1. Wesley Scott Shaw (xxx-xx-3884)
208 Gerber Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Mobile 703.774.5348 | Home 540.373.0404
E-mail: wes.shaw@gmail.com
Career Objective
Transition from NSWC Dahlgren Division to the private sector to advance my technical career in the
field of Materials and Systems Engineering.
Clearance
SECRET – Reinvestigation due 3/1/2022
Education
• M.S. Professional Masters of Energetics, University of Maryland, College Park Maryland, May 2007.
• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
Virginia, December 2001.
• Defense Acquisition University, Certified Level III SPRDE, September 2012.
• Defense Acquisition University, Certified Level III Test and Evaluation, January 2009.
• Dale Carnegie Course, Effective Communication and Human Relations, October 2008.
Employment
• Systems Engineer (ND-0801-04), October 2014 – Gun Weapon Systems Branch, NSWC Dahlgren
Division, Dahlgren, VA.
o Develop structural FE models for airborne gun systems to satisfy airworthiness requirements.
o Manage gun system instrumentation test suite for range live fire events.
o Manage branch materials characterization lab supporting material certification and root cause
analysis.
o Collaborate with design and system integrators to meet program requirements.
• Systems Engineer (ND-0801-04), June 2009 - October 2014, Manned Systems and Platform Branch,
NSWC Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA.
o Co-Develop Government TDP for novel flash bang device, reaching MSC in fall 2014.
o Integrate a non-lethal flash bang payload into an 81mm cartridge, reaching a dynamic
demonstration at range, summer 2014.
o Collaborate with HECOE to quantify non-lethal physiological effects.
o Collaborate with industry partners for hardware Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
o Serve on evaluation boards for industry proposals for pyrotechnic devices and SBIR topics.
o Provide oversight of EMD and DT hardware design, procurement, manufacture, and assembly.
o Develop, operate, and maintain instrumentation suite for evaluation of non-lethal weapon
performance.
o Provide technical and programmatic progress to Joint IPT’s and program sponsors.
o Research and test Advanced Reactive Materials for integration and weaponization.
o Mentor developing new hires, GOAL assignment, and engineering students.
• Materials Engineer (ND-0806-04), October 2002-June 2009, Materials Characterization Branch, NSWC
Indian Head Division, Indian Head, MD.
o Develop and manage multi-year service life prediction programs utilizing accelerated aging
techniques for multiple rocket motor systems.

2. o Conduct nonlinear analysis on mechanical properties data to predict terminal properties.
o Manage day-to-day operations of the Energetics Materials Characterization Lab.
o Maintain facilities for ASTM characterization of many inert composite, metallic, and polymeric
system components.
o Oversee LAT mechanical testing of production propellants and provide acceptance.
o Design and build custom test fixtures for nonstandard test items.
o Maintain NIST traceable calibration on all instrumentation.
o Provide technical support to metallurgical analysis laboratory.
o Serve as Safety Committee Representative for Test Division.
• Materials Engineer, June 2001- October 2002, Alliant TechSystems, Radford Army Ammunition Plant,
Radford, VA.
o Provide mechanical evaluation of energetic materials using electromechanical load frames.
o Update mechanical testing procedures for government acceptance.
o Design and fabricate test fixtures using AutoCad and FEA tools.
o Support mechanical and combustion performance failure analysis.
o Provide engineering support for production manufacturing of artillery propellant.
Interests
• Energetic materials: Raw materials, processing, and analysis of complex energetic composites,
optimization of mechanical and combustion performance, pyrotechnics, FEA simulation for missile
system safety, and Advanced Reactive Materials (ARM).
• Ground up system development from requirements generation through prototype delivery.
• Materials Characterization: Investigation into macro and microscopic intrinsic properties of a diverse
range of materials including conductive metal filled epoxies, carbon-carbon composites, fiber reinforced
structural composites, and solid filled visco-elastic polymers, and additive manufacturing structures.
• Root cause analysis of failed components related to overstress, fatigue, and/or material selection.
Publications/ Proceedings
• T. D. Burchell, R. R. Judkins, M. R. Rogers, and W. S. Shaw, "The Structure
and Properties of Carbon Fiber Based Adsorbent Monoliths," Int. Symposium on
Carbon, Tokyo, Japan, November 6-14, 1998.
• Donatus C. Ohanehi, Jang-Horng Yu, Shuangyan Xu, David A. Dillard, and Wesley Shaw, “Impact
Drop Testing and Finite Element Modeling of Printed Circuit Board Joints,” Proceedings of the 24th
Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society.
• “Ballistic Characteristic and Physical Properties of Gun Propellants,” To be Published in JANNAF
Interagency Propulsion Committee Proceedings. Awarded “Best Paper”.
• Swoosh and Boom Quarterly, NSWC Indian Head, “Meeting the Needs of the Warfighter: Ensuring
Sustainability of Energetic Systems, Fall 2005.
• Dan Sorensen, Wesley Shaw, NATAS07 paper “DMA comparison to large scale stress relaxation”, August 2007.
• Dr. Kerry Clark, Wesley Shaw, “Accelerated Aging Study of PBXN-109 Formulated with Insensitive RDX”.
Awards
• Upper Quartile status for excellence in technical leadership, June 2013.
• Dale Carnegie breakthrough achievement award, December 2008
• Team award for participation in Seal Beach operational restart, January 2007.
• Received On-the-spot award for LEAN initiative, August 2005.
• Command Accident Prevention Team Award, May 2004.

3. Technical Skills
• Software: SolidWorks, Hyperworks, LS-DYNA, Matlab, MS Office & Project, MTS TestWorks,
BlueHill, DEWESoft.
• Hardware: SEM, Optical microscopy, microelectronics fabrication equipment, Instron/MTS load frames,
Phantom HS camera, piezo pressure transducers, Optical collection sensors, National Instruments,
Dewetron, and Synergy DAQ systems