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.