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Circle Pines, MN, US

Wyoming, MN

• Enhanced and created methodologies for NPD and sensor layouts for model correlation and calibration based on test data, such as:o Created FEA analysis methodology to conduct NASTRAN and OPTISTRUCT linear modal.
• Created detailed FE models in HyperWorks and ANSA pre-processors.
• Interpreted Design specs, testing needs, Manufacturing and Assembly process barriers, and industrial design requirements, and translated them into detailed FE models.
• Implemented alternative analysis approaches to tackle non-standard work.
• Communicated FEA-based structural design changes (reports & recommendations) to diverse audiences, tailoring explanations for risk mitigation and solutions.
• Conducted NASTRAN, ABAQUS, OPTISTRUCT, OPTIMIZATION, GlyphWorks, and DesignLife structural analyses of components and subsystems made of HSLA and SS steels, Al-alloy and Nodular Iron Castings, Composites.

Granville, OH

• Consultant Sr. Finite Element Analysis Engineer
• Established procedures to perform ABAQUS stress and Modal Analyses to replace parts made of steel with Fiber Reinforce Composites.
• Created detailed FE models in HyperWorks and ABAQUS-CAE using STEP-CAD geometries.
• Led USA and France FEA modeling teams to idealize real-world problems into practical FE models.Selected contribution
• Achieved a 23% mass reduction in semi-truck hoods by substituting steel material for composite.

Raymond, OH

• Support New Product Development (NPD) of vehicle subsystems by developing structural simulation models supporting requirement verification: Structural Integrity.
• Delivered data-driven structural design recommendations based on comprehensive FEA Structural Analyses in time and frequency domains, considering regular, abuse, ultimate, fluid-structure interaction, and fatigue loads.
• Utilized NASTRAN, OPTISTRUCT, ABAQUS, and nCode-DesignLife to perform inertia relief, linear and non-linear static, modal transient superposition, non-linear transient solutions, and fatigue life predictions for.
• Elaborated detailed FE models using HyperWorks, and ANSA, and defeatured CATIA geometry.
• Automated HyperMesh FE modeling tasks for stabilization bars using TCL/TK scripts, improving modeling efficiency.
• Mentored Junior engineers to land physical problems into feasible simulation models to deploy robust design recommendations.

Tuluca, Mexico

• Supported the New Product Development process (NPD) to ensure they meet specs.
• Delivered FEA data-driven design recommendations, and wrote and discussed reports with diverse teams to resolve manufacturing, validation, and quality troubleshooting.
• Conducted NASTRAN, OPTISTRUCT, and ABAQUS Fatigue studies with assembly, operating, and thermo-mechanical loads.
• Leveraged classic hand calculation results for problems for preliminary evaluations.
• Interpreted measured test data to correlate simulation models.
• Elaborated detailed FE models using UNIGRAPHICS to defeature geometry before meshing it in HyperMesh. Target solvers were NASTRAN, OPTISTRUCT, and ABAQUS. Among the analyzed subsystems comprised of various materials.

Querétaro, Mexico

• Provided simulation support to New Product Development (NPD) to meet technical requirements.
• Created CAE manpower plans and assigned tasks to each team member. Mentored Junior engineers. Executed technical revisions before delivering results to customers. Ensure tasks are performed on time and in compliance.
• Created 3D full parametric Unigraphics solid models for FE model generation. Constructed detailed FE models in ANSYS mechanical.
• Evaluated stiffness, thermo-coupled stress, and fatigue of aircraft, industrial, and marine turbine engine cases due to fatigue loads using ANSYS, hand calculations, and in-house fatigue software.
• Implemented Six Sigma (DMAI) methodology to improve the daily basis design process.
• Performed GD&T-based tolerance analysis for cold & hot stack-ups of non-conforming aerospace parts during the Material Review Board (MRB) evaluation.Selected Contributions:

Master In Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Degree In Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Thermal