Expert Details
Structural Dynamics, Shock, Vibration; Missiles, Guided Projectiles, Missile Defense
ID: 731401
Florida, USA
For IDC:
He developed realization of an articulated-thruster aerospace control system. He conceptually designed unmanned air vehicles, space vehicles, missiles, guided projectiles and components. He Authored and designed a corporate capabilities brochure. He created a marketing plan for a novel aerodynamic control system. He developed a concept for GIF (guidance in the fuze), a complete guidance and control system that is housed within the standard NATO projectile fuze planform. He prepared proposals for innovative internal combustion engines, smart weapons, and missile upgrade guidance and control kits. He oversaw structural analysis for a gun-launched antitank weapon with a dual mode seeker. He supervised weight reduction efforts for a guidance module. For Tanenhaus Associates, Inc:
He designed a gun-test fixture for miniature Inertial Measurement Unit and coordinated the gun-test using training rounds. He is currently designing a new IMU to withstand high G gun launch.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1964 | Degree: MS | Subject: Applied Mechanics | Institution: Stevens Institute of Technicology |
| Year: 1962 | Degree: BME | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: The Cooper Union |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1996 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:Consult to clients regarding design for high g loading, vibration and other loads. Developed realization of an articulated-thruster aerospace control system. Designed gun-test fixture for miniature Inertial Measurement Unit and coordinated the gun-testing. Conceptually designed unmanned air vehicles, space vehicles, missiles, guided projectiles and components. Authored and designed a corporate capabilities brochure. Created marketing plan for novel aerodynamic control system. Developed concept for GIF (guidance in the fuze), a complete guidance and control system that is housed within the standard NATO projectile fuze planform. Prepared proposals for innovative internal combustion engine, smart weapons, and missile upgrade guidance and control kits. Oversaw structural analysis for a gun-launched antitank weapon with a dual mode seeker. Solved vibration problem for innovative rocket engine. Supervised weight reduction efforts for a guidance module. Analyzed and sealed plans for custom homes. Designed, analyzed and sealed plans for solar water heater panels. Calculated heat loads for a small commercial structure. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2011 | Employer: SAIC | Title: Consulting Employee - Engineering | Department: Missiles |
Responsibilities:Trained Boeing engineers in the use of Avatar, a detailed simulation tool for simulating missile flight. Analyzed an interceptor missile for Boeing using Avatar to determine performance for an extensive set of various conditions. Developed models of target missiles for 6 DoF flight simulations. Analyzed various booster configurations. Provided stress, shock and vibration analysis for Miniature Kill Vehicle (MKV). Assisted with the design of a test set-up for evaluating control using pulse-detonating engine. Performed data reduction including shock spectra and vibration power spectral densities. Assisted in evaluating propulsion concepts and subcontractors. Coordinated efforts of FMI, a small business involved in fiber manufacturing, for providing a damping configuration for Honeywell’s Common Guidance Module. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1996 | Employer: Coleman Research Corporation | Title: Vice President - International Programs | Department: Orlando |
Responsibilities:Directed all aspects of international activity. Managed and interfaced technically with foreign corporations and governments. Conducted software sales to foreign customers (Taiwan, Spain, Switzerland). Designed and proposed Hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) system for German customer, and export license application. Provided technical and management support to the MLRS-TGW Program (French/British/German/American), a HWIL integration effort (Taiwan), and seeker development (Germany). Provided technical assistance to U.S. Government on Arrow interceptor (Israel). Evaluated Arrow component/technology export license issues. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1996 | Employer: Coleman Research Corporation | Title: Director - Mechanical Engineering | Department: Orlando |
Responsibilities:Chaired structures evaluation for STAFF projectile Blue Team support, evaluating structural design concepts.. Performed THAAD missile system technology assessments. Participated in the Arrow Experiment for the U.S. Government, including detailed design reviews as an interceptor missile expert and post-test shock and vibration data analysis. Managed the design and demonstration of a projectile control system based on a modified nutation damper. Managed and participated in the development of g-hardened quartz crystals for railgun applications. Performed kinetic energy weapon configuration definition and technology assessments in the areas of structures, propulsion, inertial measurements, batteries, and flight computers. Led efforts on dynamic and stress analyses for MLRS-TGW program. Project Director for total design of Submarine Escape Trainer for the Naval Training Equipment Center. Performed a technology study for hypervelocity launchers and associated projectiles. Developed finite element models for Bendix Aerospace on the MATHP millimeter wave guided projectile. Led efforts on thermal/structural analysis of the Patriot Missile radome joint. Performed structural dynamic analysis for ENNK candidates for the Ballistic Missile Defense Command. Conducted ballistic, dynamic and stress analysis for an advanced cannon launched guided projectile for Martin Marietta. Project Director for the design of a tethered, floating fiber optic periscope for submarines. Managed the mechanical engineering effort on Hera, an ATBM target, was technical liaison to the U.S. Air Force for rocket motor issues. Analyzed a magnetically levitated vehicle for American Maglev, developing design requirements for the vehicle’s secondary suspension system. Supervised the mechanical design effort for the entire vehicle. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1979 to 1983 | Employer: Martin Marietta Corporation | Title: Engineering Manager | Department: Missile and Fire Control |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1971 to 1979 | Employer: Martin Marietta Corporation | Title: Staff Engineer | Department: Missiles and Fire Control |
Responsibilities:Task leader for dynamic analysis and test on the ADATS Program, including missile environmental definition; modal analysis; fusing and impact test/analysis; configuration; launch dynamics, (tip-off and mal-launch); structural transfer functions for missile and launcher; flight test instrumentation; and finite element structural analysis. Estimated manpower requirements, developed schedules, monitored subcontractors, interfaced with customer and vendors. Task leader for foreign cost and operational effectiveness analysis (COEA). Assured Copperhead compliance with NATO Rationalization, Standardization, and Interoperability (RSI) requirements. Developed the foreign gun compatibility testing program and led foreign government/U.S. Government joint planning efforts. Performed projectile structure dynamic analysis, interior ballistics analysis, balloting assessment, obturator analysis, vibration test and design support for titanium gyro development, and test and design support for the clam shell container. Performed dynamic analyses for Sprint and follow-on programs including Sprint II, Improved Sprint Missile system, and Advanced Terminal Interceptor. Led efforts on missile blast vulnerability, missile pin-down analyses, and launch station response analysis for earthquake produced by nuclear ground shock. Conducted vibration and shock analysis of flight test data, missile vulnerability analyses, and non-nuclear warhead kinematics. Briefed various government and co-contractor working groups and committees. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1966 to 1971 | Employer: General Electric Company | Title: Engineer | Department: Reentry Systems |
Responsibilities:Calculated frequencies, modes and dynamic response for exo- and endo-atmospheric nuclear encounters including blast loads, X-ray heating in depth, X-ray surface blow-off, sinusoidal and random vibration. Performed tip-off and R/V penetration aids analyses on Mark 12 Reentry System, Biosatellite, SNAP, RVTO, Reentry F, ABRES Pre-Damaged Vehicle Flight Test Study, and large satellites. Designed mounts and analyzed responses for underground nuclear tests. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1964 to 1966 | Employer: General Dynamics | Title: Engineer | Department: Electric Boat |
Responsibilities:Performed stress and dynamic analyses for structures on board attack, fleet ballistic missile, and research nuclear submarines including 637 Class, 671 Class, 598 Class and NR-1. Applied the Navy Direct Dynamic Analysis Method (DDAM) for shipboard and submarine shock response. Specified floating barge test configurations. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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| Years: to Present | Country / Region: France | Summary: 1-Worked with French engineers at Thompson-Brandt as part of the MDTT international consortium on a terminal guidance warhead for the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). 2-Deplanned and conducted gun compatibility testing for the signed, Copperhead guided projectile using the French self propelled howitzer AU-F1. |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: 1-Worked with German engineers at Diehl as part of the MDTT international consortium on a terminal guidance warhead for the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). 2-Designed, planned and conducted gun compatibility testing for the Copperhead guided projectile using the German-British towed howitzer FH-70 and the German version (M109G) of the U.S. M109 howitzer. 3-Developed and presented a proposal to TZN, a testing facility in northern Germany, for a radar testing componet for Hardware-in-the-loop testing. 4-Worked with German engineers on an anti-radar projectile. |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Great Britain | Summary: 1-Briefed the Royal Ordnance Board on Copperhead guided projectile, ran the Copperhead 6 DoF simulation to determine safety fans for maximum kinetic energy flights. 2-Designed, planned and conducted gun compatibility testing for the Copperhead guided projectile using the German-British towed howitzer FH-70 |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Japan | Summary: 1-Designed, planned and conducted gun compatibility testing for the Copperhead guided projectile using the Japanese self-propelled howitzer JGSDF-75. 2-Briefed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries personnel on Coleman Research Corporation training capabilities. |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Israel | Summary: 1-Represented the U.S. SDIO and participated in seven designe reviews held by IAI on the Arrow anti-missile. 2-Presented corporate capabilities to members of the IDF. 3-Reviewed the Arrow program for export license issues. |
Career Accomplishments
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| Vice President |
Fields of Expertise
mechanical engineering, military standard-810, missile, modal analysis, shock isolation, structural analysis, ballistic missile, guided missile, mechanical failure, sine sweep vibration analysis, dynamic load (structural system), load (force), bending, rotor dynamics, mechanical shock analysis, degree of freedom, aerospace, bending moment, acceleration, missile system, air defense system, vibration modal analysis, projectile, vibration test specification definition, shock test specification definition, mechanical system dynamic response simulation, flight simulation, isolation, structural dynamics, shock loading, mechanical shock, coordinate set, shock testing, mechanical stress, shock absorber, vehicle dynamics, cannon, national defense, ballistic missile defense system, missile defense system, vibration testing, rigid-body dynamics, impact resistance, resonance, scalar quantity, vector quantity, linear momentum, computer, rocket vehicle, structural vibration, ballistic projectile, structural engineering, vibration isolation, machine vibration analysis, vibration, testing, structural steel, structural mechanics, structural bolt, structural beam, Strategic Defense Initiative, shock wave, shock vibration, shock resistance, kinetics, kinematics, harmonic motion, finite element analysis, drop test, composite structure, classical dynamics, angular momentum