Engineer Engineering
Resume:
Ed Cykowski, P.E.
Fort Worth, TX 76123
Cell Phone: 817-***-****
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Current Status:
Contract Structural Analyst: Bell, Spirit, Lockheed, Army Aviation Engineering (Huntsville)
Early Retirement July 2005, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Early Retirement Oct 2000, Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, CA
Qualifications Summary:
MSME with concentration in Engineering Mechanics, Structural Engineering, and Fracture Mechanics
/ Fatigue. Professional Engineering (PE) License, State of Texas. SECRET DOD Security Clearance,
Active. 30 yrs+ aerospace / DOD experience including 12+ years with Lockheed Martin, 9 years at
Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, and 8+ years as Contract Stress Engineer.
Structural loads & dynamics, airframe structural / stress analysis. Damage tolerance, fracture
mechanics, fatigue analysis of aircraft and spacecraft components and airframes. Application of finite
element structural analysis codes including MSC/NASTRAN, NASTRAN, PATRAN, FEMAP,
ANSYS, ADAMS, VI-GRADE AIRCRAFT, DYTRAN, ABAQUS Standard and Explicit,
MECHANICA, LS-DYNA, to DOD and NASA flight hardware. Explosives modeling and testing for
U.S. Navy.
Experience:
Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, TX - 2 yrs Sept 2012 to May 2013 and Jan 2006 to March 2007
Contract and Direct Stress Engineer for UH-1Y and AH-1Z New Build Helicopters. Damage Limits &
Tolerance (DL&T) Analysis. MRB stress and manufacturing support. Military helicopter airframe
and control systems stress analysis. Composite and sandwich panels stress analysis. Engine firewall
systems stress analysis. Team Center UG, PATRAN / NASTRAN, Bell, and Boeing Stress Manual
applications. Systems Stress Lead Engineer, Stress Analyst, Loads Development for H-1 Upgrades
Program Helicopters mechanical flight control systems. DL&T Analysis of helicopter airframe and
systems to support Structural Repair Manuals. Dynamics systems components fatigue substantiation
analysis.
Spirit Aero Systems, Tulsa, OK and Wichita, KS - 14 months Jan 2012 to May 2012 and Sept
2008 to May 2009 Contract Stress Engineer. Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Material
Review Board (MRB) stress support for the Gulfstream G650 wing program in Tulsa. PATRAN /
FEMAP / NASTRAN finite element modeling. Classical hand and FEA analysis of wing structures
including composite structures. Specialized in stress support for re-design of the wing flap system on
the G650. Application of Gulfstream and Spirit Design Manual stress methods to wing structure.
ENOVIA / CATIA V application in support of stress analysis. Cessna 850 Columbus business jet
systems stress including flight controls, fuel, hydraulics, bleed air systems stress. Engine pylon and
under-fairing bird strike modeling with LS-DYNA. Secondary airframe loads and stress modeling.
Composite honeycomb panels design/stress. CATIA 5 / FEMAP / ENOVIA. Boeing 777-300ER
loads analysis for fuel load increase.
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Aerospace/DOD Experience (30 yrs):
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Lockheed Martin Space Systems – 12 yrs 3 months May 2011
to Jan 2012 (GHG), Nov 2000 to July 2005 (Retired), and Nov 1988 to July 1995 . Contract Stress
Engineer and Fatigue Analyst for NASA ORION manned spacecraft structure and systems. FEMAP /
PATRAN / NASTRAN static, nonlinear, and dynamic loads and stress modeling. NASGRO fracture
mechanics / fatigue analysis. LS-DYNA and MSC/ADAMS applications specialist. Preparation of
Stress Analysis Summary Reports. Direct JSF Sub-Systems Wing Carry-Thru Stress Lead Engineer.
Fuel and hydraulics systems stress and fatigue analysis. JSF Armament (AME) Systems Stress
Analysis. F16 Block 60 armament stress. Metaphase PDM. Systems Stress and Fatigue Analysis for
Space Station and Shuttle subsystem components. Space Shuttle and Space Station payloads
integration, structural, and fatigue analysis. Impact and penetration mechanics analysis for meteoroid
and orbital debris impact. Hand calculation stress analysis of spacecraft system components.
US Army Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED), Huntsville, AL – 3 yrs May 2009 to Mar
2011 and Sept 2007 to Sept 2008. Contract and Direct Structural and Fatigue Analyst for helicopter
modification programs for Army Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED). MSC/ADAMS,
PATRAN, NASTRAN, DYTRAN modeling. Boeing Design Manual (BDM), Sikorsky, and Bell
Structural Analysis and Fatigue Manual application to military helicopter upgrade and modification
programs. Crashworthiness analysis of crew seats, landing gear, and helicopter airframes. Analysis of
advanced composite materials ballistics protection systems. Engine mount systems loads and stress
analysis. Analysis of composite materials weapons pylons. Structural flight test support for MH-60M
Special Forces Blackhawk helicopter mod program. Factory stress analysis support for helicopter
modification programs at Lexington, KY Blue Hills Station. Army Aviation JEDMICS Drawing
System applications.
Sikorsky Helicopter, Fort Worth, TX – March 2007 to Sept 2007. Rotor Systems Structural and
Fatigue Analyst for CH-53K heavy lift helicopter including rotor blade composite materials stress
analysis. Tail rotor system component stress analysis. Blade impact, bird strike, ballistic impact for
helicopter components. CATIA V5 (48 hrs) and ANSYS Workbench and Non-Linear (32 hrs) update
training completed. ENOVIA.
L-3 Integrated Systems, Waco, TX – July 2005 to Jan 2006. MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter
crashworthiness analysis (ADAMS / VI-GRADE / DYTRAN / SOL600 Non-Linear NASTRAN),
static FEM PATRAN / NASTRAN, stress, loads, dynamics, and crash analysis. Landing gear stress
analysis.
Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA – 8 yrs 10 months July 1995 to Oct 2000 (Retired) and
Sept 1984 to Apr 1988. Direct Aircraft weapons systems structural and fatigue analysis. Impact and
penetration mechanics analysis. Conventional munitions detonation modeling. Composite materials
rocket motor stress analysis. Aircraft weapons systems design and structural analysis. Stress
analysis of cast ductile iron and steel bomb bodies and bomb racks. Explosives modeling and testing
to support U.S. Navy Insensitive Munitions Program. Bullet impact and sympathetic detonation
modeling of conventional warheads with Sandia CTH hydrocode.
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Aerospace/DOD Experience (30 yrs):
Education:
1989-2001 Post Master’s engineering studies in advanced fracture mechanics and fatigue, aircraft
structural analysis, finite element analysis (FEA), structural dynamics, computational fluid dynamics,
and chemical reaction engineering at the University of Houston, Cal State University Northridge, and
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Enrolled in PhD Program in Engineering Sciences at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (videotaped distance education). PhD not received yet.
1988 MSME, California State University Northridge (CSUN)
1987 Technical Manager’s Program Graduate, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA
1980-1982 Post Graduate Studies in Engineering Mgmt, University of Houston
1973 BSME, University of Houston
1967 Graduate of U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) School, Indian Head, MD
1965 Graduate, U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Maintenance School, Denver, CO
Technical short courses in the areas of UNIX Systems Administration, Lagrangian/Eulerian structural
and impact engineering analysis and explosives modeling (ABAQUS, DYTRAN, PISCES, CTH),
material behavior under high strain rates, penetration mechanics, solids modeling (SDRC I-DEAS,
PATRAN, PRO/E, CATIA V4 & V5, and UG II), fracture mechanics and damage tolerance analysis
(NASA FLAGRO and MSC/Fatigue), stress analysis, finite element analysis (ANSYS,
MSC/NASTRAN, ABAQUS, MECHANICA). Dynamics and kinematics ADAMS AIRCRAFT.
Military Service:
U. S. Air Force, E-5 Staff Sergeant Sept 1964 – Aug 1969
Nuclear weapons maintenance technician, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialist, electronics
technician.
Certification: Professional Engineer, State of Texas, #42804
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