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Human Factors/Ergonomics
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING; HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; ERGONOMICS. Expert does research in the design of systems, equipment, and facilities. Expert is developing methods to make them safe and easy to use, maintain, and repair. One of his areas of expertise is automotive…
Mechanical Design – Kinematics
Expert has published numerous papers and several books on computer-aided mechanism design, concentrating on linkage type mechanisms. He has worked on over 50 applications of mechanisms, including consumer products, automation equipment, and specialty machines. Expert is co-developer of the LINCAGES…
Power Conditioning, Energy Systems
Expert research and development has been on various aspects of power conditioning, motor drives, and energy storage. His advanced studies have been in electric power systems and machines, DC current interruption, normal and superconductive magnetic energy storage, switching power converters,…
Chemical Engineering
Expert has taught a course in air pollution control at BYU about a dozen times in the past 22 years, a course which he organized. He has general experience in the design of air pollution control systems and has specific…
DFM, Smart Materials and Composites
SMART MATERIAL; INTELLIGENT MATERIAL. Expert has published the first book in this field and pioneered work on fluid-based smart structures. He has extensive experience in all aspects of this embryonic field. In addition, Expert has provided his services to the…
Biomechanics of Injury and Accommodation
IMPACT BIOMECHANICS; AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY. Expert is an expert in the field of impact biomechanics, particularly with regard to the response and injury of the human body in automotive crashes. He has conducted numerous research studies in the field and has…
Threaded Fasteners Reliability
THREADED FASTENER TIGHTENING. Expert is trained in the stress and reliability disciplines of engineering. He has over 25 years of experience designing transducers, instruments, and controls for testing, measurement, and control of the threaded fastener tightening process. THREADED FASTENER RELIABILITY.…
Business Strategies
Strategic Planning; Project Planning; Performance Measurements; Balanced Scorecard: Expert has extensive experience in strategic planning, and C-level team facilitation. He has conducted strategic business planning for manufacturing, construction, publishing, distribution, and service industries. He has been involved with formulating mission…
Enterprise Management Systems
Expert has spent a majority of his career involved in assisting companies select and implement systems to manage the process of manufacturing. His work has included almost every major software product for mainframe, mid-range, and minicomputers, as well as many…
Packaging Design, Development, and Testing
Expert's career in packaging has involved all aspects of design, development, and qualification testing of product and package systems. Protective packaging enables products to survive the normal transportation and distribution handling hazards of shock, vibration, compression, humidity, and temperature. He…