Ed Cykowski, P.E.

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Fort Worth, TX 76123

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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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