CWRE
SUMMARY RESUME
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Consulting engineer in mechanical design analysis, structural design, structural dynamics, stress analysis including finite element methods, heat transfer, mechanical testing, materials engineering.

Forensic practice in mechanical design engineering and analysis, mechanical and material failure analysis, machine design and testing, structural design stress and load analysis, heat transfer and power transmission equipment. Experience includes expert testimony relating to mechanical performance and function of a wide range of industrial, agricultural and consumer equipment.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Graduate study, seminars and short courses in fluid flow, heat transfer, structural engineering and materials science, pressure vessel engineering and computer techniques.

CONSULTING AND CONTRACT ENGINEERING

    PaR SYSTEMS INC - Dynamic analysis of nuclear and robotic equipment
    REMMELE ENGINEERING INC - Deformation analysis of aircraft tooling
    XERKON INC - Composite mold thermal analysis; pressure vessel design
    DELTAK INC -Piping component analysis
    GRACO -Mechanical stress and impact assessment
    COLORSPAN INC -Printer component mechanical and dynamic analysis
    VADEKO INTERNATIONAL - Static and dynamic design analysis of robotic equipment
    CROWN IRON WORKS CO - Structural analysis of commodity processing equipment
    DONALDSON CORPORATION - Structural design of dust collection equipment
    FMC - Shock analysis of naval ordnance components
    PROFORM INC - Design and stress analysis of FRP panel structures and tanks
    CRANE ENGINEERING & FORENSIC SERVICES - Expert testimony and mechanical failure analysis
    HONEYWELL - Dynamic analysis of avionics equipment
    CONTHERM INCORPORATED - ASME Code design of scraped surface heat exchangers
    AMI INDUSTRIES - Crash load analysis of Space Shuttle crew seating
    ZERO-MAX DIVISION (Barry-Wright)- Design analysis of power transmission devices
    CONAGRA - piping system piping analysis
    LEWIS ELECTRONICS DIV - Dynamic analysis of avionic instrumentation
    BFG/ROSEMOUNT INC - Dynamic and thermal analysis of electronic instrumentation
DIRECT EMPLOYMENT

CIMCORP/PAR SYSTEMS
Structural dynamics; design analysis and project engineering for nuclear fuel handling equipment, storage racks and lifting devices; design analysis of industrial and military robotic equipment

UNITED COMPUTING SYSTEMS
Support of UCS engineering client firms in computer system and software application; sales support and customer presentations, and preparation of seminars and instructional materials. This position required technical breadth, good communications skills and knowledge of marketing.

FLUIDYNE ENGINEERING
Structural design, stress analysis and materials engineering for aerodynamic test equipment, including a wind tunnels for the Republic of Korea, the NASA National Transonic Facility and others; structural design of high pressure high temperature heaters; safety evaluation of pressure systems.

UNDERSEAS ENGINEERING
Structural design, analysis and testing; materials engineering; process and test specification preparation; ASME Code design; design analysis and test of PC-3A2, PLC-4, PLC-4B, PC-5, PC-8, PC-9 and PC-16 submarines, tethered diving chambers; Hydro-Lab and Tektite habitats; Coast Guard funded research into pressure testing methodology; structural design of large acrylic viewports; development of testing techniques for assessing structural safety.

PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
Experimental and theoretical fluid flow studies relating to rocket engine performance; model studies of a fluidic thrust vector control valve.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
Experimental studies supporting design of fluidic digital circuitry and components; component performance and characterization.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
    'A New Approach to Submarine Hull Testing,' Fifth Annual Conference of the Marine Technology Society.
    'Capsulating Energy Systems for Small Submersibles,' (with A.G. Anderson and Jon P. Newman), Second Offshore Technology Conference.
    'Development of a Large Spherical Viewport for the PC-8B Submarine,' 1971 ASME Winter Annual Meeting.
    'Volumetric Strain Measurements in Pressure Vessel Testing,' 1972 ASME Winter Annual Meeting.
    'Design and Analysis of Dished Covers Under External Pressure,' 1973 ASME Winter Annual Meeting.
    'Computers and Engineering Productivity,' Design News Magazine, Vol 37 No 21, November 2, 1981.
    'Design of Spent Fuel Storage Racks - An ANSYS Application Case Study,' 1985 ANSYS User's Conference.
    'Finite Element Analysis and the Mac: Beyond Number Crunching, ' Macintosh Scientific and Technical Users Association, SEAM95.
    'So you're going to buy finite element software,' Pro E The Magazine, September/October 1997.
    Patent 3283767, 'Jet Fluid Amplifier' assigned to the IBM Corporation

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