RESUME
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Dr. John F. Sarnicola,P.E. Tel: 607-***-****
Address: *** ********** **** ****: 607-***-****
Status: Married/2 Adult Children
Citizenship: USA
EDUCATION
Sherwood Central High School Regence
Canton ATI AAS Mechanical Design
Rochester Inst of Tech. BSME Mechanical Engineering Bucknell University MSME Mechanical Engineering
Univ. of Massachusetts Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering HONORS
Cumlaude Graduate Canton ATI
NSF-Research Grant Bucknell University (NSF-GK-1485) NSF-Research Grant Univ. of Massachusetts (NSF-GK-18894) Research Fellowship/Grant in Aid SUNY Binghamton (NYS-040-7290-A) NSF-Equipment Grant SUNY Binghamton (NSF-PN-18817) THESIS TOPICS
Master -Finite Elastic Behavior of Anisotropic Crystalline Polymers Ph.D. -Stability of the Cutting Process and its Effect on Machine Tool Chatter
PATENTS
Motion Simulator -US Pat. No. 5,366,375
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
Engineer in Training Certificate -Penn.
Registered Professional Engineer -019014 Penn.
Registered Professional Engineer -059044 NY
ASME,IAAPA
REFERENCES
Kevin Killmeier 607-***-**** mobile
Charles Stein 607-***-**** mobile
Peter Pisarski 607-***-**** ex 26 work
AMPLIFIED EXPERIENCE RECORD
SARNICOLA SIMULATION SYSTEMS INC. -President
SARNICOLA TECHNICAL SERVICES -Owner
Position -President/Owner
Duties -Design and consulting services in the major areas of mechanical and electrical engineering. Design, development, fabrication and sales of electric and hydraulically powered motion systems. Emphasis on design and development of electro-mechanical hardware for the simulation, entertainment and bio-mechanical industries. Extensive experience in instrumentation, testing procedures and applications, and, data collection capabilities; analysis and data reduction.
REFLECTONE CORPORATION
5125 Tampa, West Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33534
Position -VP Senior Staff Engineer
Duties -Assist and advise the Vice President in charge of Engineering on technical, production and development matters. Initiate research, and control new product development. Provide analysis in setting up new projects, including justification in terms of probable success, cost, schedule, market need, production requirements and labor impact. Chief investigator of specialty “Skunk
Works” projects requiring selection of technical team, methods and all development-to-product requirements.
MICROFLITE SIMULATION INTERNATIONAL
Lewis Road, Binghamton, New York 13905
Position -Senior Staff Scientist/Advisor
Duties -Advisor to the Director of Engineering. Address problem areas, processes and design practices, and, areas of technical deficiency. Duties included: rigorous study of existing problems, analyses, report writing, preparation of recommendations and presentation of results to the president for his
action. Also, investigation of potential new products, processes and applied methodologies. Initiate and oversee new systems and vendors hardware integration in LMC simulation products. Contact and establish dialogue with local educational institutions on symposium and research programs. SINGER, LINK MILES CORPORATION
Lewis Road, Binghamton, New York 13905
Position -Section Head, Senior Engineer
Duties -Manage technical and administrative aspects of the Control Loading department. To include math model generation for all simulator product line designs. Responsible for quality, schedule, technical and cost performance. Define objectives and develop plans for personnel as well as departmental goals. Administer policy, effect training, evaluate performance and maintain morale.
The Control Loading discipline requires in depth knowledge of software, modeling, aircraft characteristics, electrical circuit design, mechanical engineering and an ability to integrate all into an operable simulator capable of meeting FAA requirements.
ADAMS SARNICOLA ENGINEERS, P.C.
164 Court Street, Binghamton, New York 13901
Position -President and Owner
Duties -Operation and management of successful Consulting Engineering firm. Included all aspects: new business, mechanical and electrical design, employee relations, quality control, public relations and accounting. Both domestic and foreign work in the mechanical, electrical, civil and structural disciplines was performed. Many of the approximately 150 projects per year undertaken required
unique credentials and experience. Projects ranged from a few thousand dollars in construction cost up to thirty million dollars. McFARLAND JOHNSON ENGINEERS
171 Front Street, Binghamton, New York 13905
Position -Department Head
Duties -Complete responsibility for all architectural, mechanical, electrical and structural engineering designs associated with building contracts. Included: design, development, checking, specifications, cost estimating and review functions. Manpower projections, budgeting and personnel duties. Projects ranged to seven million dollars. Overseas and domestic responsibilities.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK @ BINGHAMTON
Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, New York 13905
Position -Assistant Professor
Duties -Initiating, designing, developing and teaching all new technical courses with laboratories for new Bachelor of Technology curriculum being established. Counseling and advising of students, as well as participating in University wide committees was required. Developed priorities and requirements including equipment purchases for new mechanical and electrical laboratories under
construction.
MOTION ANALYSIS, INC.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Position -Consultant
Duties -Design, develop and build bio-mechanical instrumentation and test equipment. Included mechanical shakers, custom load cells and signal conditioning instrumentation: optical infra-red velometers, utilizing state of the art logic circuitry, collimated retro-reflective and white light sensor systems. Produced a 16mm color sound film on impact and shock. Developed soft
Spring athletic running shoe. Designed and built load plates, center of mass devices and AM/FM telemetry instrumentation systems. PUBLICATIONS
Finite Elastic Analysis of Oriented Polymeric Film, DeHoff, P.H. and Sarnicola, J.F., Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Economics of Facing Operations, Sarnicola, J.F. and Boothroyd, G., ASME, Prod. Engr. Paper No. Prod-5. Presented at the joint NAMRC/ASME Conference, Hamilton, Ontario.
Machine Tool Chatter: Factors which Influence cutting Forces During Wave Removing, Sarnicola, J.F. and Boothroyd, G, Proceedings of the NAMRC. Presented at the joint NAMRC/ASME Conference, Hamilton, Ontario. Machine Tool chatter: Effect of surface Slope on Machining forces During Wave Removing, Sarnicola,
J.F. and Boothroyd, G., Trans. Of the ASME, Prod. Engg. Paper No. WA/Prod-5 Presented at the Annual Winter Conference, Madison, Wisconsin. Machine Tool Chatter: Effect of Equivalent Surface Slope on Shear Angle During Wave Generating and Regenerative Chatter, Sarnicola, J.F. and Boothroyd, G., Proceedings of the NAMRC. Presented at the NAMRC Conference, Madison, Wisconsin.
Vehicle Stability Analysis, Sarnicola, J.F., The Raymond Corporation, Green, New York.
Economic Performance Analysis: Solar Assisted Heat Pump for Heating and Cooling, Sarnicola, J.F. and Knudson, J.S., Proceedings of the Solar Energy & conservation symposium, Presented at the Annual Winter Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida.
Material Modeling: Dynamic Modeling of Homogeneous Composites for Simplified and Rapid Comparative Evaluation, Sarnicola, J.F. and Plagenhoef, S., Trans. Of the ASME. Presented at the Annual Winter Meeting, New York, New York. Validation Testing: the Driver for Product Quality, Sarnicola, J.F., AIAA Flight Simulation and Technologies Conference and Exhibit. Presented at the Annual Meeting, Dayton, Ohio.
Advantages of Hydraulics for Motion Bases, Sarnicola, J.F., PhD., P.E. Hydraulics & Pneumatics Magazine, Electrohydraulics, Penton Publications, Volume 65, No. 12.
UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT
Drawing and Descriptive Geometry
Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics
Algebra & Trigonometry
Differential Equations
Physics: Mechanics of Sound
Physical Science
Instrumentation
Applied Mathematics I, II
Automation in Manufacturing
Introduction to Machine Processes
Electro-Mechanical Control Systems
Machine Dynamics
Energy Sources and Conversion
Student Projects