Bob Karol Email & Phone Number

Navarro, CA

• Director, Technology Development and Marketing

Oxford, Ohio

• Senior Design Project Advisor
• Faculty Sponsor, Undergraduate Research

Navarro, CA

• Forensic Engineering Litigation Expert Witness
• Race Track Safety Consultant
• Dynamics Seminar Presenter
• Vehicle Dynamics Expert
• Applied-Psychophysics Analyst
• Race School Lecturer and Senior Instructor

Mountain View, CA

• Presenter at American Glovebox Society conference explaining technical design and development of the Biological Life Sciences glovebox
• Developed glovebox and habitat bio-isolation transfer technology
• Designed plant and animal habitat Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) connectivity
• Performed micro-gravity testing and trained Astronauts in operation of Biological Life Sciences Laboratory animal waste containment system onboard NASA KC-135 (Vomit Comet)
• Completed U.S. Air Force high-altitude survival certification training
• Lead engineer providing design expertise, organizational and technical direction to Life Sciences design engineers for the conceptualization, design, development and fabrication of Space Lab flight hardware

• Deep Ocean Engineering, San Leandro, CA (1986)
• Established engineering documentation and quality assurance systems
• Authored and published an operation and service manual for a $1M robotic vehicle for servicing deep sea oil drilling operations.Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Los Gatos, CA (1985)
• Designed and engineered a compact, integrated electric drive, steering and transmission system for a robotic vehicle to transport integrated circuit wafers in a class-10 clean room production facility.Lam Research.
• Designed and engineered an integrated circuit wafer transport and air-lock system for vacuum process machinery
• Supervised packaging design of equipment electronics, power and cooling systems.----------------------------------------1976–1983: Peterbilt Motors ----------------------------------Brubaker Group, Los Angeles, CA (1976)

Newark, CA

• Researched and evaluated heavy-truck competitor designs and engineering. Developed and presented product design and quality comparison media. Designed and published product features and presentations.
• Managed test track facility and operations. Supervised component performance, handling and sound emissions testing.
• Directed value analysis/engineering training. Coordinated 60-person task force to simplify manufacturing systems and procedures. In six months, achieved $3M production overhead cost savings.
• Planned, developed and directed division quality assurance program, integrating the operations of three plants, nationwide. With total responsibility for final quality of $200M annual production, achieved highest.
• Overhauled production quality system by converting diverse design engineering standards into station-quality manufacturing and assembly standards. Achieved replacement of obsolete production equipment based on new.
• Managed and modernized plant QC inspection facilities, equipment and procedures. Streamlined production engineering and manufacturing documentation system.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

• Researched product applications and manufacturing requirements, interfacing between engine development and technology marketing groups
• Evaluated Associated Engineering Developments (UK) rotary engine prototype design and dynamometer test data for engine concept developed previously at Miami University of Ohio

• Owner-Operator Contract Painting Co.
• Material Handling Systems Design Engineer
• Motorcycle Manufacturing Design Engineer

• Industrial and Vehicle Design Draftsman
• Principal Manager, Motorcycle Dealership
• Fuels Research Laboratory Analyst (Military)
• Architectural Building Designer
• Mechanical and Electronic Design and Detail Draftsman
• R&D Laboratory Technician

Bachelor Of Science In Applied Science, Individualized Mechanical-Manufacturing Engineering And Business Curriculum

Activities and Societies:• Upham Scholarship • Received Undergraduate Research Grant to design and develop rotary IC engine kinematic and.

Vehicle Dynamics, Forensic Engineering Analysis

• Completed Northwestern Institute for Public Safety certification program for vehicle dynamics, accident reconstruction and engineering.