuel-cell systems, virtual sensing, patent filings, and funded innovation

Architecture

ZF — Solution Architect

Vehicle motion, chassis architecture, and simulation-led engineering

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Engineering Lab

Tools, simulations, and educational products

Engineering Lab / 06

Small tools for understanding complex systems.

Four concept-stage explorations connect foundational engineering ideas with interactive learning.

Vehicle LabConcept

Active suspension system explorer

An educational browser model for examining body motion, suspension response, and controller intent.

Virtual Sensor LabConcept

Coordinate-frame and observer workbench

A visual engineering tool for transformations, signal reconstruction, and state-estimation fundamentals.

Hydrogen & Thermal Systems LabConcept

Compressor-map learning tool

A public educational surface for map interpretation, operating boundaries, and system-level trade-offs.

AI Engineering LabConcept

Model documentation assistant

An experiment in structured model summaries, traceable assumptions, and AI-assisted engineering documentation.