Over 30 years extensive design, project management and field experience in the Aerospace, Chemical, Advanced Materials and Steel industries. Significant experience in industrial control systems and field equipment startup and troubleshooting.Well versed and maintain a keen interest in Computer Aided Engineering, Virtual Prototyping, and custom software development. Specialties: Computer Aided Engineering with emphasis on multiphysics Finite Element Analysis.High temperature design (e.g. industrial furnaces, blast furnaces, reactors) up to 2800C and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Solidworks Simulation expert , presented Simulation API at past SOLIDWORKS World conferences.Lead process engineer for a DCS system installation at US Steel's largest blast furnace. Followed project through to field start up and after leaving site, remotely monitored furnace conditions for several months to ensure control strategies were functioning properly.
Listed skills include Finite Element Analysis, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, and 14 others.