Brian Helfrich Email & Phone Number

Plano, Tx

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Senior Member of technical staff acts as point of contact responsible for quality control, repair, transportation, and integration of two product systems. Responsibilities/Accomplishments:• As project lead, successfully completed design, qualification, and production phases for new containers based on contract requirements from the Department of Defense (DoD)• Compose and present objectives, design, and project status updates to corporate and government audiences• Authored 100+ engineering authorizations to initially release or modify existing product specifications and requirements documents, as well as allowances for production deviations• Authored and edited numerous operating procedures for the DoD and the production facility• Primary contact for resolving operational issues on two systems either in service or at the production facility. • Lead project team responsible for defining packaging requirements of DoD items at DOE facility• Derived multiphase solution to widespread critical packaging issue for two systems• Own responsibility for submitting analysis of several components for report to Congress• Develop test plans and surveillance activities for multiple electro-mechanical components• Active member of Sandia Recruiting Team at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Conducted research in precision motion control at the nanoscale level and delivered related presentations. Taught three lab classes as Teaching Assistant in Modeling & Analysis of Dynamic Systems.Responsibilities/Accomplishments:• Designed and implemented advanced control algorithms for nanopositioning devices• Experimented with parallel kinematic mechanism achieving 3nm positioning capability• Programmed dSPACE© equipment and software for high frequency data sampling up to 10 kHz• Prepared biweekly meeting presentations and organized poster for annual NSF site visit• Provided homework and lab support to students through office hours two times per week• Presented research accomplishments to lab group each semester• Curriculum: Linear Control Theory, System Identification, Nonlinear Systems, Mechatronics, Multivariable Control TheoryPublications:B. E. Helfrich, C. Lee, D. A. Bristow, X. H. Xiao, J. Dong, A. G.Alleyne, S. M. Salapaka, and P. M. Ferreira, “Combined H-infinity feedback control and iterative learning control design with application to nanopositioning systems,” IEEE Control Systems Mag., vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 336–351, March 2010.B. E. Helfrich, C. Lee, D. A. Bristow, X. H. Xiao, J. Dong, A. G.Alleyne, S. M. Salapaka, and P. M. Ferreira, “Combined H-infinity feedback and iterative learning control design with application to nanopositioning systems,” in Proc. Amer. Control Conf., Seattle, WA, June 2008, pp. 3893–3900.B. E. Helfrich, “Coordinated design of H-infinity feedback and iterative learning control with application to nanopositioning systems,” M.S. thesis, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Univ. Illinois, Urbana, 2008.

Princeton, In

Worked as a co-op student over five terms (1.5 years) in three areas of assembly department – production, maintenance, and engineering specialists.Responsibilities/Accomplishments:• Coordinated $500k equipment installation project between multiple Toyota departments• Reduced takt (cycle) time by two seconds utilizing new equipment and standardized process throughout plant• Trained team members on assembly line for efficiency, contributing to two-second takt time decrease• Delivered final presentation each term reporting accomplishments to upper level management• Participated in six company-initiated philanthropic activities, including Habitat for Humanity and River Oaks Health Campus

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineering