Donald M. Baskin, Ph.D.

Email: acdhmh@r.postjobfree.com

Telephone: 248-***-****

Summary:

Adaptable, entrepreneurial, innovative, curious, analytical, divergent thinker with

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broad knowledge of science, engineering, and manufacturing

5+ years experience managing scientists and engineers

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11+ years experience in the international automotive industry working in many

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functional areas such as R&D, Engineering, and manufacturing

Fluent in German

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Educational:

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston,

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IL, 1994-1999

Graduate school minor in Business Management, Kellogg School of

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Management, Evanston, IL

B.S. Mechanical Engineering with emphasis in Materials Science and

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Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 1989-1994

Experience:

Senior Associate, Exponent Inc., Natick, MA, Oct 2012-Mar 2014

Consultant in Vehicle Engineering Practice

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Structural Optimization

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Materials Characterization

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Expert witness supporting product litigation

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Business development

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Manager, Xtalic Corporation, Marlborough, MA, Jan 2009-Oct 2012

Xtalic is an MIT spin-off, start-up, commercializing nano-crystalline metals

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Worked with new customers to qualify coatings for their applications

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Developed new nano-crystalline coating materials to better suit customer needs

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Engineered coatings for proper electrochemistry and corrosion resistance

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Ideated, designed, engineered, prototyped and tested custom, bespoke

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laboratory and pilot electro-mechanical equipment

Managed 4 engineers and scientists

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Responsible for Co-Op program including recruiting, hiring, managing, and

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mentoring students

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Lead Project Engineer, Chrysler LLC, Advanced Vehicle Engineering, Auburn Hills, MI,

Sep 2006-Nov 2008

Developed process for designing efficient lightweight body-in-white structures

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meeting requirements for stiffness, durability and safety impact performance

Lightweighting using topology, topography, topometry and shape optimization to

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maximize stiffness and minimize weight

Led group of up to 9 engineers and CAD designers

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Product Release Engineer, DaimlerChrysler Corp., FWD Platform Eng., Auburn Hills,

MI, Mar 2005-Sep 2006

Designed, tested, developed, and launched into series production body

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structural components

Launched the Chrysler Sebring Sedan and Dodge Avenger Sedan into

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production

Product Release Engineer, DaimlerChrysler Corp., RWD Platform Eng., Auburn Hills,

MI, Jun 2003-Mar 2005

Designed, tested, developed, and launched into series production body

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structural components, seals and glazing

Launched the Dodge Charger, Dodge Charger Police Car, Dodge Magnum

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Police Car and European Chrysler 300C into production

Project Engineer, Mercedes-Benz (DaimlerChrysler AG), Rotation Program, Germany,

Apr 2001-May 2003

Rotated into three departments, Research and Development, Pre-Development,

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and E-Class Final Assembly

Primarily worked on developing new composite materials, applying them to

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body and chassis structural applications, and solving production assembly

issues

Project Engineer, DaimlerChrysler Corp., Liberty Group, Rochester Hills, MI, Feb

1999-Mar 2001

Advised VP level management on emerging materials technologies

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Advanced materials technology scouting

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New materials innovation due diligence

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Materials innovation business case development

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Established materials technology adoption roadmap

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Research Engineering Intern, AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ, 1997

Researched high toughness ceramics for high temperature internal combustion

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engine applications

Honors:

Invited to and participated in the 6th annual “Frontiers in Engineering

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Symposium,” held at the National Academy of Engineering, 2000

Walter P. Murphy Graduate Fellowship recipient, Northwestern University,

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1994-1995

University of California President’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 1991-

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1992

Skills:

Fluent at speaking, understanding and writing in German

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Design of Experiments, Six Sigma

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CAD – Catia V5, Alibre, AutoCAD, Solidworks

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FEA – Hypermesh, Optistruct, Abaqus

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Structural optimization – Genesis, Optistruct

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Materials Analytical – Scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction (phase

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identification, grain size measurement, texture analysis, residual stress

measurement), X-ray fluorescence, Electron dispersive spectroscopy,

differential scanning calorimetry, atomic absorption, and more

Composite materials processing - RTM, SMC, prepreg autoclave, etc.

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Ceramic matrix composite processing- CVD, PVD, liquid metal infiltration and

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reaction

Metals processing – casting, forging, extruding, machining, etc.

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Publications

D.M. Baskin, B.C. Muñoz, J.S. Sylvester, J.P. Cahalen, and A.C. Lund, “XTRONIC®:

Enabler of Improved Performance with Reduced Precious Metal Usage in

Microelectronics,” Conference Proceedings from the 2012 IMAPS conference in San

Diego, CA, September 2012.

N.O. Shanti, D.B. Hovis, M.E. Seitz, J.K. Montgomery, D.M. Baskin, and K.T. Faber,

“Ceramic Laminates by Gelcasting,” J. Appl. Ceram. Technol., 6(5), pp. 593-606,

2009.

D.M. Baskin, D.B. Reed, T.N. Seel, et al, “A Case Study in Structural Optimization of

an Automotive Body-in-White Design,” SAE Paper# 200*-**-****, Presented at the

2008 Society of Automotive Engineers Annual International Congress, Detroit,

Michigan, April 2008.

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D.M. Baskin, S. Dinda, and T.S. Moore, “A Simple Approach to Selecting Automotive

Body-in-White Primary-Structural Materials,” SAE Paper# 200*-**-****, 2002.

D.M. Baskin, “A Perspective on Future Automotive Chassis Component Materials,”

Materials Technologies, 15(4), p. 290-295, 2000.

M.H. Zimmerman, D.M. Baskin, K.T. Faber, E.R. Fuller Jr., A.J. Allen, and D.T. Keane,

“Fracture of a Textured Anisotropic Ceramic,” Acta Mater., 49, pp. 3231-3242, 2000.

D.M. Baskin, K.T. Faber, and H. Ohtsuka, “Forming Tough, Single Phase Laminates of

Fe2TiO5 via Magnetic-Assisted Gelcasting,” J. Japan Inst. Metals, 61(12), pp. 1306-

1310. 1997.

D.M. Baskin, M.H. Zimmerman, K.T. Faber, and E.R. Fuller Jr., “Forming Single-Phase

Laminates via the Gelcasting Technique,” J. Am. Ceram Soc., 80(11), pp. 2929-2932,

1997.

D.M. Baskin, J. Wolfenstein, and E.J. Lavernia, “Elevated Temperature Mechanical

Behavior of CoSi and Particulate Reinforced CoSi Produced by Spray Atomization and

Co-Deposition,” J. Mater. Res., 9(2), pp. 362-371, 1994.

Book Chapter

D.M. Baskin, “The Automotive Body Lightweighting Design Philosophy,” in Composites

in Transport, Woodhead Pubilishing, Cambridge, England, in prep.

Presentations and Invited Lectures

D.M. Baskin, “Automotive Body-in-White Mass Reduction Philosophy,” Transportation

Weight Loss Diet Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, June 2013.

D.M. Baskin, “Methods of Structural Optimization Used in Industry,” invited lecture at

The Cooper Union, New York, NY, October 2010.

D.B. Reed, T.N. Seel, D.M. Baskin and A. Vollmer, “Lightweight Body, Section

Targeting and Materials Selection Process,” Great Designs in Steel Conference,

Livonia, MI, April 2008.

T.N. Seel, D.M. Baskin, and D.B. Reed, “Stiffness Driven Design for Body Light

Weighting,” International Auto Body Congress, Troy, MI, November 2007.

D.M. Baskin, B. Fabio and N. Rau, “Experiences With Exterior Composites on the

DaimlerChrysler Viper and Prowler Programs,” Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Composites Manufacturing and Tooling Conference, Newport Beach, CA, February

2000.

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D.M. Baskin, K. T. Faber and E. R. Fuller, Jr., "Toughening in Single Phase Iron

Titanate Laminates," 101st Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society,

Indianapolis, IN, April 1999.

D.M. Baskin, K. T. Faber and E. R. Fuller, Jr., "Multilayer Iron Titanate

Laminates," 100th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Cincinnati, OH,

May 1998.

D.M. Baskin, M. H. Zimmerman, K. T. Faber and E. R. Fuller, Jr., "A Novel Scheme for

Tough Single-Phase Ceramics," 99th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic

Society, Cincinnati, OH, May 1997.

E.R. Fuller, Jr., S.A. Langer, W.C. Carter, M.H. Zimmerman, D.M. Baskin, and K.T.

Faber, “On Thermal Expansion Anisotropy Residual Stress Distributions via Computer

Simulations,” 99th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Cincinnati, OH,

May 1997.

D.M. Baskin, M. H. Zimmerman, K. T. Faber and E. R. Fuller, Jr., “Gelcast Iron

Titanate Laminates,” (poster presentation) 98th Annual Meeting of the American

Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 1996.

M.H. Zimmerman, D.M. Baskin, and K.T. Faber, “Forming Textured Microstructures via

the Gelcasting Technique,” 98th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society,

Indianapolis, IN, April 1996.

Patents:

U.S. Patent Pending, Provisional Application# 61/500,595, “Printed Circuit Boards and

Related Articles Including Electrodeposited Coatings,” 2012 (with J. Cahalen, and J.

Sylvester).

German Patent# DE 103 03 351, “Intermetallic Matrix Composites for Tank Armor,”

2003, (with T. Haug, H. Pfeifer, M. Scheydecker, and K.-H. Weisskopf).

German Patent# DE 102 34 249, “Self-Healing Biomimetic Electrical Wires and

Connectors,” 2003. (with P. Rosa)

Activities

Society of Plastic Engineers, Composite Materials Division, Board of Directors,

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2013 - present

Member and Committee Chair, Teetor Engineering Education Committee, SAE

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2000-2011

Chrysler lead, USCAR’s Future Gen. Passenger Compartment design

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committee, 2006 – 2008

Chrysler lead, USCAR’s Mass Efficient Roof Structure design committee, 2007

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Professional Affiliations

Society of Automotive Engineers (member)

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Society of Plastics Engineers (member)

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Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society (member)

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Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society (member)

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Golden Key National Honor Society (member)

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