DR. MICHAEL WALLIN

Address: **** * ******* ***,

Des Plaines, IL, 60018

Tel: 847-***-****

E-mail: ac17vj@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, August 2016, University of Illinois at Chicago

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, December 2011, University of Illinois at Chicago PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Post-Doctoral Research Specialist and NSF National I-CORPS Entrepreneurial Lead June 2017 – Present

Writing and submitting an SBIR proposal through the NSF

Conducting research interviews with hundreds of CAE engineers to better understand the CAE industry and specific CAD, FEA, and multibody software used today

Learning crucial business aspects of entrepreneurship Post-Doctoral Research Specialist UIC, Chicago, IL February 2017 – April 2017

Developed vehicle parts for complex Humvee model simulations

Participated in the regional NSF I-CORPS program Consultant Computational Dynamics Inc., Berwyn, IL June 2016 – September 2016

General testing and debugging of multibody software

Implemented unique features/markers to assist graduate students with research Research Assistant Dynamic Simulations Laboratory, UIC, Chicago, IL June 2016 – September 2016

Implemented nonlinear bushing elements with thermal effects using flexible finite elements in a complex tracked vehicle model

Developed finite element models in ANSYS for comparison with other finite element software Research and Development Engineer Computational Dynamics Inc., Berwyn, IL March 2014 – May 2016

Principal Investigator for an SBIR-granted startup company: o Supervised and dictated work projects with other engineers, kept in constant contact with government contracting office, and applied for grants while visiting and presenting at potential customers/companies

Created graphics for flexible bodies in main- and pre-processors

Created post processing feature for visualization of stresses and strains

Major user interface overhaul for better and easier usability

Parallelization with FORTRAN subroutines to increase computational efficiency Research Assistant Dynamic Simulations Laboratory, UIC, Chicago, IL January 2010 – February 2014

Developed and tested multiple complex multibody tracked vehicle models using multiple software, including Sigma/Sams (lab software), RecurDyn, MatLab, and ANSYS

Compared two flexible multibody formulations, the floating frame of reference (coded in MatLab) and the absolute nodal coordination, for the stress analysis of a track link

Developed graphic model geometries in Autodesk 3DS Max to use in vehicle animations Teaching Assistant UIC, Chicago, IL

January 2010 - May 2010

Helped students with design of machinery topics including linkages, cams, gear trains and overall efficiency

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Conference Reviewer ASME IDETC/CIE 2014 August 2014

Chairperson CNDI 2016 May 2016

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Wallin, Michael, Aboubakr, Ahmed K., Jayakumar, Paramsothy, Letherwood, Michael D., Gorsich, David J., Hamed, Ashraf, Shabana, Ahmed A., 2013, "A Comparative Study of Joint Formulations: Application to Multibody System Tracked Vehicles," Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 74(3), pp. 783-800.

Ding, Jieyu, Wallin, Michael, Wei, Cheng, Recuero, Antonio M., Shabana, Ahmed A., 2014, “Use of Independent Rotation Field in the Large Displacement Analysis of Beams,” Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 76(3), pp. 1829-1843.

Wallin, Michael, Hamed, Ashraf M., Paramsothy, Jayakumar, Gorsich, David J., Letherwood, Michael D., Shabana, Ahmed, A., 2016, “Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Rigid Body Approach in the Prediction of the Dynamic Stresses of Complex Multibody Systems,” International Journal of Vehicle Performance, Vol. 2(2), pp. 140-165.

Pappalardo, Carmine M., Wallin, Michael, Shabana, Ahmed A., 2016, “A New Ancf/Crbf Fully Parameterized Plate Finite Element,” Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 12(3), pp. 031***-******-**.

TECHNICAL ACUMEN

Finite Element Analysis: ANSYS, ABAQUS

Computer Aided Design/Manufacturing: Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks, Autodesk 3DS Max

Programming: FORTRAN, VB.NET, MatLab, C++, OpenGL (drawing), OOP

Multibody Simulation: Sigma/Sams, RecurDyn

Microsoft Office Suite

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Beach and indoor volleyball, guitar

CITIZENSHIP

US-born citizen

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