Austin State University. He is an adjunct professor at the Center of Astrophysics, Space, and Engineering housed at the Baylor Research Innovative Collaborative. He has served as a faculty member at Clarkson University and was a post-doctoral researcher at Baylor University and the University of Arizona. In the past decade he has mentored over 24 undergraduate students in undergraduate interdisciplinary research activities in robotic, civil, and mechanical engineering, computational science, statistics, and applied mathematics. He has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications; 8 of which were with students. He earned his doctoral degree in applied mathematics with a minor in aerospace and mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of New Hampshire.