Mechanical and Aerospace Staff Engineer

JAMES B. POWELL, P.E.

P. O. Box ******, San Diego, CA 92192, (858) 692 – 8836 Mobile, ***********@**.***

OBJECTIVE Senior or Staff Principle Mechanical Engineer

CERTIFICATES Professional Engineer, 2005 to Present, Patent 9,151,696.6 Sigma Green Belt

EXPERIENCE 20 plus years advanced engineering analysis, R&D, CAD GD&T,

SUMMARY 20 years industrial gas turbine engineering, Manufacturing Design

Patent: Free State Seal Plate Functional Gage

Extensive Aerospace and Mechanical engineering

Gas Turbine Test Engineering, Analysis, and Adv. Manufacturing

Structural Analysis Expert and Mechanical and Aero FEA Professor

Military Specifications MIL HDBK 5H, Air Worthiness, M-516B

Stress, Vibrations, Controls, Thermal Science Heat Transfer

Advanced Rhetoric Skills, Oral and Written Communication

EDUCATION San Diego State University, Masters ’98 and Bachelors ‘93 in Mechanical

Engineering. Emphasis Biomechanical Engineering and Non-Linear FEA.

specialized TECHNICAL WORK Graduate Materials & Aero & Bio

Viscous Fluids Elasticity, Elastic Stability

Compressible Fluids Metallic & non-metallic Materials

Biomechanical Engineering Analysis of Elastic Plates

Rocket and Space Propulsion Aero-Elasticity

Low Speed Aerodynamics Controls Engineering

Grad HT Radiation, Convection, Conduction

EXPERIENCE NGC, Palmdale CA., May 2023 to March 2025.

Aerospace structural analysis.

U.S Navy, San Diego, North Island, FRCSW., May 18, 2018 to May 18, 2023.

Aerospace Structural Analysis

Site Design Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA (April – July 2015)

Site modeling work for civil engineering building construction site design. Helped a friend.

Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, CA (1996-2015) (Industrial Gas Turbine Engineering)

Held a position as an engineer. Perform mechanical FEA analysis for gas turbine components.

Create an electronic material property database for use in gas turbine analysis. Test engineering.

Preformed vibrations, stress, fatigue, material selection, thermal, and component engineering.

Math and Engineering Professor, (1984-Present)

Teaching finite element methods and advanced machine design at UCLA Extension and SDSU.

Public Health Service: U.S. Navy, Biomechanical Analysis.

ACTIVITIES AFFILIATIONS: ASME(BED), ASM, Zoological Society of San Diego.

Past chair ASME San Diego section. Past chair ASM Int. MPDC Committee.

Vice president of CSPE.

TRAVEL EXPERIENCE: Malaysia, Thailand, India, Nepal, Africa, England

Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Indonesia, Pakistan and Europe.

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