RUSSELL FEDER, P.E.

** ********** ***** *******, ** 18940

abmpa6@r.postjobfree.com 609-***-****

CAREER AND EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS

• 15 Years of Mechanical Design and Analysis Experience backed by a Masters

Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PE license in Pennsylvania

• Life Cycle project management experience from laying out the initial project

scope and budget through vendor selection, procurement negotiations and final

quality assurance inspections

• Experienced in many types of Finite Element Analysis including stress, thermal,

dynamic and nuclear shielding applications

• Skilled in the use of various CAD packages including Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks

and AutoCAD from project conception through detailed shop drawings

• Lead design of optical diagnostics for experimental fusion devices using OSLO

ray tracing software

• Experienced in the application, machining and joining of many materials

including carbon and stainless steels, aluminum, titanium, inconel and other

super-alloys, silicon carbide, various graphite and CFC products, optical glass and

aluminum honey-comb composites

• Project Highlights

Shock and Modal FEA of deck mounted structures on Los Angeles Class

and Seawolf Class Submarines

Technician for production testing of high pressure and temperature

turbomachinery shaft seals

Designed and analyzed large steel construction and lifting fixtures for

supporting the dismantling of the TFTR fusion experimental reactor

Lens, Optical-Mechanical and structural design of the Thomson

Scattering diagnostic for KSTAR, the South Korean superconducting

tokamak

Lead integration engineer and neutronics analyst for all U.S. diagnostics

on the ITER international fusion experiment

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CAREER EXPERIENCE

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab

2000-Present Princeton, New Jersey

Lead Optical-Mechanical Engineer

1. Neutronics analysis of diagnostics and supporting structures for the International

Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)

2. Lead analysis and design of fusion plasma diagnostic assemblies subject to high

magnetic fields, high heat flux and ultra-high vacuum conditions

3. Directed machine shops, welding and brazing shops and field installation teams

on several complex fabrications, on-time and safely

4. Innovative optical-mechanical designs incorporating fiber optics, mirrors and lens

assemblies for visible and millimeter wave diagnostics

5. Life-Cycle project management involving specifications, drawings, vendor

contacts, procurement, quality assurance and design reviews

Stein Seal Company

1998–2000 Kulpsville, Pennsylvania

Mechanical Engineer

1. Design and analysis of liquid and gas turbo-machinery shaft seals

2. Precision machining, finishing and part inspection including hand lapping and

fringe counting

3. Hands-on lab technician assignment involving the operation and assembly of high

pressure and high temperature oil and gas seal test rigs

SEOS Displays

1997-1998 Avondale, Pennsylvania

Mechanical Engineer

1. Design and Analysis of Flight Simulator Enclosure Structures.

2. Aluminum Honeycomb Composite Assembly

Electric Boat Corporation

1994-1997 Groton, Connecticut

Mechanical Engineer

1. Transient and Steady, Linear and Non-Linear Shock Analysis of Submarine

Structures

2. Acoustic and Modal Analysis of Submarine Structures

Russell Feder 609-***-**** abmpa6@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Penn State University

Present State College, PA

1. Pursuing Masters Degree in Nuclear Engineering

Various Institutions

2004-Present

1. General business management courses at Drexel and Princeton University

Stevens Technical Institute

2001–2004 Hoboken, New Jersey

1. 4 Course Certificate in Optical Engineering.

2. Lens Design, Laser Design

Professional Engineer Exam

1999 Pennsylvania

1. Passed Mechanical Engineering Professional Engineer Exam

2. Scored in top percentile

Rensselaer Polytechnic University

1994-1997 Hartford Connecticut Satellite Campus

1. M.S. Mechanical Engineering.

2. Finite Element Analysis, Vibrations and Acoustics, Plasticity, Fluid Mechanics

Rutgers University

1989-1994 New Brunswick, New Jersey

1. B.S. Mechanical Engineering.

2. B.A. Economics

SOFTWARE SKILLS

CAD: Solid Modeling and Detailing in PRO/E Wildfire, SolidWorks and AutoCAD

Finite Element Analysis: Linear, Non-Linear, Transient, Static and Dynamic Stress and

Thermal analysis using ALGOR, COSMOS and other in-house software

Optical Design: OSLO

Neutronics Analysis: ATTILA (Discrete Ordinates, Deterministic)

Other Analysis: MathCAD and Microsoft EXCEL

Project Management: Microsoft Project

Metrology: FARO Arm and Leica Laser Tracker

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