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MAJID KABIRI

***** ********

MISSION VIEJO, CA **692

TEL: 949-***-****

E-mail: abmgc2@r.postjobfree.com

POFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

Design, analysis, modeling, simulation, testing, development,

implementation, coordination,

management, and writing in mechanical / structural / instrumentation /

control / quality /

manufacturing / materials / aerospace, and software engineering; aviation;

applied math and applied physics.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

30 years experience in: Stress Analysis, CADD, Machine Design, CAE, FEA,

BEA, Fracture Mechanics, Fatigues, and Vibrations; Gas Turbine Design,

Analysis, and Packaging; Rotor Dynamics; Foundation Design and Analysis

for Rotating Machines; Acoustics, Enclosure Design & Analysis for

Turbomachineries per API Standards;

Metallic and Composite Optimal Structural Design & Analysis; Fluid

Dynamics, CFD, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Cycle Analysis;

Controls, Instrumentations for Controls, PLC, Robotics, CAM; Aircraft

Stability & Control; Statistical Design of Experiments;

Manufacturing, Statistical Quality Control, NDT; Modeling; R & D

Leadership, Project Management, and Organizational Skills; Great Problem

Solving Abilities.

Expert in Lifting Design & Analysis, with emphasis on ASME BTH-1-2005

(Design Of Below-the Hook Lifting Devices,) SYSDP102 (GE Energy Lifting

Practice Requirement,) PIIDP007 (GE Energy, DESIGN PRACTICE for Lifting,

Winching & Pushing,) OG-EHS-P03.2 (GE Oil & Gas, Cranes & Rigging,) and

Rolls-Royce's Design Practice & Lifting Guide Lines; Expert in Analytical

and Experimental Stress Analysis; Expert in Mechanical Project Feasibility

Studies; Expert in Optimal Structural Design & Analysis; Expert in

Residual Stress Measurements; Expert in Gas Turbine / Expander/

Centrifugal & Axial Compressor Design, Analysis, and Packaging; Expert in

P & ID; Expert in Rotor Dynamics & Vibration Analysis; Expert of American

Petroleum Institute (API,) ASME, and Nema Standards (SM23 & SM24); Expert

in Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC); Expert in Aircraft Stability &

Control's Design and Analysis; Expert in many Traditional and Non-

Traditional Testing with emphasis on Lasers; Knowledge of FAR's Standards,

including Structural, and Performance Design Criteria, Part 23 and 25.

Great Hands on Shop and Lab Abilities; Great Background in Mathematical

Physics, Advanced Elasticity, and Lasers.

Working knowledge of Upstream, Middlestream, Downstream, and Chemical

Engineering of Oil & Gas Sector, with emphasis on Refinery & Pipeline

Operations, CM & U (Conversion & Modification,) Overhaul and Repair of

Equipment used in this sector, with emphasis on the following OEM: CONMEC,

Ingresoll Rand, Dresser Rand, Elliot, Sulzer, Clark Brothers, Solar

Turbines, C.A. Parsons, Cooper- Bessemer, General Electric, Dresser -

Clark; Structural Geology & Rock Mechanics.

EDUCATION

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, Ohio

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

. Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering January 1984

. M.S. Mechanical Engineering January 1983

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

. Registered Professional Engineer, Common Wealth July 2009 - Present

Of Pennsylvania, PE - 07855

. Registered Professional Mechanical / Structural, July 1987 - Present

Engineer, State of Ohio, PE - 51367

TRAINING

FLIGHT STAR CORPORATION, Champaign, Illinois August 1992

Private Pilot, Airplane Single Engine Land

SELECTED EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

GE Oil & Gas, CONMEC Products, Bethlehem, PA April 2008 - Dec. 2009

Lead Product Design Engineer

. As Lifting (Life) Lead Engineer, analyzed & rated the existing lifting

fixtures,

designed new ones, and Standardized the lifting processes per the GE

Standards and Guidelines.

. As CONMEC's Flange to Flange Engineer for the new FCC HOT GAS EXPANDER

(Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process,) used in Oil Refineries, supported the

ITO (Inquiry To Order,) for the following functions:

1- Performance & Map calculations, using TPERF, TP3, per Customers' Inlet

/ Outlet Specifications.

2- Creating Design Spread Sheets.

3- Providing answers to customers' technical questions.

4- Providing technical assistance to the ITO in the areas needed.

5- Providining scopes for specific customized requests, especially

customized CFD analysis.

6- Providing Speed Avoidance Diagram Package for the Project.

. Acted as Flange-to-Flange engineer for the following projects: ESSAR Oil

Expander GEN-SET, India; Paradeep Refinery, India; CPC Taiwan; Petrobras

Compressor - TurboExpander, Brazil; Flour - Irving Oil Refinery, Hot Gas

Expander, Canada; ERBB's FCCU, Chili; RWIS - Takreer Refinery, Expansion

Project; KBR Cartagena Refinery EX-GEN Set; Flour Petrochemical-Refinery;

and Exxon western Europe, represented by the following companies: Foster

Wheeler, Flour, KBR; and others.

. Wrote the phase I expander's inspection report for the Exxon Mobil,

Torrance, CA.

. Supervised GE Advanced Engineering Group, in Bangalore India to solve our

Steam

Cutting problems, using CFD, YFD (Secondary Flow Analysis,) Root Cause

Analysis, Erosion Physics, Mollier Chart, etc.

. Acted as the Lead DMP (Direct Material Productivity) for the Engineering

Department

In this capacity increased the saving by the order of magnitude.

. Supported the Chalmette Expander Project, with the following works:

a- Design/Analysis of Ring Rotor Assembly Tooling, using closed form, and

Double Integration Method.

b- Analysis of expander rotor deflection, using closed form, double

integration method.

c- Design/Analysis of Labyrinth - Seal, using Tolerance Stacking, and

modes of failures in shear / tension.

d- Design/analysis of Active Thrust Bearings, using Kingsbury's Technical

Manuals for its thrust bearing products.

e- Formulating the scope of modal analysis, using finite element analysis

for base plate of the system, and calculating the resolved static

reaction forces at support locations, and communicating them to our

analytical team in Warsaw aviation, in Poland, for the Vibration &

Modal Analyses.

. Disposed many NCRs, immediately after receiving the assignments.

. Took part in the Infrastructure Green Belt Training, in Greenville, SC,

11/17/2008 -

11/20/2008 (Infrastructure Green Belt Lean Six Sigma Training, GBDMAIC /

Lean 202,) for four days, which consisted of Design and Measurement Phases

on day 1, Analysis Phase on day 2, Improvement and Control on day 3, and

Lean on day 4.

. Took numerous assigned & unassigned trainings.

. Worked on standardization of phase I inspection, and reporting.

. Proposed 11 NPI ideas.

. Worked on Isokinetic Testing, and its replacement by a non-intrusive

Laser-Assisted

Method.

. Calculated the Nozzle Loads (Forces & Moments,) for Sunoco Toledo

Refinery,

addressing the Customer's Request to have these calculations for their

desired Inlet / Outlet Expander Piping Configurations, and comparison with

the recommended ones per the Nema's SM24 & ASME Standards.

. Created Speed Avoidance Chart for the Project Valero Corpus Christy's

FCC Train,

which include: A FEX - 124 ho Hot Expander, an Axial Compressor, a Steam

Turbine, Couplings, Gears, and a Motor Generator, using their Campbell

Diagrams, and Critical Speeds obtained from their Rotor Dynamic Analysis.

Rolls - Royce Energy (RRE) System Inc., Mount Vernon, Ohio Nov. 2006 -

Nov. 2007

Lifting Engineer / Structural Engineer / Packaging Engineer / Technical

Auditor / Project Engineer / Application Engineer in SAA (Acoustic,

Structure,

and Ancillaries) Value Stream, of Trent Packaging Group (Contract Worker

for Volt.)

. Mechanical Project engineer for the projects: Al Khafji (M.A096), AVON

based Gas

Generator,) Union Gas, Dawn - Parkway (M.A226, RB211 based Gas Generator,)

Union Gas, Bright (M.A162, RB211 based GG,) Repsol Trinidad (Avon based

GG.)

. Wrote the GPS (Global Purchase Specifications) for the Acoustic

Enclosures, and Inlet

Filters for the Project Union Gas Dawn (M.A226) and Bright (M.A162,) both

RB211 based GG.

. Designed and analyzed the lifting processes & equipments including the

spreader bars

for the projects: CPOC (M.A023,) Cuulong Su Tu Vang (M.A027,) Shell

Sarawak Berhard (M.A021,) Conoco North Belut, and PTT- ESP (M.A010.)

. Modeled and wrote a FORTRAN, and an EXCEL programs to calculate the

Sling

. Length for the Lifting Equipments of RRE's Gas Turbines, Compressors &

Power

Turbine Packages.

. Wrote EXCEL programs to calculate stresses in the spreader beams used to

lift the

RRE Gas Turbine Packages, some of which weighed more than150,000 lbs.

. Reviewed the finite element analysis of the Baseplate for the Project

Bright (M.A162)

. Bid Auditor for the Project Al Khafji (M.A096)

. Technical Auditor for the Project s Dawn, Bright, Al Khafji, and Rapsol

Trinidad.

. Lead Counsel to Rolls-Royce Energy for its Los Alamos National Lab's

Lifting

Case, addressing the non - compliance concerns raised by the Lab about the

"Rated Capacity of the Lifting Equipment," sold to them by RRE, for

hoisting theirs 6761 DLE Gas Generator Package. The case successfully

resolved in RRE's favor, and wrote the final report for it, titled "

Assessment of the Rated Capacity of the Rolls - Royce's Monorail Crane

System at the Los Alamos National Lab," which was accepted by the Lab, and

RRE was permitted to go ahead with the lifting process.

. Mechanical Project Engineer for the Project Rapsol Trinidad.

. Took part in numerous RRE Group's Training programs, which are tabulated

under

the Training at RRE.

CLARK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Springfield, OH September 2001 - July 2003

Assistant Professor and Chairman of Engineering

Technologies, and CADD Programs

Coleman College, San Diego, CA August 1998 - October

1998

Instructor, Department of Computer Science

University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois January 1997 - May

1997

Teaching Assistant, Department of Aeronautical and

Astronautical Engineering

Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois August 1984 - May

1991

Assistant Professor, Department of Manufacturing

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research Assistant August 1977 - January

1984

Teaching Assistant August 1979 - August

1980

National Industrial Education Complex, Tehran Iran May 1974 -

August 1977

Tehran & Kashan Campuses, College Director

Tehran Polytechnic Institute, Tehran Iran August 1973 -

January 1974

Teaching Assistant.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Courses Taught

Clark State Community College

Courses Taught

. Drafting I DFT 101

. Drafting II DFT 102

. Engineering Methods ENT 101

. Computer Basics for Applied Technologies ENT 121

. Statics MET 211

. Strength of Materials MET 213

. Dynamics MET 212

. Basic Fluid Mechanics MET 231

. Robotics and Industrial Robots MAT 297

. Engineering Materials ENT 111

. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing 296

. Soil Mechanics CET221

COLEMAN COLLEGE

. Physics of Electricity PHY 305 (Accelerated)

UNIVERSITY OF ILINOIS

. Aircraft Flight Mechanics AAE 319

BRADLEY UNIVERSITY

. Engineering Drawing I MFG 123

. Engineering Drawing II MFG 124

. Statics MFG 206

. Fluid Mechanics MFG 306

. Strength of Materials MFG 307

. Dynamics MFG 308

. Instrumentation for Control MFG 309

. Robotics and Industrial Robots MFG 320

. Applied Statics to Mechanical Design MFG 425

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

. Mechanical Manufacturing

. Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery

. Dynamics

. Experimental Stress Analysis I & II

TEHRAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

. Statics

. Dynamics

. Strength of Materials

TEHRAN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

. Dynamics of Circular Knitting Machine

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

CLARK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

. Created an Engineering Transfer Program

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION COMPLEX

. Developed the Mechanical, Electrical and Textile Engineering Programs.

CURRICULUM AND LAB DEVELOPMENT

New Courses Developed

Clark State Community College

. Computer Basics for Applied Technology ENT 121

. AutoLisp DFT 215

. Engineering Mechanics I ENT 261

. Engineering Mechanics II ENT 262

. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing DFT 269

. Solid Modeling, using CATIA DFT 214

. Robotics and Industrial Robots MAT 297

NEW LABORATORY

. Created a Robotics Lab.

BRADLEY UNIVERSITY

. Applied Statistics to Mechanical Design, primarily for senior students.

. Fluid Mechanics

. Instrumentation for Control

. Sequential Control and Programmable Controllers

. Robotics and Industrial Robots primarily intended for senior students

. Developed a robotics and programmable controllers laboratory

TEHRAN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

. Dynamics of Circular Knitting Machines

DESIGN, ANALYSIS, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

ROBOT SOFTWARE

RoboTalk Windows, Roboware Millennium, and Microbot Control Center (MCC)

LADDER DIAGRAM PROGRAMMING

Sequential Control Analysis and Design using Allen-Bradley and Square D.

Used it extensively in his course Instrumentation for Control and its lab.

Also used it extensively in the projects he supervised.

FINITE ELEMENT MODELING AND ANALYSIS

ANSYS, ABAQUS, PATRAN, NASTRAN, AFE, and ALGOR; Used finite element

extensively in his Ph.D. Dissertation, many of the courses taught, and many

of the projects supervised.

BOUNDARY ELEMENT ANALYSIS

Conventional (2D & 3D,) and Fictitious Boundary Element Methods. Used it

for those problems that extreme accuracy is a must.

STRESS ANALYSIS

Advanced Elasticity, Viscoelasticity (used extensively for his BS thesis.

Its title was: "Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers",) Plasticity, Residual

Stress Measurements, Fatigue, and Fracture Mechanics; Used Stress Analysis

extensively in his MS Thesis, Ph.D. Dissertation, many courses taught, and

many projects supervised. Internationally known for his work in the area of

Residual Stress Measurement. Excellent background in both composite and

metallic airframe structural / stress analysis and design.

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS

Extensive statistical analysis and design of experiments used in his MS

work. Used it extensively in his course Applied Statistics to Mechanical

Design, and many projects he supervised.

OPTIMAL DESIGN

Ritz -Reisner method using GRG2 (Generalized Reduced Gradient,) and CONMIN.

Used it extensively for his Ph.D. Dissertation.

EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANAYSIS

Photoelasticity (2D & 3D,) strain gages, transducers, brittle lacquer, and

Maxwell Analogy Method. Extensive use of 3D- Photoelasticity Analysis for

his MS work. Extensive use of strain gages for residual stress measurement,

transducer design, and data acquisition.

DESIGN

Engineering drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, perspective

drawings, descriptive geometry, conceptual, preliminary, and detailed

designs of components, and assemblies; parametric solid modeling and

optimization; Fluent in AutoCAD, CATIA, and INVENTOR.

CFD CAPABILITIES

Fluent - subsonic, turbulent, reacting, and non-reacting flow analysis.

Rampant - Supersonic, Turbulent, and Transonic Flow Analysis. Used in the

context of fluid mechanic courses taught, and projects supervised.

CONTROLS & FLIGHT MECHANICS

. Design, analysis, modeling simulation, maintenance, and development of

control

systems from both Software and hardware point of views.

. Used Matlab, BASIC, and analog computer to simulate control systems.

. As the teaching assistant for the course of flight & controls at

university of Illinois at

Urbana - Champaign, he was responsible for the grading of the quizzes,

homework,

and lab reports. In the lab, the Frasca Simulator, and the control problems

from the course were analyzed and simulated in the lab for various

airplanes at different configurations. This course is the most challenging

one in an aerospace / aeronautical engineering curricula. He was selected

for the reasons that, he was a pilot, and had excellent background in

dynamics, controls, flight mechanics, electrical engineering, math,

physics, and aviation. In real life, the dynamics aspect of control

problems are handled, modeled, and analyzed by mechanical engineer, and

then its control aspects are being implemented by electrical engineers. It

is a rarity to find one individual who knows them all.

. For his undergraduate servomechanism course, he designed and analyzed a

closed

lop control Systems for a cotton-spinning machine to be used in a textile

factory. He simulated the system using both analog and digital computers.

. Has been able to solve many non-linear control system problems by a

technique of

his own.

. Knowledge of BASIC, FORTRAN, C Object Oriented Programming (C++, JAVA,)

AutoLISP, Micro Assembler, Turbo Assembler, and Visual BASIC. These

assemblers and ADA are very handy in real time control algorithm

developments and embedded code generations.

. Used BASIC to develop control programs for Micro Robots.

. Used microprocessor based controls and assembly language to control

stepper motors for robots.

. Knowledge of both adaptive and statistical (Stochastic) based controls.

. Knowledge of all aspects of Gas Turbine design, analysis, control,

testing, and

manufacturing for both aero derivatives and stationary power generations.

. Knowledge of Diesel and reciprocating engine design, analysis, and

control with

emphasis on the control systems for Diesel Fuel Injectors.

. At Bradley University, he taught the course of Instrumentation for

Control for seven

years. In this course implemented several control algorithms including PID.

Also, developed a lab for Sequential Control and Programmable Controllers,

and wrote the course outline for the course. Developed its lab as well.

Also, taught the course of Robotics and Industrial Robots. The control

algorithms for both Open - loop and closed loop control implementation of

robotic systems were modeled and analyzed.

A robotics lab was developed for this course. At Clark State Community

College, taught the course of Robotics and Industrial Robots. Control

. implementation of both open and closed loop robots were discussed and

analyzed.

Also, developed a lab for this course at this college.

INSTRUMENTATION & DATA ACQUISITION

. Extensive use of instrumentation, data acquisition, and control utilizing

IBM PC-hosted systems.

. Implemented both IBM PC BUS cards and STD BUS cards in his course

Microprocessor Interfacing.

. Measured strains, residual stresses, temperature and acceleration using

IBM PC

Cards and Micro Assembler / C Language.

. Using strain gages, designed transducers for measuring torque, pressure,

and

acceleration.

. Knowledge of Lab VIEW 6.1 and Lab VIEW family Toolsets, National

Instruments

for data acquisition.

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

CLARK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

. Created robotics, strength of materials, and engineering mechanics labs.

. Modernized and updated the CADD Lab.

. Proposed and crated a transferable programs for both Manufacturing

Technologies

and CADD Programs. Developed their courses.

. Substituted the Mechanical Engineering Technology option of the existing

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program with a Pre-Engineering

Program.

. Modified and upgraded many courses of the curricula.

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION COMPLEX

. Succeeded to launch the College of Kashan, the Fourth Campus of National

Industrial Education Complex (Kar University,) from its conception to

functioning in few months in Kashan, Tehran. The shortest ever in the

history of Iran's Ministry of Science & Higher Education. The University

President was awarded a gold Medal, and I was promoted to its directorship.

The youngest ever, to have such a responsibility. Directed and developed it

for 3 years.

. Wrote the curricula for the three departments of the college: Textile

Engineering,

Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering.

. Prepared, organized, and executed the first college entrance examination

in the city

of Kashan. Negotiated and obtained the free use of the local high schools'

facilities for this purpose. Negotiated and signed the contract for the use

of the local high school teachers as proctors for the exam.

. Negotiated and obtained the services of the local physicians for the

students' physical examinations.

. Negotiated the number allocations and the locations of the employer's

industry for

the Students' Internships.

. Planed and executed the first technical publication of N.I.E.C., and

served as its

editor.

. Hired, recruited, trained, motivated, supervised, evaluated, and promoted

faculty and

supporting staffs.

. Negotiated, leased, and renovated a house to be used as a faculty's

residence hall,

and guesthouse. Hired a cook and his wife to manage it.

. Negotiated and signed a contract for the temporary use of the faculty and

machine

shops of the Kashan Vocational Institute for the shop courses of our

curricula.

. Negotiated the free and temporary use of the sport facilities of local

high schools.

. Negotiated and obtained the free use of the Kashan's City Counsel's

Building as the

first temporary administrative headquarter of the College.

. Negotiated and signed a lease contract for the use and renovation of a

historical

building as the Second temporary headquarter of the college. Negotiated the

contract for the repair and renovation of this building. Supervised those

operations.

. Participated in the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design and

contract

negotiations for the Constructions of the permanent headquarter of the

college. Supervised its construction.

. Negotiated and succeeded the transfer of a very large parcel of land from

the

Ministry of Forestry to the college to be used for the permanent

headquarter.

. Negotiated and succeeded to obtain the permission to dig the deepest well

in the

county to provide water for the operations.

. Negotiated and succeeded to raise fund from the Kashan's industrialists

for the start of operations until the allocation of our own budget in the

Ministry of Science and Higher Education's Budget.

. Budgeted the daily and long terms operations. The president of the

university always

sent my proposed Budgets to our other campuses to be used as a model.

GAS TURBINE EXPERIENCE

. Commissioned by the Governor of Kashan, Iran, 1976, to investigate the

shortage of

power generation by the Kashan Energy Company. During the course of

investigation, gained an extensive experience with the Brown Boveri and

Alstom industrial gas turbines. Wrote the preliminary and final reports of

the investigations. The Report's Recommendations were adopted by the

governor.

. Proficient in preliminary design of subsonic axial compressor stage,

transonic axial

compressor stage, axial turbine stage, and centrifugal compressor stage.

DATA PROCESSING & COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Mainframe IBM, Mid Range DEC, Micro IBM, Turbo Assembler, BASIC, C, C++,

FORTRAN, UNIX, DOS, WINDOWS, X-WINDOWS, Micro Assemblers, Ghostscript &

Ghostview, gnuplot, ACAD, EXCEL, MATLAB, MS WORD, GRG2, MENTOR, GRAPHICS,

Jandel Sigma Plot Graphics, Emacs, SPICE, Netscape Communicator, Outlook

Express, Internet Explorer, JAVA, ACCESS, GroupWise, CampusWise, Autodesk

Inventor, Visual Basic, CAITA, Fluent, and Rampant.

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

. Invented and pioneered a novel method for measuring Non-Uniform

August 1984

Residual Stresses, which gained universal popularity.

AWARD AND HONOR

. Bradley University Summer Stipend Award

Recipient of one of the three BRAC (The Board for Research and

Creativity) Award. January 1984

. Northern Ohio AIAA_CDI Award

Winner of the 1983 Concept Development Institute Creativity

Competition. October 1984

Winner of the 1981 Concept Development Institute Creativity

Competition, Presented by Congressman Dennis Eckart at the January

Meeting of the Northern Ohio AIAA Section at NASA Lewis Research

Center. Northern Ohio AIAA Section at NASA Lewis Research Center.

January 1982

. Case Western Reserve University

Winner of a research grant from the Graduate Alumni Fund for my

Dissertation.

December 1981

. 50th Anniversary Celebration of the American Institute of

Aeronautics and Astronautics April 1981

Winner of the third place award of the "Minta Martin Graduate

Student Competition Certification of Merit."

. Iranian Atomic Energy Agency's Scholarship Jan. 78 - Jan.

81

On the stipulation to be admitted to the Graduate School of

Columbia University, which I did, I was awarded a scholarship

for tuition, housing books, travels, fees and a monthly stipend.

. Tehran Polytechnic Institute

May 1974

Valedictorian / Graduate with Honor.

PEER'S CITATIONS

Has been cited next to Timoshenko & Muskhelishvili numerous

times by peers in many prestigious refereed technical journals.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Reviewer of manuscripts, EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, May 1984 -

1994

Published Quarterly by the Society for Experimental Mechanics,

14 Fairfield Drive, Brookfield Center, CT 07805

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Vice Chair - Technical, AIAA San Diego Section April 1998 - April

2000

. Organized the Fifth Annual Technical Symposium,

at San Diego State University Scripps Cottage. April 17, 1999

. Edited and published the proceeding of the Fifth

Annual Technical Symposium.

. Proposed and obtained fund for the First Annual Creativity Award

Competition.

GRADUATE COURSES AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

TAKEN:

. Experimental Stress Analysis I ? Applied Mathematics

. Mechanical Behavior of Composite Materials ? Advanced Dynamics

. Experimental Stress Analysis II ? Method of Mathematical

Physics I

. Method of Mathematical Physics II ? Continuum Mechanics

. Matrix Theory ? Vibrations Problems in

Engineering

. Computer, Optimization, and Design ? Theory of Plasticity

. Theory of Viscoelasticity ? Approximate Methods in

Engineering

. Introduction to Finite Element Structural ? Theory of Plates

and Shells Analysis

AUDITED:

. Advanced Topics in Finite Element ? Fracture Mechanics

. Applied Robotics ? Advanced Elasticity

. Experimental Techniques in Fluid and ? Structural Dynamics

Thermal Science

COURSES AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA_CHAMPAIGN

TAKEN:

. Reciprocating Powerplant Theory ? Aircraft Material Processes, I

. Turbine Powerplant Theory ? Powerplant Systems, II

. Powerplant Systems, I ? Powerplant Systems, III

. Introduction to Federal Aviation Regulations ? Aircraft Materials

and Processes, II

. Aerodynamic Load Planning ? Aircraft Systems, III

. Aircraft Materials and Processes, III ? Aircraft Systems, I

. Aircraft Fabricating Process, I ? Aircraft Fabricating

Processes, II

. Powerplant Maintenance and Inspection System

ENGINEERING

. Industrial Control Systems ? Corrosion of Metals

. Flight Structures, II ? Aerodynamics, II

. Aircraft Propulsion ? Composite Materials

. Finite Element Method in Aerospace Structures ? Composite Materials

. Fundamentals of Nondestructive Evaluation ? Fracture Mechanics

. Applied Aerodynamics

AUDITED:

. Optical Electronics (Laser Electronics I) ? Wing Theory

. Quantum Electronics (Laser Electronics II) ? Introduction to

Computer Engineering

. Numerical Control of Manufacturing Processes ? Electronics

Circuits, I

. Laser Diagnostics for concentration and Temperature Measurements

ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER COURSES AT PARKLAND COLLEGE

TAKEN:

. C Language Programming ? Computer Aided Circuit Design

. Digital Electronics ? Servicing Techniques

. Industrial Controls ? Programmable Controllers

. Analog Circuits ? Microprocessor Assembly

Language

. Microprocessor Interfacing ? RF Data Communications

. Electronic Digital Systems ? UNIX Operating System

. Advanced Servicing Techniques: Digital ? Introduction to

Wavefront Animation

AUDITED:

. Overview of Operating Systems

PAPER PRESENTED

1981 AIAA Midwestern Graduate Paper Committee, Cincinnati, Ohio

"Some Properties of Stress Deviator Tensor,"

LECTURES AND SEMINARS PRESENTED

. A tutorial on robotics to a group of Illinois High School Science

Teachers,

November 1985 Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.

. A tutorial on Industrial Machine Vision to the Society of Manufacturing

Engineers, Peoria Chapter, 1st Conference, Topics on Manufacturing,

Peoria, Illinois. August 1987

. A Presentation to ISA (Instrument Society of America,) titled,

" Instrumentation For Control: A Course development Case," Galesburg, IL

ROLLS-ROYCE ENERGY TRAINING COMPLETED

. GER 0144 - Water Quality Requirement for Cooling Water 2/6/2007

GER 0092 - Orifice Plate Sizing 2/6/2007

. GER 0038 - Design, Construction, and Performance for RB211

Driven Acoustic Packages - Baselines and Options

2/16/2007

. GER 0183 - Gas Turbine Enclosure Access Requirement

And Policy 3/20/2007

. SDRL Control and Responsibilities Required Assessment 3/26/2007

. LOPF C.1.4.B.A Control of Bills of Materials (BOM)

3/26/2007

. LOPF C.1.5.A. Technical Approval of Design Definition

(DDRAM Process) 3/26/2007

. Change Management (LOP C.1.4.A) 3/26/2007

. Design for the environment (GQP C.2.7)

3/28/2007

. GER 0070 - Grounding / Earthing Design and Application

. GER 0084 - Acoustical Terms. Definitions, and General

Information 4/05/2007

. RAS for EAP -102- Rev1 PSP - PES - SubSets 4/05/2007

. LOP C.1.4.E Required Assessment 4/05/2007

. Operation Risk Management Required Assessment 4/05/2007

. LOP C.2.16.C. - Rev 2, Verification and Validation for

Gas Turbine Packages 4/05/2007

. EAP - 103 Creating Material List

4/05/2007

. GER 0142 - Fire & Gas Detection and CO2 Supervision

System for RB211

. GER 0142 - Major Sub - Vendor Documentation Requirements. 4/12/2007

. GER 0055 - Combustion Air Inlet Filter Systems for the

4/12/2007

Rolls-Royce Industrial Gas Turbines.

. LOPF P.5.2.A - Breakdown Structure Template

4/12/2007

. GER 0020 - Diagram Symbols 4/12/2007

. GEM 0128 - How to use GPS documents 4/27/2007

. GER 0107 - Guideline To The Waste Electrical and 7/10/2007

Electronic Equipment (WEEE Directive.)

. GER 0158 - Product Standardization Register

7/10/2007

. GER 0017 - Guideline to Low Voltage 7/10/2007

. GEM 0011 - Safety Risk Analysis in accordance 7/12/2007

with the Machinery Directive.

. GER 0002 - Guideline to Integrated Pollution and 7/12/2007

Control Directive 96-61-EC

. GER F 0007 - Overview of Certification Requirements

7/12/2007

. GER 0185 - Sound Emission Levels and Air Flow Rate

for Gas Turbines and Consols 7/12/2007

. GER 0016 - Guideline to Pressure Equipment Directive

7/12/2007

. GER 0015 - Guideline to Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive

7/12/2007

. GER 0091 - Ventilation for Gas Generator / Power Turbine

7/12/2007

Enclosures.

. GER 0102 - Packaging, Preservation, and Packing 7/13/2007

. GER 0014 - Positive Material Identification.

7/13/2007

. GER 0145 - Supplier Document Requirement List (SDRL) 7/13/2007

Master Listing.

. GER 0075 - A Guideline to the ATEX Directive

7/13/2007

. GER 0 106 - Guideline to Transportable Pressure 7/13/2007

Equipment Directive (TPED) 1999/36/EC

WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS PARTICIPATED

. AutoCAD 2004 Fundamentals, IMAGNIT TECHNOLOGIES, July 9 - 11, 2003

Piqua, OH2003

. AutoCAD 2004 Fundamentals, IMAGINIT TECHNOLOGIES, July 24 - 25,

2003

Piqua, OH

. Autodesk 2004 Product Launch and Mechanical Solutions, April 15, 2003

IMAGINT TECHNOLOGIES, Piqua, OH

. Mitsubishi RV-E Series Training, RIXAN Associates, Dec. 9 - 11,

2002

Dayton, OH

. Inventor Essentials, IMAGINT TECHNOLOGIES, November 15, 2002

Piqua, OH

. Finite Element Modeling and Analysis using ALGOR, August 19

- 23, 2002

Livonia, MI.

. The Low Cost Vision Alternative, DVT Seminar, Presented July

25,2002

by C & E Sales Inc., Dayton, OH.

. How Windows XP, XML, and .NET Impact Measurement May 15, 2002

and Automation; Industrial Solutions, National Instruments

Technical Seminar Series, Miamisburg (Dayton), Ohio.

. Lab VIEW 6.1 and Lab VIEW family Toolsets, National Instruments

Technical Seminar Series, Dayton, OH February 7, 2002

. ETLI 2001 Engineering Technology Leadership Institute, October 27 - 30,

2001

Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio

. Mechanical Simulation Embedded in CATIA, LMS July 28, 1999

N. America, Los Angeles

. 1999 AIAA Regional Leadership Conference, Dallas, TX July 16 - 17,

1999

. PC-Based Sound and Vibration Seminar, National March 29, 1999

Instruments, La Jolla, CA

. Bridge VIEW, National Instruments, La Jolla, CA March 23, 1999

. PC-Based Industrial Automation Overview, National March23, 1999

Instruments, La Jolla, CA

. Breakthrough Debugging Techniques for Modern November 11,

1998

Digital Designs, Tektronix, Inc, La Jolla, CA.

. Aircraft Corrosion: Prevention & Control TOPTEC, June 7 - 8, 1995

Kansas City, MO.

. Radiographic Film Interpretation, the Mid-Indiana April 28

-29, 1995

Section of the American Society for Non-Destructive Testing,

Aviation Center, Indianapolis, IN.

. Conference on Applied Motion Control 86, Department June 10-12,

1986

of Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Electrocraft

Corporation, The National Science Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.

. Vision 86 Conference, Machine Vision Association of SME, June 3-5,

1986

Detroit, MI.

. SIAM Conference on Geometric Modeling and Robotics, July 15-19, 1985

Albany, NY.

. Robotics for Educators, SME, Atlanta, GA April 29 -

May 1, 1985

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS

. "Mohr's Circle in the measurement of Residual Stresses by Hole-drilling

Technique Technique: The Effect of Transverse Sensitivity," STRAIN, Vol.

22, No. 2, May 1986.

. "Toward More Accurate Residual Stress Measurement by Hole-Drilling

Method:

Analysis of Relieved Strain Coefficients," EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, March

1986.

. "Non-Uniform Residual Stress Measurement by Hole-Drilling Method,"

EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, December 1984.

. "Measurement of Residual Stresses by the Hole-Drilling Method:

Influence of:

Transverse Sensitivity of the Gauges and the Relieved Strain

Coefficients,"

EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, September 1984.

. "An Analytical Study of Residual Stress Measurement by the Hole-

Drilling Method,"

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve

University, August 1983.

. "Residual Stress Measurement by the Hole-Drilling Method," Department

of

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University,

August 1982.

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

History (Persia, Rome, Ottoman, and 13th AD India,) Running, Reading,

Flying, Home-Built Aircrafts.



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