Engineer Project

Seeking SR. Project Engineer - Computational Fluid Dynamics

Accomplished and inventive Senior Analytical and Project Engineer;

turning Complexities into Simplicities.

Professional Summary

Experience Process Improvement Engineer, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

modeling Engineer, methods development, code validation and programming.

Experience in Project Leadership and Root Cause Failure Analysis on

rotating equipment and equipment selection and configuration matching.

Certificate in Six Sigma (Green Belt).

. Modeling and simulation of complex fluid flows, aero-thermal, low

emission design technologies of piston and gas turbine combustors

design and development saving $5,000,000.

. Awarded VP recognition in the development of a new particle display

method and implementation in a graphic flow visualization coding.

. Key equipment packaging projects included OMSK, Lansing, and Privod,

with revenue value over $150,000,000 that were fabricated and packaged

for timely delivery to customers. Others supported packagings included

NanNing, JiuJiang, Xiamen and XinZhuang.

. A Highly skilled Mechanical Project Engineer in support of a fast pace

equipment packaging of aeroderivative GT for power in oil and gas. And

commendation for zero issues in Title Transfer.

. Installation and commissioning of Gas Turbine performance surveillance

and monitor system, including compressor monitor, Gas turbine Firing

temperature measurement, and gas turbine thermal performance

monitoring resulting in power plant savings in excess of $3,000,000.

. 18+ years supported (hot section) several gas turbine original

equipment manufacturers, including Pratt & Whitney, GE, Solar

Turbines, ALSTOM Power, Rolls-Royce and Caterpillar.

Critical Skills

. BOM and Build Plan creation . Compressor Map & Selection .

FMEA, CFD, FEA

. Engine Controls . ASME, ASTM, ASM, API . Project &

Team Lead

. Communication & Tech Writing . SLA 190/20 Stereo Lithgraphy . Thermal

Analysis

. 17+ years Engine Performance . 3D Solid Modeling . Oil &

Gas Expr.

. Review design document . Pro/E, UG, AutoCAD .

Technical Specifications

. GT packaging for power . Combustion Modeling . GT

Commissioning

. Supplier Qualification . FLUENT, STAR-CD, C, C++ . RFI,

NCR, ECR

Professional Accomplishments

Aerotek Energy Services 2011 -

2012

Consulting Project Manager

Supported GE Aero Energy Requisition team in equipment packaging of GE

aeroderivative gas turbines, generators and BOP for power and drive

applications in oil and gas. Responsibility for planning, coordinating,

technical work, executing and organizing the projects including Equipment

Data Specification writing, Supplier Deviation Requests reviews and

resolutions, managing the sub-contract and product into the design plan.

Ensured that known risks and resolutions, as part of containment plans, are

executed and incorporated in the projects BOMs and assuring that the

technical integrity of the project is preserved and compliant with the

project scope. Interfaced and liaisoned with Manufacturing, Production and

Sourcing to resolve long lead items, customer's and manufacturing issues.

Qualified Suppliers for Water Injection skid, Sprint skid, and on Fire and

CO2 skids. Developed and wrote Harzardous Device Certificate listings for

equipment certification in several projects including Lansing, OMSK,

Privod, Xiamen, JiuJiang and Fast Ferry. Provided engineering and technical

support:

. Development and modification of Project-Specific Bills of materials

(BOM), drawing release and CADD drawing revisions and approvals.

. Management and outsourcing of inlet air filter and fire suppression

equipment. Approval and negotiation on SDRs, including supplier

drawing approval, interface review and management.

. Ensuring that materials in the design plans incorporated site specific

requirements and are codes and standard compliant.

. Aproval of engineering change order and equipment sourcing that meet

specifications and requirements.

. Responded to field related problems, Engineering Changed Request (ECR)

and Customer Request for Information.

. Applied GT expertise in design and performance in support of product

packaging.

IBIP Systems, Inc. 2009 -

2011

Consulting Senior Engineer

Consultation in fluid flow, gas dynamics, heat transfer, gas turbine,

acoustics and computational analysis to government and private industries

seeking competent small business partnership and sourcing.

. Combustor heatshield coking project.

VME Process, Inc.

2008 - 2009

(Privately Held, Oil & Energy industry)

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Total responsibility for flow assurance, computational fluid dynamics

modeling and simulation of process separation vessel design, improvement of

principal separation equipment, selection and sizing of load bearing

structures and heat transfer analysis for FPSO application.

. SBM Deep Panuke PFC high and low Pressure crude oil separation vessels

project.

. Modeling and simulation of Modec's FPSO on Jubilee oil separation

project.

. Process separator internals standardization and optimization such as

MVI, Cyclone, and Vane Mist Eliminator studies.

. Sloshing motion analysis and sensor location optimization heat

transfer studies.

. Performed structural analysis and sizing of mechanical parts,

including support structures for MVI and sloshing support baffle

carrying variable dynamic loads.

eServ LLC 2002 - 2008

(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Consulting Sr. Mechanical Engineer for Caterpillar, General Electric and

Rolls Royce.

Project I: Procurement of Turbocharger for C175 diesel engine development

Procurement of all turbochargers for C175 and vendor coordination for

diesel-powered reciprocating engine development cycle including scheduled

and unscheduled engine removal on pilot, proto-type, and production engines

meeting schedule and cost goals. Facilitated actions between internal and

external customers to maintain supply chain continuities during

emergencies. Pro/E solid modeling, meshing, CFD design of DPF inlet.

Project II: Gas Turbine Combustor IPT Cost Reduction

Managed projects and coordinated Combustor IPT cost reduction mission,

including liaison on the multi-department manufacture of replacement proto-

type engine cast bracket mount, qualification of the bracket, drawing

release and pre-production test planning. Annual savings of unreliazed

insurance payment of over $150,000.

Concurrently managed a thermal endurance test on a Thermal Barrier Coating

(TBC) effusion-cooled combustor wall liner and performed QA on flow

measurement process for cost reduction opportunity.

ALSTOM Power Inc.

2001 - 2002

(Public company; ALO PA; oil & Energy industry)

Gas Turbine Performance Engineer

Assembled, installed and commissioned ALSTOM's Gas Turbine Monitoring

System (GMS) at customer's gas turbine power plants. Integrated GMS

controller with main power plant controller.

Parts requisitioning, configuring PC, adding communication cards modules,

installation and commissioning of special unique thermocouple thermometers,

pressure sensors, and pulsation probes in gas turbine and power plants.

Documentation and reporting of work in customer's site book. Online data

acquisition for archival and use of archived data in diagnosing performance

failures.

. Commissioning of several units of Savannah Electric & Power GT11N1 gas

turbine project.

. TransAlta shale Oil processing plant project brought online additional

duct burner.

. Tractebel's GT8 Gas Turbine with substantial fuel saving to the plant

operator.

. Wrote new generation controller software in Labview for an upgrading

of GMS logic.

ADT Engineering, Inc. 1993 - 2000

(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

Senior CFD Specialist

Consulting Senior Engineer for General Motors, Solar Turbines, General

Electric

Project I: CFD Modeling of IC automobile engine

Conducted both steady state and transient CFD analyses on GM PV8 and L6 SI

automobile engine components conducting heat transfer and fluid flow

analysis. Modeled the air flow in the intake and exhaust manifold of IC

engines. UG solid modeling and simulation of engine block.

. Manifold cylinder flow equalization.

. Improved fuel efficiency

Project II: Design Verification and Validation in Support of ISO 9000

Certification

Component life prediction calculation for critical parts in automatic

electric tube bending machine design, including gears, bearings and

railings. Performed hand calculation, Pro/E and Pro/Mechanica simulations.

. Wrote a test plan and validated design

Project III: Design and Modeling of Mercury 50 Combustor

Design, selection of hole sizes, types and their arrangement on liner for

Dry Low NOx combustor application.

Conducted analytical and CFD configuration modeling studies for optimum

aerodynamics, mixing and emission level. Validation of the injector design,

Pro/E solid modeling, meshing and combustor NOx performance.

. Achieving target combustor exit profiles and goals.

. Simulation of recuperator inlet plenum chamber wall temperature.

. Engineering Liaison for CFD performed outside the Combustion group.

Project IV: CFD Modeling Geometric factors on NOx, dynamics and combustion

on GT Combustors.

Conducted CFD analyses on MS6B and MS7F gas turbine lean pre-mixed

combustor engines technologies conducting heat transfer and fluid flow

analysis reducing number of physical tests.

Visited Home (Outside of US)

1991 - 1992

Pratt & Whitney

1979 -1991

(Public Company; UTX; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

Senior Analytical Engineer

Developed and applied Computational Fluid Dynamics methods in solving

engineering design and manufacturing problems. Modeled and analyzed PW4000,

JT9D and V2500 combustors improving component performance and minimizing

test runs.

Assisted with design and development of innovative atmospheric plasma spray

coating gun and concepts improving porosity and reducing corrosion.

Analytical Engineer

Supported development and validation of the physical and mathematical

models of a proprietary CFD code. Discovered and coded a new particle flow

visualization technique and programmed for displaying CFD calculated

particle tracks.

Modeled the under wing mounted aircraft engine noise developing an acoustic

prediction procedure for wing edge diffraction noise contribution in FAA

flyover noise certification measurement.

Verification and testing of flight control logic design using SOAP program.

Documented and wrote a test plan for certification of the PW2037 full

authority electronic engine control in a FAA certification. Fix Font Size.

Education

MS, Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY

BS, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY

Certifications

Certificate in Six Sigma Green Belt, Value Train, April 6, 2011.

Certificate in Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, ASME, Jan. 2011

Certificate of Engineering Ethics, ASME Professional Development, Nov.

2010

Certificate of Gas Turbine/Turbomachinery CFD or FEA Modeling, ASME (GTTC),

2010

Certificate in Dangerous Goods Training Program for Alstom Power,

AllTransPack, Inc. August 2001.

Certificate Training in Unigraphics, General Motor University, MI, 2000

Certificate in Concurrent Design & Manufacturing Engineering, San Diego

State University, San Diego CA, 1999: Training included courses in Total

Quality Management, Solid modeling using Pro/E, Pro/MFG, CAE, CNC

Programming, Prototype Machining, FEA/Structural Analysis, MEMS design and

modeling.

Publications

Wrote the General Electric Contractor's final report to the Electric Power

Research Institute (EPRI): "Advanced Cycle Studies", 1993

Sturgess, G. J.; Inko-Tariah, W.; and James, R.: Post-processing

Computational Fluid Dynamics of the Gas Turbine Combustor, Joint

Publication, Joint ASME/CIE Conference, Chicago. 1986

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