Andreas Rifani P.Eng. Email & Phone Number

Port Perry, Ontario, Canada

Design exceptional quality forestry equipment products using world-class product development proficiency.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Designed products from idea to concept development to production development• Perform computer simulations and laboratory tests to support product design• Lead core team• Supported Regulatory Department in documentation submission to various health agenciesAchievementsDesign and Analysis• Formulated a solution that solved a design problem that initially seemed impossible resulting in an idea turned to a new product• Developed unique test methods, test plans and cost-effective in-house test equipment to validate unique designs resulting in faster new product launches• Designed an oral device with class A surfaces made from complex freeform features using SOLIDWORKS• Successfully designed a medical device that outperformed a competitor design at a fraction of the cost using methodical experiments and design for manufacturing methods• Researched and developed unique test methods, test parameters and test machines (incl. electro-pneumatic machines) to validate unique designs resulting in faster new product launches• Successfully demonstrated good correlations between non-linear hyperelastic FEA results (SOLIDWORKS Simulation) and test findingsTeamwork• Took the initiative to work together with a few other engineers (on top of regular responsibilities) on a potential solution to an anticipated customer requirement resulting in a very quick turn around• Provided guidance to fellow engineers on design aestheticsLearning• Gained significant knowledge and experience in injection moulding silicone design

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• As the engineering single point of contact for Thinkpath Engineering Services Ontario (TESO), established clear communication between customer's engineering staff and TESO Engineering Dept.• Collaborated with customer's engineers to develop concepts and turned them into potential solutions, built 3D models of the design solutions to be presented to customer and created final drawingsAchievements• Helped with the drawing of proposal and assisted in recruitment of and lead four engineers in a pilot project resulting in a contract awarded to Thinkpath Engineering Services Ontario by General Dynamics Land System Canada to be sole-provider of drafting services

HVAC/Powertrain Cooling R&D and Design EngineerOctober 2007 - April 2009Oshawa, Ontario, Canada• Worked with plug-in hybrid multidisciplinary vehicle program development team to develop battery cooling designs• Worked with suppliers to develop cooling system concepts and a test benchAccomplishments• Initiated the development of a cooling system sizing and thermal performance computational tool that can accept non-standard data• Used innovative approach to design a compact battery cooling system reducing size by 30% and increasing durabilityExterior Designing EngineerMay 2002 - January 2003 (Contract), January 2003 - March 2006, August 2007 - October 2007Oshawa, Ontario, Canada•Developed structural members and attachment features for exterior components from Program Initiation to Production Release• Worked with other vehicle component engineers to establish environment• Used available analytical tools to perform complex design calculations• Managed the assigned vehicle component project to meet aggressive development gates and deliverablesAchievements• Optimized cross-car carrier designs to be 25% lighter by performing CAD modeling (NX) and FEA (HyperMesh and ABAQUS) simultaneously• Designed non-conventional bumper fascia clips using FEA (including non-linear and contact)• Further refined and expedited the cross-car carrier design process by performing initial design explorations in FEA models• Took the initiative to directly modify class A surfaces to achieve manufacturability and proposed them to Design Studio resulting in faster design completionsVehicle Assembly EngineerMarch 2006 - August 2007Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada• Tracked, analyzed and predicted future trends in J.D. Power and warranty scores• Used Red X method to resolve issues in assembly linesAchievements• Successfully solved issues using Red X strategy in timely manner.• Selected for a 4-month special assignment to design for the Exterior Group in Oshawa, Ontario

Greater Detroit Area, Michigan, Usa

• Worked with Project Engineers to design engine cooling and blower motor components and assemblies• Used CAD data and other information provided by customer to establish environment• Collaborated with toolmakers to design manufacturable components • Created 3D model and drawing• Performed the necessary tolerance stack, structural analysis and laboratory tests to validate the designsAchievements• Optimized the designs of engine cooling fan shrouds for GM and Chrysler using FEA tools (HyperMesh and ABAQUS) to gain a one-pound mass savings• Was able to prove results of FEA correlated well with the behaviours of actual parts in the real world through conducting various static and dynamics structural laboratory tests• Successfully created Unigraphics programs (UG/Open API) to automate fan blade airfoil 3D modeling

West Lafayette, In

Achievements•Successfully proved damage tolerance characteristics of a helicopter rotor component in just 1 year• Used communication skills to push through the activities on design and fabrication of test specimens and test fixtures to meet the project’s tight timing• Publication: Rifani, A. I., A. F. Grandt Jr., “A Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Fatigue Crack Growth in a Complex Cross Section”, Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol. 3, No. 4, Elsevier Science Ltd., 1996, pp. 249-265

Master Of Science In Engineering, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science In Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering