Adam Chisholm Email & Phone Number

Carrollton, Tx, Us

Grand Prairie, Texas, United States

Fort Worth, Texas

Providing engineering oversight, material review, and quality engineering support on the F-35 program at Lockheed Martin Fort Worth as a member of the DCMA MRB Quality Engineering Team.• Review and approve nonconformance dispositions.• Primarily responsible for the surveillance of MRB activates for composite fabrication, component and aircraft final finishes, final assembly, and flight operation.• Coordinate with MRB engineering to ensure repair dispositions are technically sound and cost effective.• Communicate with Prod Ops and Quality Assurance to ensure root cause and corrective action are in place for major and repetitive defects.• Provide engineering assessments to DCMA management and the F-35 program office for technical issues.• Participate on the F-35 Product Support Team to facilitate communication across all DCMA teams and to generate program metrics and program assessment reports.Accomplishments: Achieved Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level II certification for Engineering. This included online and class room training

Ft Worth, Texas

Worked as a Non-Metallic Materials and Processes Engineer supporting military and commercial programs• Provided production support for rotor blade and composite fabrication manufacturing centers.• Worked with liaison and process engineers to provide technical feedback for investigation and disposition of non-conformances related to material issues or composite layup and adhesive bonding processes.• Created test requests and facilitated lab testing needed to support materials issues or non-conformances.• Coordinated with manufacturing to solve issues related to the relocation of composite ply cutting operation from Fort Worth to Amarillo including material out time and material update testing issues.• Coordinated with material suppliers on raw material issues, traveling to visit suppliers as needed.• Managed the destructive testing program for rotors blades and structural airframe components.• Responsible for overseeing destructive testing, reviewing results, validating defects, ensuring test requirements are met, and generating reports for components fabricated internally by Bell.• Lead a multi-discipline committee responsible for reviewing and approving supplier destructive tests.• Reviewed and approved engineering change orders for non-metallic helicopter components.• Completed material qualifications for foam core and pressure sensitive tape.• Worked in the composite manufacturing center for 3 months in 2013 as a material bonder performing post bond and main rotor blade assembly process to supplement work lost due to a work force labor dispute.

Greater New Orleans Area

Serve as Team Lead for Composite Materials and Processes (M&P) Engineering on the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Program • Managed 5 to 8 composite M&P engineers across multiple Lockheed Martin (LM) Space Systems sites.• Ensured composite M&P technical support for all production and design teams that supported Orion.• Oversaw testing and development of composite related design and material allowables including epoxy prepreg, cyanate ester prepreg, and adhesively bonded honeycomb core sandwich composites.• Supervised process qualification at multiple sites and subcontractors that produced Orion hardware.• Responsible for vendor qualification to LM Space Systems composite material specs for Orion.• Developed and maintained process specifications for composite layup of laminate and sandwich composites and for bonding of metallic inserts into composite sandwich panels.• Served as Co-Chair for the Composites M&P Integrated Working Group with NASA.• Regularly provided status to M&P and program management on composite related issues.• Provided cost and manpower estimated for budget planning exercises.

Greater New Orleans Area

• Lead engineer for the Orion carbon/epoxy prepreg allowables program which included expanding on a LM heritage test program to develop A-basis allowables across all service temperatures for Orion.• Created test plans for process development, material and process qualification, and allowables testing.• Developed requirements and maintain material specifications for prepregs, aluminum core, and other composite related materials.• Worked with material vendors to develop and qualify material for use on human space flight programs.• Worked with engineering, manufacturing, and quality to analyze, investigate, and disposition defects, damage, and anomalies on flight hardware.• Worked with composite shop technicians to support fabrication of test articles including writing work instructions and providing technical support.• Coordinated test panel fabrication and specimen testing across multiple production sites and test labs at various LM Space Systems sites, NASA centers, and outside vendors.• Supported multiple design teams as a reviewer and approver of composite hardware engineering drawings including laminate layup design, adhesive bonding, composite machining, and assembly.• Worked with procurement, quality, and manufacturing to ensure material availability for composite fabrication.• Coordinated, initiated, and tracked material procurement for composite development and test articles.

Greater New Orleans Area

Worked production integration for the Orion MPCV Program¨ Coordinated several Pre PRRs and the first official Production Readiness Review on the program for the Orion Ground Test Article and tracked PRR related action items to closure.¨ Documented risk and tracked mitigation plans as the Production Risk Integrator for Orion.¨ Coordinated and moderated peer reviews for manufacturing and M&P work products including manufacturing planning documents, certification plans, material and process specs, and work instructions. ¨ Gathered and coordinate manufacturing and production inputs as member of “Path to First Composite” Working Group.

Greater New Orleans Area

Work a variety of systems engineering and integration tasks in support of the External Tank (ET) Program¨ Supported production efforts trough the ET 126 and ET 128 Missile Teams by tracking manufacturing paperwork, non-conformance dispositions, and tooling changes to ensure availability for production.¨ Conducted a trade study to determine the best value option to deal with contaminated helium weld gas.¨ Coordinated a Test Readiness Review for structural testing of the titanium feedline support bracket.¨ Supported efforts to streamline and improve processes for test checkout and production.¨ Maintain a database to collect departmental impact to engineering design changes.

Carrollton, Tx

Provided support for survey and field teams, and aided engineers in the design process¨ Coordinated with engineers and office personnel to help manage projects.¨ Performed surveys and participated in the civil design for structural and land development projects.