Expert Details
Mechanical Design: Automated Machinery, Rotating, Assembly, Gears, Machinability, Safety, Medical Eq
ID: 723643
New York, USA
All forms of manufacturing uses automated machinery. He has been involved in designing automated machinery for 20 years, using 3D CAD. For the food industry He designed special purpose conveyors. He has been in many Sara Lee and Nabisco plants.
Designed machinery using gears of all kinds.
Designed special purpose linkage assemblies for various forms of industrial machinery
Materials have various forms of machinability,
and He has experience to know about most industrial material machinabilities.
He has extensive machine safety experience, with mnay years working with UL.
He designed high speed, and high torque mixers for the food and chemical industry. They either used hydraulic motors for high torque(High viscosity) applications, or high speed for aeration mixing.
He has been involved in the design of several high speed offset printing machines. They were up to five(5) colors, and up to 75k items/hr.
He has specialized in the design of special prototype machinery, having been in many fields and mastered many.
Evaluated a unique mechanism that used high powered magnets for torque assistance. Using electrical power in, and electrical power out, issued a paper illustrating the devices pros and cons.Designed a series of small machines that helped an inventor and entrepreneur evaluate the possibility of marketing custom cosmetics.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1988 | Degree: BE | Subject: Mechanical/Aerospace | Institution: Hofstra University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2019 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Electrical Application Engineering Manager | Department: Electrical Applications Engineering |
Responsibilities:Electrical Applications Department designs the electrical system for the field implementation of Employer transit agency products. Each transit agency has a custom designed fixed and mobile electrical system upgrade that upgrades and meshes with their current transit logistics, vehicle OEM embedded harness and computer control system, and passenger information system. Lead team on the training and adoption of Zuken E3 electrical engineering software, and digital integration with vendors. Lead team on best engineering practices, standards, and use of all engineering software; Zuken E3, Solidworks, Autodesk products, etc |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2014 to 2018 | Employer: Memorial Sloan Kettering Manufacturing & Cancer Center | Title: Senior Design Engineer / Mechanical Instrumentation Supervisor | Department: Biomedical Engineering |
Responsibilities:• Precision engineering design and development of medical instruments, machines, and devices (robotics or standalone machines). Products developed at a full manufacturing center (CNCs, Lathes, mills) on site, and were designed and fabricated through collaboration with physicians, surgeons, researchers, engineers, and other clinical or technical staff.• Responsible for innovative hands-on design, and leadership of a team of Engineers, CAD designers, 3D Printer technicians, Machinists, and Tool & Die Makers. Accomplishments: • Created biomedical 3D printing lab of several printers that facilitated rapid replacement parts for hospital equipment, medical device prototyping, custom bolus creation, and pre-surgery anatomical models. Developed pre-surgical anatomical models based on radiological image segmentation, used by surgeons for planning. • Designed tools, and machinery, for researchers that included mechanical tools and assemblies for surgery (custom cobb tool, daVinci robot custom trocor adaptor), and Brachytherapy (custom radiotherapy devices) • Ensured operations of hospital’s electro-mechanical equipment met joint commission guidelines of PM, and quality standards, by working in conjunction with the Clinical Engineering team. • Entered into a joint collaboration with the 3D printer company Stratasys for voxel level printing methods. • Entered into a joint collaborative agreement with CUNY QCC for custom 3D printing and advanced manufacturing using their multimillion dollar 3D printing and manufacturing lab. • Designed custom ceramic finned heat exchanger for piezoelectric MRI safe motor using Solidworks Flow Simulation. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2014 | Employer: Cemusa, Inc. | Title: Engineering manager | Department: Engineering Department |
Responsibilities:Hired as the Design Engineering Manager, promoted to handle additional responsibilities of Manufacturing Engineering after 1 year.• Researched and developed LED lighting and Solar Power to enhance product quality, lower electrical costs and embrace Green initiatives. • Expanded third party vendor list resulting in reduced production costs and increased product quality. • Interfaced with contract manufacturers for product manufacturing to insure production deadlines are met and within budget. • Worked with Quality Control with department manufacturing inspectors; coordinated all manufacturing vendors with pre-manufacturing meetings and reviews, sample inspections during production, and post production first article inspections. • Oversaw Nationally Recognized Testing Lab Certifications (NRTL). • Managed all engineering and manufacturing contracts for North America including manufacturing and inspection in China; various locations and suppliers. • Managed MRP system, and document and drawing management within department to create optimized workflow. toilets in cities throughout the world. My responsibilities would be for North America. Cemusa had the contract for San Antonio Texas Miami Florida, Boston Massachusetts, and New York City. The contract for NYC encompasses almost 4000 structures. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2007 | Employer: Halm Industries, Inc. | Title: Project Engineer | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:He is a expert Machine Design Engineer, UL project coordinator & Cad Manager (Mechanical Desktop, AutoCad, Inventor, Pro/E Wildfire) |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 1999 | Employer: E.T. Oakes Corp | Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Machine Design EngineerUS Trainer/Sales |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 1997 | Employer: Materials Research Corp (SONY) | Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Design Physical Vapor Deposition Machinery for the Memory market (Hard Disk Drive Read/Write Heads) |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1991 to 1996 | Employer: Pall Corporation | Title: Machine Design Engineer | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Design production Machinery for the disposable biomedical filter business |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2011 to 2011 | Country / Region: Hong Kong / China | Summary: Entered the manufacturing areas of China through Hong Kong and Shanghai for production visits. Cemusa manufactured the large bus shelters and newsstands in China |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American Institute of Aerospace & Aeronautics(AIAA); National Society of Professional Engineers(NSPE), Sociey of manufacturing Engineers (SME), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| New York State Professional Engineer License; MA Professional Engineer License; NCEES record |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Director, board of the BxNSSPE society; Bronx chapter of the NYS Society of Professional Engineers |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| One (1) Patent for mechanism design |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert testimony used for the validity of safety to public of structures manufactured, installed and maintained. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Developed Training courses for a expanding company in: 1) Safety per OSHA 2) Manufacturing Quality 3) Manufacturing Efficiency |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Ongoing for twenty five years in all areas of manufacturing |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Developing products for use and/or sale is my primary job function |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Studied for five (5) years in Public school, but currently rarely used |
| Russian | Studied for two (2) years in public school, currently rarely used |
Fields of Expertise
assembly machine design, machine, machine design, machine design review, machinery, machinery assembly, machinery design, mechanical device design, mechanical power transmission, mechanical tool, mechanization, precision machine tool, rotary transfer machine tooling, rotating machinery, tooling, automated machine design, industrial machine design, industrial machinery, machine tool, machine installation, mechanical engineering, steel, automated machinery, food machinery, conveyor design, gear, linkage, machinability, machine safety, mixer design, printing machinery, special machine design, iron metallurgy, machine-tool industry, cam design, man-machine interface, machine shop, rotational molding tooling, machining tooling design, machine switch, electrical machinery, machinery reliability, machinery lubricant, machinery lubrication, ergonomic tool design, force ratio, bearing design, automatic screw machine tooling, aircraft design, machinery selection, engine design, machine-tool design, grain-milling machinery, medical device manufacturing, medical device design, industrial engineering, medical device, machinery maintenance, iron alloy, man-machine system, ergonomics, cam (device), aviation science