Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the areas of renewable energy system specification, design, and construction in both commercial and utility-scale projects. Experience includes Solar PV plants, Battery Energy Storage Systems, generators and utility interconnection design.
Education
University of Houston, Master of Architecture – 2006-2009
Rice University, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering – 1980-1984
Licenses & Certifications
| NCEES Record #42676, Model Law Engineer | Professional Engineer, State of New Mexico, #21624 |
| Professional Engineer, State of Texas, # 100518 | Professional Engineer, State of Ohio #75168 |
| Professional Engineer, State of Alabama, #34608-E | Professional Engineer, State of Oklahoma, #27166 |
| Professional Engineer, State of California #M41304 | Professional Engineer, State of Oregon #85434 |
| Professional Engineer, State of Colorado, #46945 | Professional Engineer, State of South Carolina, #33286 |
| Professional Engineer, State of Connecticut, #PEN.0031601 | Professional Engineer, State of Utah, #8978981-2202 |
| Professional Engineer, State of Florida, #76576 | Professional Engineer, State of Washington #22024453 |
| Professional Engineer, State of Hawaii #PE-20235 | Professional Engineer, State of West Virginia, #24066 |
| Professional Engineer, State of Illinois, 062.072055 | Professional Engineer, State of Wyoming # PE 19222 |
| Professional Engineer, State of Kansas, #23947 | Professional Engineer, State of Missouri, #PE-2020011755 |
| Professional Engineer, State of Mississippi #20224 | NABCEP PV Installation Professional #PV-101913-002397 |
| LEED GA certification, ID#10247994 |
Patents and Publications
U.S. Patent 5,067,085: Optical Robotic Canopy Polishing System
U.S. Patent 5,118,194: Optical Inspection of Lacquer and Carbon Deposits
” Automated repair of aircraft transparencies”, Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 2000, Chapter 6, pp. 142-229. DJ Wenzel, JA Luckemeyer, DS McFalls.
” Fire Control for Foundry Furnaces”, Circuit Cellar Ink The Computer Applications Journal, Issue #39, October, 1993, pp 14 – 24, D McFalls.
” An Optimal Material Removal Strategy for Automated Repair of Aircraft Canopies”, Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May, 1989, pp 370 – 376, D Wenzel, and D McFalls.
” Sensory Requirements Analysis and Current Research for an EVA Robotic Assistant”, Robotics in Aerospace Manufacturing Proceedings, 1989, Technical Paper MS89-137, D McFalls, and E Franke.
” A Robotic Assistant for Space Station Freedom”, Robotics Today, Vol 2, Number 2, Second Quarter, 1989, pp 1 – 6, D McFalls, and E Franke.
” Location and Identification of Rivets by Machine Vision”, Proceedings of the Vision 85 Conference, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1985, Chapter 2 pp 1 – 15. E Franke, D Michalsky, and D McFalls.