Dr. Horizon Walker Gitano-Briggs

USM Dept. of Mechanical Engineering +604-***-****

***** ****** *****, ******, ******** abpl30@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Colorado School of Mines, Golden CO, August 1984 to May 1988

B. Sc. Engineering Physics, May 1988

University of California at San Diego, August 1988 to December 1991

M. Sc. Mechanical Engineering, December 1991

Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, Aug. 2001 to May 2004

Ph. D. Mechanical Engineering, May 2004

WORK EXPERIENCE

Conner Peripherals, San Jose CA and Longmont CO, 1992 to 1995

Component level head/disk tribology tester development

Seagate Technologies (merged with Conner in 1997) Penang, Malaysia

1995 to 2001, Managed Failure Analysis group (6 engineers, 3 technicians)

responsible for yield and quality improvement and customer returns.

Conducted industrial training courses in Malaysia, China, and Mexico

Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, August 2001 to Sept. 2002

Graduate Teaching Assistant occasionally lecturing full classes and teaching lab

courses in mechatronics and dynamics, grading and holding office hours

Colorado State University, September 2002 to May 2004, Instructor,

Prepared syllabus, tests, and assigned grades to large Junior level classes:

Mechatronics, Dynamics, Materials, Fluids Lab, Machine Design

Research included: Large bore natural gas two-stroke engine exhaust

tuning, Two-stroke motorcycle exhaust tuning, Small displacement two-

stroke engine direct injection conversion, Engine/Generator matching

Ion probe positioning system development for Boeing Space Systems

Electric Toothbrush Dynamics high-speed photography and analysis

Private Consulting, May 2004 -

Worked with various companies (Envirofit, Omnilux, Agilent, Modenas) in the

Philippians, Malaysia and the US developing product prototypes, R&D equipment and

instrumentation, establishing vehicle test centers. Founded Focus Applied

Technologies Sdn. Bhd. in 2008 to commercialize operations.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, June 2006

Director of USM Engines Lab performing research in the areas of alternate energies,

fuels and engines, Direct Fuel Injection, electric vehicles and etc. Reorienting the

Mechanical Engineering curriculum to reflect greater importance of electronics and

mechatronics as well as industrial research ties.

SKILLS

Industrial project/problem management (including KT trouble shooting)

Industrial training: SPC, Disk Drive Technology, Failure Analysis

Experimental measurements and automation

Programming: PLCs, Micro Controllers, Z-80 and 8088 Assembler Language,

Pascal, Fortran, Basic, C

Computer Modeling: Wave Engine Dynamics, 3-D modeling

Mechatronics, digital and analog electronics, electrical wiring for power

Gasoline engine tuning and rebuilding, 27 cc to automotive, EFI & Carbureted

Sterling Engine Development

Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Malay, German

Some proficiency in Mandarin, Thai

Extensive multicultural experience over 35 countries

PAPERS

For a current list of papers please see the attached addendum

MAGAZINES

Monthly articles in Motor News Malaysia on engine technologies, 2010-2012

BOOKS

Small Wind Turbine Power Controllers pages 165-188 in the book entitled Wind

Power, ISBN 978-***-****-81-7

PATENTS

US Patent 6,275,353 Disk Drive Housing Having Cantilevered Base Slot to

Reduce Mechanical Shock Damage, August 1999

US Patent 5,545,989 Non-intrusive Measurement of Spindle Velocity, Head-Disk

Interference, and Head Takeoff Velocity, Jan. 1995

US Patent 5,490,024 High Wall Disk Clamp Design, Nov. 1993

Pending: Compression Pressurization Technique for Direct Fuel Injection

Pending: Mechanically Resonant Reflector for a Scanning Light

Malaysian Patent: Method for Determination of TDC from a 2-Stroke Waist Spark

Ignition System for Direct Fuel Injection Applications

Malaysian Patent: Magnetic Coupling of an Eddy Current Dyanmometer to an Engine

REFERENCES

Dr. Allan Kirkpatrick, Dept. Head, ME. CSU, abpl30@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Dave Alciatore, Dept. of Mech. Eng. CSU, +1-970-***-****

Dr. Rudolph Stangelmaier, Dept. of Mech. Eng. CSU, +1-970-***-****

Darrell Cosper, former boss at Seagate, Malaysia +1-361-***-****

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Academic Program Advisor for UNI-KL MSI in Kulim, Malaysia, 2008-

Chairman of the Malaysian National Standards (SIRIM) Committee on Eclectic

Motorcycles 2010-2011

Contractor for United Nations FCCC (2011-2012)

Vehicle Accident Failures Analysis for Consumers Association of Penang

Attachment to the resume of Dr. Horizon Gitano-Briggs

PUBLISHED PAPERS

Design and Optimization of Mechanically Resonant Torsional Spring Mechanism for

Laser Light Dispersion Applications, Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME, 2011

Analysis of Motorcycle Fuel Consumption in Malaysia SAE2010-10SETC-0064

Development of Motorcycle Drive Cycles for Malaysia SAE2010-10SETC-0067

Design optimization and fatigue testing of an electronically-driven mechanically-resonant

cantilever spring mechanism Journal of Materials and design, 2010

Development of the Gaseous Fuel Direct Injection System for Small Two-Stroke

Transports, SAE 2009-SETC

Small Motorcycle Electronic Port Fuel Injection Retrofitting, SAE2009-SETC-7034

Well-To-Wheel Energy Analysis of Conventional and Electric Motorcycles in Malaysia,

SAE-2009-SETC

Design Analysis and Performance Prediction of the Cardiac Axial Blood Pump, Res. J.

of Bio. Sci. 4 (6): 2009, ISSN:1815-8846

Outlet Optimization of the Centrifugal Blood Pump, J. of Eng. and App. Sci. 3(9), 2008,

ISSN:1816-949X

Friction and Wear Characteristics of Surface Coatings in a Small Two-Stroke Utility

Engine, SAE 2008-SETC-32

The Performance Characterization of a Direct Injection LPG Fueled Two-Stroke

Motorcycle Engine, SAE 2008-SETC-0031

Design Optimization and Fatigue Testing of an Electronically-Driven Mechanically-

Resonant Cantilever Spring Mechanism USM Product Optimization and Simulation

Conference DEC 2007

Two-Stroke Engine Emissions Prediction for Premixed and Directly Injected Gaseous

Fuels, USM Product Optimization and Simulation Conference DEC 2007

Carburetor Tuning Optimization of a 120cc Motorcycle, USM Product Optimization and

Simulation Conference DEC 2007

Frictional analysis of a small two-stroke utility engine via tear-down testing, SAE 2007-

SETC-32-067

LPG direct injection: an alternative fuel solution to the two-stroke emissions problem, SAE

200*-**-****

Design and testing of a low cost peak-power tracking controller for a fixed blade 1.2 kVA

wind turbine, Elect. Pow. Qual. And Utilization, July 2008

"Development of a Compression Pressurized Direct Fuel Injection System, SAE ICERT,

September 2004

Design of a Compression Pressurized Air-Blast Direct Injection System for

Small Displacement Two-Stroke Engines ASME ICEF2003-785, 2003

Simulation of the airflow Characteristics of a Two-Stroke Natural Gas Engine

with an Articulated Crank ASME ICES2003-552, 2003

Effects of Exhaust Tuning on the performance of Large Bore CNG Engines

ASME 2003

The effect of Disk Clamping Warpage on the Tribological Performance of the

Head-Disk Interface Adv. Info. Storage Syst, Vol. 5, 1993

The Dynamics of 50% Style Sliders Using Laser Doppler Vibrometery

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, MAG-27, 1991

The Dynamics of Micro Sliders Using Laser Doppler Vibrometery

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, MAG-26, 1990

The Dynamics of IBM 3380K Slider Using Laser Doppler Vibrometery

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, MAG-25, 1989

GRANTS

USM Short Term Grant, 19,000RM, 2006-2008, Direct Injection of Gaseous Fuels in Two-

Stroke Engines

Fundamental Research Grant, 111,000RM, 2007-2010, Composite Surface Roughness

Effects on Friction and Wear

Research University Grant, 898,000RM, 2007-2010, Small Engine Developments

Industrial Research Grant (BioEnergy), 5,000RM, 2006, Fuel Additive Testing

Industrial Research Grant (Modenas) Mutiple:

9,881RM, 2007, Kriss 120 Oil/Fuel consumption Investigation

1,900RM, 2008, Ignition Timing Combustion Analysis

1,200RM, 2008, Initial WAVE Training

3,400RM, 2008, Superflow Dynamometer Refurbishing

1,815RM, 2009, Knock Investigation of AM120

4,000RM, 2009, Extended WAVE Training

15,000RM, 2011, Intake and Exhaust Tuning of 110cc engine

Industrial Research Grant (Ecozoil), 2,000RM, 2009, Diesel Fuel Emissions Testing

Industrial Research Grant (Envirofit International) 57,000RM, 2009, LPG-DI

Fundamental Research Grant, 82,500, 2008-2009, Artificial Heart Blood Pump Optimization

US PATENTS

Patent 6,275,353 Disk Drive Housing Having Cantilevered Base Slot to

Reduce Mechanical Shock Damage, August 1999

Patent 5,545,989 Non-intrusive Measurement of Spindle Velocity, Head-Disk

Interference, and Head Takeoff Velocity, Jan. 1995

Patent 5,490,024 High Wall Disk Clamp Design, Nov. 1993

Pending: Compression Pressurization Technique for Direct Fuel Injection

Pending: Mechanically Resonant Reflector for a Scanning Light

Pending: TDC Determination in 2-Stroke Engine Waist Spark System

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Teoh Yew Heng, Msci. 2007-2010, Direct Injection of LPG in 2-Stroke Engines

Dhyaa Hussien, Msci. 2008-2010, Optimization of Artificial Heart Blood Pump

Wong Chee Khoon, Msci. 2008-2011, Ammonia-Water Cycle Air Conditioner

Teoh Say Lai, Msci. 2008-2011, Electronic Fuel Injection for Motorcycles

Loh Jian Haur, Msci 2008-2011, 2-Stroke DI Diesel Development

Tan Yee Hern, Msci. 2007-2011, Simulation of Gaseous Fuel Direct Injection

Lim Kar Loon, Msci. 2008-2011, Aerospace Vhecicle Controls

Chong Chuong Leong, Msci. 2008-2011, Wind Energy Systems

Ahmad Syazli Mhod. Khalil, Msci. 2007-2011, Electrical Vehicle Studies

Koay Loke Kean, PhD 2009-2014, Mech. Resonant Control system

Lee Ying Wei, Msci. 2010-2013, Autonomous Vehicle Controls

Devarajan Ramasamy, PhD 2010-2015, CNG Tubulant Flame Speed Optimization

Goh Chin Yuan, Msci. 2010-2014, Autmomtive CNG Engine Optamization

Lee Jih Houh, PhD 2010-2015, Small Vehicle Efficiency Improvments

Knog Ching Hwa, Msci 2010-2014, Composite Metal Friction Reduction

Koo Aik Soon, Msci 2010-2012, Engine Torque Optamization at Low Speed

Vigren Radha, Msci. 2010-2014, Wind Energy Systems

Ali Jamaluddin, Msci 2007-2011, Small Engine Friction and Wear

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