Engineer Mechanical

RICHARD LEE

Cell: 416-***-****

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QUALIFICATIONS

Accomplished, knowledgeable Senior Engineer with significant experience in FEA, conducting field experiments, and structural design for land combat vehicle. Co-ordinate, lead, and execute multi-discipline projects in a challenging, fast-paced environment. Inventor of the revolutionary Double-V hull structure (Stryker DVH) for Light Armor Vehicle (Patent Application Number 201********). Received Innovator of the Year award from the General Dynamics Corporation in 2010. Current research is on controlling the structural-acoustic vibration and improving the transmission loss properties on aerospace vehicles due to turbulent boundary layer pressure fluctuation. Lecturer on non-linear dynamic FEA in the Advanced Aerospace Structure graduate course at UTIAS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada

September 2001 – Present

Lead, Senior Engineer – Survivability Department IR&D (Level II Security Clearance)

Currently on Educational Leave of Absence to conduct researches at the University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace Studies

- Performed non-linear transient dynamics and linear static finite element analysis on mechanical systems to evaluate their structural integrity under mine blast load, and normal operating conditions

- Planned, organized and performed explosive/mine testing trials to evaluate the structural integrity of the vehicles, as well as to validate the modeling results

- Coordinated and budgeted resources for FEA effort and other technical activities within the department on various development projects such as, FCS, FRES, JLTV, Stryker, SMOD, USMC, etc

- Developed in-house simulation codes for numerical modeling of ballistics events such as mine blast modeling, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) modeling, and fragmenting warheads modeling

- Investigated and developed new technologies, such as mine blast seat design, advance concepts in hull shape design, and advanced material development

- Provided mentorship to other analysts, designers, and project engineers

- Provided technical support to marketing initiatives, including Bid & Proposal support

- Provided consulting services to other General Dynamics Land Systems sites and the Army Research Lab (ARL) in the area of modeling, and conceptual vehicle design

- Invited by the Royal Military College (RMC) as a guest lecturer to present a number of lectures on FEA, mine blast modeling, and survivability vehicle design

Leitch Technology International Inc. – Toronto

January – April 2001

Mechanical Engineer – Process Engineering Department

- Project leader for the Press-Fitting operation improvement project

- Design the Numeric Controlled Press-Fitting process for circuit boards fabrications

- Designed a pneumatic-electrical system to modify the manual Press-Fitting machines

Messier-Dowty Aerospace – Ajax Division

May – Aug 2000

Design Engineer – Design Engineering Department

- Designed mechanical components for the Bombardia Aerospace BD-100 Continental Jet's hydraulic steering control and retraction/extension system

- Designed the electrical and hydraulic harness routings for the BD-100 Continental's nose landing gear system

- Coordinated and performed the construction of the nose landing gear mock up

BFGoodrich Aerospace – Menasco Aviation Services

Aug – Dec 1999

Engineering Assistant – Engineering and Planning Department

- Designed repair operations to repair and/or overhaul both commercial and military aircraft’s landing gear systems

- Worked closely with aircraft manufacturers, such as The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin Aeronautic Systems, as well as the vendors to resolve various landing gears repairing issues, and landing gears design problems

The Boeing Company – Arnprior, Canada Division

May – Aug 1998, Jan – Apr 1999

Student Business Planner – Production Control Department

- Identified and analyzed potential components, which were produced by other Boeing’s sites, in order to assess the suitability to manufacture them in the Arnprior division

- Established resource requirements, manufacturing strategies, and tooling strategies in order to accomplish the work on-load process in an efficient manner

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Experienced in using DFSS techniques in various aspects of product development, such as statistical analysis, VOC, DOE, Pugh Analysis, TRIZ, Risk Management, DFMEA

Experienced in multiple facets of computer technology, including:

- FEA/CFD Simulation Software: LS-DYNA, ABAQUS, Hypermesh, ANSYS, TrueGrid, AUTODYN, ADAMS, CFX, Fluent, MSC Nastran/Patran

- CAD Systems: Unigraphics, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, IDEAS, AutoCAD

- Programming Languages: C / C++ / Visual C++, Visual BASIC, FORTRAN, JAVA, Assembly Language

- Others: MATLAB, SIMULINK, MathCAD, ICE-flow GlyphWorks

EDUCATION

- Master of Applied Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace Studies – 2012

- Honor Bachelor of Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo – 2002

- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.ENG) (PEO# - 100098416)

- Certified Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) Green Belt – 2009

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