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

01 — Physical 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.

One live engineering product and three concept-stage explorations connect foundational ideas with interactive learning.

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.