Slingsby Aviation, Yorkshire, England [81 - 86 & 87 - 89]

A small aerospace company specializing in composite design and manufacturer of aerospace products. Returned to this organization in 87 as a consultant.

	T67 Firefly Senior Engineer involved with the development of a two seat trainer, a composite redesign of the French RF6B. Responsible for the design, analysis, and coupon/full scale/ repeated loads testing of the fuselage and horizontal stabilizer structure.
	Airship Industry SKS 500 & 600 Slingsby Aviation was the primary vendor for the manufacture of the Airship Industry Gondola structure. Primary engineer responsible for the technical liaison, numerous design enhancements, and test contracts, including a nosecone full scale test.
	Fokker 50 Slingsby Aviation was the prime contractor for the certification analysis documentation for the Fokker 50 commercial airplane.  Assisted with the stress analysis of the aft main wing spar.
	SAH 1500 Hovercraft A new 20 seat hovercraft was developed at Slingsby Aviation. My prime responsibility was for the structural design and compilation of the detail stress analysis for all major structural items from concept thru final design and prototype.  Also primary technical contact for all vendors. Primary FEM analysis tools were Pafec and Pigs.

British Aerospace, Weybridge & Prestwick, England [86 -87]

Employed as a contract stress engineer for the Commercial and 
Military British Aerospace Divisions.

	T45 GosHawk for the US Navy Contract Stress Engineer responsible for writing the stress reports for the center fuselage skins, engine support frame, and flight test equipment. Primary analysis tools were Msc Nastran and Patran
	Jetstream 32 Contract Stress Engineer responsible for deriving the theoretical fatigue spectrum and damage analysis for the wing. Compiled a report specifying the applied cyclic loading for the wing fatigue test. Primary analysis tool was an in house finite element program called "Fiesta"

IMP Ltd, Nova Scotia, Canada [89 - 90]

A Company devoted to the support of Canadian Military aircraft on the east coast of Canada. Originally hired to support the co-production of the Westland EH101 for the Canadian Government contract.

	CH121 Helicopter Engineer responsible for the detailed static stress calculations for the Recovery Assist, Secure and Transverse system .Also responsible for the engineering liaison support for the repair and overhaul program.
	Lockheed P3 (Canadian CP140) Engineer responsible for deriving flight loads for the Nastran CP-140 wing finite element model. Conducted the preliminary verification of the wing model by comparison of the model results with the static stress/test reports. Primary analysis tool was Msc Nastran

Bell Helicopter, Montreal, Canada [91 - 94]

Lead Engineer for the light commercial helicopter division and manufacturing 
assembly plant for the assembly of all commercial helicopters at Bell.

	Bell 206L Helicopter Lead Stress Engineer to upgrade the 206L. This task involved upgrading the Nastran Model, recalculating the flight and ground loads, conducting a preliminary static stress check, providing structural design modifications, and writing the loads and stress reports for FAA certification. Primary analysis tools were Msc Nastran and Patran.
	Bell 412 Helicopter Lead Stress Engineer for the development of a composite (Carbon) horizontal structure for the 412 helicopter. This task involved design development, loads & stress analysis, FAA certification, coupon testing, sub component, full scale static and repeated loads testing.

Lockheed Martin, Maryland and Colorado, USA [94 - 2001]

Primarily a defense contractor, although I have found one of the 
few commercial programs within the organization

	Airbus A330 Engineering specialist responsible for the design, analysis, test and certification of a P&W 4000 thrust reverser on the Airbus A330. BMI Graphite was used for a large portion of the reverser structure. The primary analysis tool was SDRC IDEAS, Msc Nastran and ANSYS.
No Picture Available Classified	Satellite  Engineering specialist responsible for development of a satellite including  structural hand analysis, report compilation, finite element modeling and coupon testing for a US Government satellite. Analytical tools used for this task included FEMAP and Msc Nastran.
	Atlas III,IV & V launch Vehicle Lead engineering specialist responsible for the payload adapter design on the Atlas V launch vehicle upper stage. Task included spacecraft integration, vendor technical support and liaison, structural analysis, design support, and finite element modeling of payload adapters for commercial satellite programs. The analytical tools included (Msc Nastran V70.7, Patran 2000, FEMAP V8 & IDEAS)

Finally left Mother Lockheed!!

Independent Contactor, California, USA [2001-2004]

Contract Stress Engineer working for two small commercial organizations

Gulfstream II & III Hush kit Contract Stress Engineer for the development of a Stage III hush kit for the Guflstream II & III. The task involved design analysis support and compilation of a certification stress report. Constructed and updated the FEMAP finite element models for the pylon, tailpipe and external mixer. Msc Nastan V70.7 was the primary analysis tool.

BAE Systems, California, USA [2004]

Contract Stress Engineer working on the JSF CATB program

JSF CATB Program Boeing 737 Modification –Lead stress engineer for the JSF CATB program. The task included the installation, ,structural design, FEM, and hand analysis of nose sensor components, a graphite canard, fuselage reinforcement, interior reconfiguration, and installation of electronic sensor components on the fuselage

D3 Technologies, California, USA [2005]

Lead Contract Stress Engineer working on the JSF fwd fuselage

JSF Program Lead stress engineer for the JSF forward fuselage. This task included static & damage tolerance analysis of the CTOL and STOVL forward fuselage bulkhead and floor components. Software includes IMAT, IDAT, Patran, Nastran, Slim and Vision tools.

Goodrich Aero Structures, California, USA [2004-2006]

Contract Stress Engineer working on certification reports for the
Embraer 190, and analysis of the A350 GNex & RR Nacelle

Embraer 190 Responsible for compilation of  FAR certification stress reports for the Embraer 190 nacelle structure (CF34-10 P&W Engine) Embraer 190 – Responsible for compilation of  FAR certification stress reports for the Embraer 190 nacelle structure (CF34-10 P&W Engine)

Airbus A350 Nacelle Stress engineer responsible for analysis and structural configuration of Graphite AS4/8552 inner fixed structure on the A350 Nacelle. Task included composite certification plans, damage tolerance approach, test plans and a definition of composite analysis methods within Goodrich.