Manager Engineer

JEFFREY P. LEWIS

Address: **** ***** ***** ** *****: 425-***-****

Everett, Washington 98208 Email: ***.*****@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Engineering manager experienced in managing diverse engineering groups in airplane program, preliminary design, design, and research. Program experience includes technical coordination with customers (airlines & USAF) and suppliers. Research experience includes defining, organizing, and obtaining resources for research activities, and then coordinating these activities with other Boeing organizations and with NASA. Ph.D. in computational fluid dynamics, Masters in structural test techniques, graduate of the Boeing Engineering Leadership Program.

SIGNIFICANT ACHEIVEMENTS

1.Manager responsible for implementing Boeing 787 laminar flow nacelle

2.Lead team to negotiate 787-9 pylon price with supplier

3.Developed first Boeing methodology to accurately predict engine nozzle thrust

4.Performed first 3D viscous CFD analysis of engine nozzle

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY (Time Descending Order)

Project

Role & Accomplishments

787 Propulsion Engr.

Integration and cost savings Manager: Team savings = 150M

KC-46 Tanker (Boeing Defense and Space)

Refueling Boom Integrated Product Team Leader & Senior Manager: Developed boom until factory 1st build, defined test program

787 Propulsion Engineering

Senior Manager: Developed, tested, and certified 787 APU and pylon. Also responsible for GENX Engine, 787-9 Coordination

Airplane Performance and Propulsion (787)

Manager, Propulsion Aerodynamics: Team defined and tested 787 and 747-8 nacelle aero surfaces including laminar flow inlet

737/757 Propulsion Installation & Controls

Manager: Team provided engine controls and installation analysis to resolve in-service problems for 737 and 757

Airplane Performance and Propulsion

Manager, Engineering R&D: Group provided propulsion safety, engine performance and mechanical audits, and interior noise analysis

Propulsion Technology

Manager: Team provided propulsion safety and computation fluid dynamics support to all commercial programs

Propulsion Technology

Computational Fluid Dynamics Research Engineer: Developed 3D viscous nozzle performance prediction with CFD, developed CFD tools for program use, PI for NASA contract

Allison Gas Turbines Div., General Motors

Senior Project Engineer: Performed 3d and unsteady CFD analysis of turbo-machinery

Boeing Aerospace

Engineer in vibration test lab

EDUCATION

Institution

Degree

Area of Study

GPA

Iowa State Univ.

Ph.D.

Mechanical Engr., Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

3.92

Utah State Univ.

M.S.

Mechanical Engr., Vibration Measurement

4.0

Utah State Univ.

B.S.

Mechanical Engr.

3.93

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DETAILED HISTORY

Manager, 787 Propulsion Integration, (Nov 2013 – Current)

• Organized LCPT effort to ensure nacelle and engine spares flexibility for airlines

• Integration manager (Nov 2014 – Current): Responsible for cost savings, test hardware management and acquisition, factory support (CA-EPDs), and reliability project management (SRPs)

Senior Manager, KC-46A Refueling Boom Integrated Product Team, Boeing Defense Systems (Mar 2013 – Nov 2013)

• Responsible ensuring high-risk actuator supplier met program schedule requirements.

Senior Manager and Integrated Product Team Leader, KC-46A Refueling Boom Integrated Product Team, Boeing Defense Systems (Nov 2011 – Mar 2013)

• Lead 1st level managers and their design teams to develop the detailed design of the refueling boom and its integration on the airplane. This included the structural components, hardware elements of the control system, hydraulic actuators, and sensor systems.

• Planned and lead the Boom CDR with USAF participation. Chaired multiple boom suppler PDRs and CDRs.

• Ensured usage of Boeing best practices: NRPD, EVM, Lean.

• Managed development of boom initial test plans

• Lead IPT meetings that included Engineering, Supplier Management, Operations, and Project Planning and Controls to ensure cross-functional integration.

• Organized initial Boom Build Shop engineering support.

Senior Manager, 787 Propulsion Pylon & Pylon Systems, APU, Propulsion Aerodynamics, Propulsion 787-9 Leader, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle, WA (Mar 2007 – Oct 2011)

• Senior engineering manager responsible for GENX engine technical integration and Fuels. (Sept – Oct 2011)

• Propulsion management focal responsible for coordinating with the other Propulsion Senior managers to accomplish all 787-9 Propulsion work. Responsibilities included engine improvement programs (RR Cx & C2, GE PIP2), trade studies, weight, schedule, integration with other 787 Program elements.

• Second level manager responsible for the engineering integration of the 787 pylon, pylon systems, pylon aft fairing, and APU system (APU: Apr 2009 – Sept 2011; Pylon: 2007 – Sept 2011)

• Responsible for propulsion aerodynamic coordination: SFC, and drag reduction projects to improve performance of all 787 minor models. (Apr 2009 – Oct 2011)

Acting Senior Manager, 787 Propulsion Derivatives and Mission Improvement, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle, WA (Sept 2007 – Apr 2009)

• Responsible for coordinating all aspects of main engine systems and auxiliary power system integration on the 787-9 and 787-3.

• Responsible for weight, SFC, and drag reduction projects to improve performance of all 787 minor models.

Acting Senior Manager, 787 Propulsion Pylon and Pylon Systems, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle, WA (Mar 2007 – Sep 2007)

• Second level manager responsible for the engineering integration of the 787 pylon, pylon systems, and pylon aft fairing.

• Managed 1st line managers whose groups were responsible for the integration of all items between the 787 wing and nacelle.

• Coordinated engineering development and problem resolution with multiple internal and external suppliers.

Manager, Airplane Performance and Propulsion, Propulsion Aerodynamics Preliminary Development, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle, WA (Oct 2002-Mar 2007)

• Managed group of 30+ engineers and technicians responsible for the aerodynamic integration of engines on all BCA airplanes. Group responsibilities included preliminary design nacelle/strut studies and drag prediction, aerodynamic input to pylon wing placement trade studies, nacelle aerodynamic surface lofting, analysis and testing. Oversee aerodynamic coordination with nacelle manufactures and engine companies.

• Manager responsible for the aerodynamic definition and performance of 787 nacelle and pylon (inlet, exhaust, thrust reverser, wing integration), APU inlet and exhaust, and environmental control system inlets and exhausts. Also responsible for 747-8 nacelle and pylon aerodynamic definition.

• Initiated laminar flow nacelle on 787.

Manager, Airplane Performance and Propulsion, 737/757 Propulsion Installation Analysis and Controls, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle, WA (Aug 2000-Oct 2002)

• Managed group of 27 engineers and technicians responsible for engine installation analysis and engine controls for 737NG and 757 airplanes, and thrust reverser systems for 777, 737NG, and 757 models. Responsibilities include functional management (raise and promotion decisions), as well as direct support for 737/757 Propulsion Chief Engineer with engine installations on new derivative programs and production support for existing airplanes.

• Boeing 737/757 "Engine" engineering manager responsible for organizing technical interaction between Boeing Propulsion Engineering and three engine suppliers. Responsibilities include leading joint supplier and Boeing team to resolve engine/airplane technical issues.

• 737/757 Manager responsible for Propulsion and Fuels In-Service Related Problem resolution. Work with other managers and engineers to ensure cross functional teams are formed to resolve airplane in-service issues.

Manager, Airplane Performance and Propulsion, Engineering Research and Development, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Seattle, WA (1999-Aug 2000)

• Provided engineering functional management for group of twenty-two engineers working in the areas of propulsion safety, engine-system mechanics, rotor dynamics, and interior noise technology.

• Boeing focal and program manager for NASA Ultra Efficient Engine Technology Program. Organized cross-functional Boeing team of experts to prepare contract proposals in response of NASA requirements, and then execute awarded contract.

• Participated in 1st level management forum that advised upper level management during SPEEA 1999 contract negotiations.

• Member of Phantom Works Propulsion Council and Propulsion Technology Group that coordinates Boeing-wide propulsion technology development.

Manager, Propulsion Technology Safety and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Seattle, WA (1997-1998)

• Provided technical, personnel, and project management for nine CFD researchers and five propulsion safety engineers.

• Served as management contact to the NASA Numerical Propulsion Simulation System project, and negotiated a statement of work for a NASA Advanced Subsonic Technology contract task.

• Interacted with outside software vendors. This included make/buy decisions, and developing requirements for purchased software.

• Participated in the Boeing EXPO Program (Executive Potential) to develop contacts and visibility outside of immediate area of responsibility.

Research Engineer, Propulsion Technology Computational Fluid Dynamics, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Seattle, WA (1988-1996)

• Co recipient of 1997 Special Invention Award (Patent App. 08 825,827)

• Promoted to Lead Engineer, June 1995

• Served as leader of Nozzle Design Process Improvement Team

• Awarded Special Incentive Award by Vice President of Engineering

• Developed and validated numerical analysis process for the prediction of subsonic airplane nozzle performance

• Developed CFD software for High Speed Civil Transport Propulsion Controls to simulate of flow through variable geometry supersonic inlets

• Led team to develop parallel computing technology for computational fluids

Senior Project Engineer, Computational Fluid Mechanics, Allison Gas Turbines Div., G.M., Indianapolis, IN (1985-1988)

• Developed time-accurate numerical analysis of turbine and compressor engine rotating components

• Upgraded three-dimensional viscous flow prediction capability for axial-flow turbines

• Served as principal investigator for Air Force research contract for time-accurate predictions of turbine and compressor flow fields

Vibration Test Engineer, Boeing Aerospace, Ogden UT (1982 Summer)

EDUCATION

Iowa State Univ., Ames IA; Ph.D. August 1985

Major: Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.92 (4.0=A)

Emphasis: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Instructor of heat transfer survey course

Utah State Univ., Logan, UT; B.Sc. June 1981, M.S. August 1982

Major: Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 4.0 Graduate, 3.93 Undergraduate (4.0=A)

Emphasis: Structural vibration measurement.

Extracurricular Activities: Tau Beta Pi, ASME (Chapter Secretary

80-81)

Awards: Freshman Outstanding M.E. Student;

Senior Outstanding M.E. Student

Outstanding Physics Student (1978-79)

PUBLICATIONS

Hsiao, E., M. Naimi, J. P. Lewis, K. Dalbey, Y. Gong, C. S. Tan, "Actuator

Duct Model of Turbomachinery Components for Powered-Nacelle Navier-Stokes

Calculations, " 18th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Denver, CO,

August 2000.

Hedges, L. S., J. P. Lewis, C. M. Carlin, and C. L. Beck, "Supersonic Inlet

Simulation with Closed-loop Control and Moving Control Surfaces," 34th AIAA

Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, 1996.

Lewis, J. P., K. L. McCleskey, B. W. Farquhar, "Nozzle Performance

Prediction by Computational Fluid Dynamics," Proceedings of the

International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 1993.

Lewis, J. P., R. A. Delaney, and E. J. Hall, "Numerical Prediction of

Turbine Vane-Blade Interaction," Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 111, Oct.

1989, pp. 387-393.

Lewis, J. P., and R. H. Pletcher, "Limitations of the Boundary-Layer

Equations for Predicting Laminar Symmetric Sudden Expansion Flows," Journal

of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 108, June 1986, pp. 208-213.

Kwon, O, K., R. H. Pletcher, and J. P. Lewis, "Prediction of Sudden

Expansion Flows Using the Boundary-Layer Equations," Journal of Fluids

Engineering, Vol. 106, Sept. 1984.

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