ANTHONY DEMITRASZEK

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Coventry, CT 06238

860-***-**** (h) or 518-***-**** (c)

addcxm@r.postjobfree.com

Mechanical Engineer with background in leadership, mentoring, thermal system design, analysis, problem solving. Adept at acquiring new skills to support cross-functional teams. Broad background in fluid dynamics, numerical methods and heat transfer. Conceptual design, research, CFD, FEA, solid modeling and data analysis experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pratt & whitney, East Hartford, CT 2/2011 – Present

Principal Engineer Aero-Thermal Fluids

This position is a mix of supervision, mentoring, technical oversight, research and performing unique analyses to support special initiatives

Manpower planning including outsourcing and budgeting for 3 years.

Developed heat transfer manual to facilitate on-boarding of inexperienced engineers.

Developed Introduction to Mechanical Systems Heat Transfer seminar.

Organized first two-phase group meetings with PWC to further one-company process.

Led thermal analysis efforts for numerous engine programs.

Led thermal analysis team performing brush and carbon seal evaluations including supporting 3D multi-phase CFD modeling.

Developed thermal and CFD simulations for six FAA fire tests teaming with structural and design disciplines to improve component performance.

Sensis Corporation, East Syracuse, NY 12/2008 – 7/2010

Sensis is a global provider of air defense radar, air traffic control, airline and airport operations management, and data integration and distribution.

Senior Mechanical Analyst

Lead for ambient air cooling system design for land based radar systems from concept to production.

Designed and validated ambient-air cooling system for 3-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) from concept to large scale testing in 18 months.

Designed cooling system of the communications equipment group for the Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) from concept to integration testing.

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors, Liverpool, NY 8/2007 – 12/2008

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors (MS2) provides systems engineering, software development, and program management for global security, civil and commercial markets.

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Design and analysis of a variety of electronics related components and cooling methods.

Supported vendor’s design efforts of critical liquid cooled components that enabled a second source of supply and improved system reliability.

Designed cooling systems for radar, sonar, countermeasures and electronic enclosures.

Group resource for CFD and fluid/thermal design related issues including Icepak modeling.

ANTHONY DEMITRASZEK

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MTI MICROFUEL Cells Inc., Albany, NY 4/2006 – 5/2007

MTI develops portable direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC).

Senior Design Engineer

Lead for thermal related design analysis and testing of DMFC related components. Applied research of disruptive technologies for nano-scale fuel cell concepts. Mentored less experienced engineers in first-principles analysis and system design.

Performed thermal and CFD analysis of MEMS scale conceptual fuel delivery systems.

Directed testing of multi-phase multi–species transport systems.

Identified unproductive analysis efforts and refocused resources onto critical path analyses.

Designed and successfully tested a thermally driven micro-pump for fuel cell applications.

GE Infrastructure – Generator Technology, Schenectady, NY 5/2001 – 3/2006

Lead Ventilation Engineer, Generator System Design

Design and analysis of generator cooling systems for gas, steam & wind turbine generators including evolutionary and disruptive technologies.

Developed design methods for single-stage axial fans resulting in 60% reduction in design cycle time.

Led redesign activity for 450 MW generator cooling fan. Eliminated inlet guide vanes with cost savings of $120k per unit.

Conceived and implemented automated generator stator-stack design and optimization tool using iSight. Reduced stack design span by 40%.

Led heat exchanger cost reduction efforts for 324 MW hydrogen-cooled generators to achieve $5k per unit savings in cooler cost.

BECHTEL-MAO, Schenectady, NY 10/1989 – 8/1999

Senior Engineer

Lead for nuclear steam generator design and analysis.

Managed vendor thermal/hydraulic validation analyses for Seawolf and Virginia classes of attack submarines.

Designed the selected steam generator configuration for CVN-X aircraft carrier.

Led technical development for nuclear steam generator design and analysis.

Taught steam-generator design and two-phase thermal/hydraulics classes both in-house and at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science, Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, NY

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, NY

(Magna Cum Laude, Departmental Honors)

Associate of Science, Engineering Science, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

RPI Two-Phase Heat Transfer Symposium

Flowmaster II, NX9, Pro/ENGINEER,

ANSYS FEA, CFX, Fluent, Solidworks,

Sinda/Fluint Thermal Desktop, iSight, Icepak, Workbench, PThermal, PATRAN, Fortran, Mathcad

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