Mechanical Engineer / Engineering Manager

JOSEPH E. SPAULDING

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MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Medical Devices ANSYS Finite Element Software Optimization of Systems and Components DOE

Stress - Strain Heat Transfer Fluid Flow CFD Electrical Performance Testing and Projections Optimizing Products and Integrating Processes to Solve the Most Challenging Problems Highly accomplished engineer with extensive knowledge and broad-based experience in design, analysis, and testing of surgical and implantable medical devices and components. Exceptional communicator with proven capability in focusing and leading teams to maximum productivity. Six Sigma Green Belt Certification; two-time nominee for Visionary of the Year award. EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

STRYKER INSTRUMENTS Kalamazoo, MI 2012 – 2017

Principal FEA Engineer

Drove upgrades to FEA capabilities across four divisions on the Kalamazoo Campus.

FEA solution times cut by 90% through deployment of specialized HPC hardware. Capability to solve large assemblies increased 11X.

Negotiated 2017 licensing which expanded solving on HPC server to 6 models simultaneously.

Changes in use of software licenses increased access and saved over $260k.

Number of 2016 ANSYS users on the Kalamazoo campus increased more than 36% over 2015.

Hired CAD Systems Engineer to harmonize and streamline mechanical design processes.

Vetted and setup outside consultants to accommodate special or overflow work. Structural analyses: Thermal strains on PC boards, Enclosure deformations due to injection overmolding and during assembly, Strength assessment for custom fasteners, Effects of constrained overstressing, Deformations of welded frames for vacuum testing, CAD imports from Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks. Optimization: Strength vs weight for test system cantilevers, Stress vs curvature for saw blades, Transient thermal responses of gas preheater configurations. Cost analysis of pooling all ANSYS licenses across North America. GREATBATCH MEDICAL (NOW INTEGER) Clarence, NY 1990 – 2012 Advisory Engineer, Modeling & Analysis (2012)

FEA modeling of a vacuum furnace to minimize temperature differences part-to-part. Enhanced and customer specific modeling of implantable grade capacitor performance. Senior Manager, Analytical Services (2006 – 2012)

Performed static and dynamic, elastic and non-linear, stress analyses, magnetic, thermal, electrical, and fatigue analyses using ANSYS software; evaluated complementary analysis software. Supervised electromagnetic analyses of components using SEMCAD X (FDTD) software. Interfaced with FDA on product submissions. Tested implantable batteries, capacitors, and leads for MRI compatibility. Energy harvesting. Mentoring of interns. Delegated with signing authority for Executive Director on all capacitor ECO’s.

Member of global joint working group (IEC-ISO) and an editor of ISO TS 10974 Assessment of the safety of magnetic resonance imaging for patients with an active implantable medical device.

Resolved RMAs, completely satisfying customers on especially difficult product performance issues.

Sponsored dielectric research at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute. Joseph E. Spaulding 2

Manager / Senior Manager, Capacitor Development Systems (1997 – 2006) Led a team of three engineers and two technicians designing hardware and writing software (LabVIEW) for the manufacture and testing of high-voltage capacitors for implantable defibrillators. Oversaw statistical analyses of electrical performance (Minitab), HALT testing, engineering test database programming (SQL), assessments of test systems, and software evaluations. GMP. Negotiated and finalized 16 customer specifications for electrical performance.

Developed, with IT, an automated scrap reporting system which detailed numbers and percentages by model and type. Weekly reports were emailed to quality and engineering personnel, contributing to a tenfold reduction in electrical test scrap from ~20% to <2%.

Established procedure and wrote protocol, still in use, for qualification of all implantable grade tantalum capacitors.

The capacitor division went from one model and revenue of $350k to five models and $34M in five years.

In three years the energy density of the product line increased by 40%.

Supervised design and deployment of seven high-speed test systems for roughly half the cost of two older systems; new units were smaller, more flexible, and more easily serviced and calibrated.

Nominated for Greatbatch’s Visionary of the Year award (2000 and 2002). Manager, Battery Development Systems (1995 – 1997) Supervised three-person staff, maintaining two Engineering Change systems for electronic and paper records on all battery designs.

Directed CAD system assessments and software evaluations prior to transition from proprietary, UNIX-based to PC-based solid modeling and FEA systems.

Assessed company’s IT needs and developed several long-range strategic plans as founding member of the Information Technology Steering Committee.

Manager, Analytical Engineering (1992 – 1995)

Led staff of two analytical engineers who performed static stress analyses, magnetic, and electrical component analyses using finite elements. Provided statistical analyses of battery performance; evaluated alternate FEA software; calculated magnetic flux densities in different configurations of implantable pumps; co-founded Automated Tracking and Traceability task group, the first step toward paperless documentation.

Times for new quotes were reduced from weeks to hours by the introduction of fully automated design of standard battery configurations and chemistries, which linked a complete cell balance to the CAD generation of a basic battery drawing.

Analytical Engineer (1990 – 1992)

Performed static and modal stress analyses, magnetic and electrical component analyses using finite elements

(ANSYS). Provided statistical analyses of battery performance and economic analyses of design methods.

Brought ANSYS finite element package on UNIX workstations into the company; set up links with 3D CAD package for efficient processing of complex shapes.

Magnetic FEA for semi-implantable hearing aid.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

MILLARD FILLMORE COLLEGE, SUNY AT BUFFALO Buffalo, NY Instructor

Heat Transfer Laboratory (Fall) and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (Spring). SUNY AT BUFFALO, Buffalo, NY

Teaching Assistant

Introduction to Engineering Computation (Fall) and Heat Transfer (Spring). Fluid Mechanics (Fall) and Heat Transfer (Spring). Nominated for Graduate Teaching Award.

EDUCATION

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO Buffalo, NY Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering.

All coursework and qualifying exam completed for Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with concentration in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. HAVERFORD COLLEGE Haverford, PA

Bachelor of Arts, History (minor in Economics).

PATENTS

Implantable Devices:

Composite RF current attenuator for a medical lead, 30 June 2015, Patent Number US 9,071,221.

Composite RF current attenuator for a medical lead, 31 March 2015, Patent Number US 8,996,126.

Active implantable medical system having EMI shielded lead, 30 September 2014, Patent Number US 8,849,403.

RFID detection and identification system for implantable medical devices, 10 January 2012, Patent Number US 8,093,991 B2.

Implantable Capacitors:

Dual anode capacitor with internally connected anodes. 27 January 2009, Patent Number US 7,483,260 B2.

Energy-dense electrolytic capacitor. 18 September 2007. Patent Number 7,271,994 B2.

Electrolytic capacitor capable of insertion into the vasculature of a patient. 4 July 2006, Patent Number 7,072,171 B1.

Flat back case for an electrolytic capacitor. 14 March 2006, Patent Number 7,012,799 B2.

Dual anode capacitor interconnect design. 1 February 2005, Patent No. 6,850,405 B1. Implantable Batteries:

Thermal spray deposited electrode component and method of manufacture. 10 February 1998, Patent Number 5,716,422.

Method of covering an electrode for electrochemical cells. 16 July 1996, Patent Number 5,536,279.

Electrode covering for electrochemical cells. 17 October 1995, Patent Number 5,458,994. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Intern Engineer, New York State (Professional Engineer Exam, Part 1).

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