Wayne Holt Email & Phone Number

Weaverville, Nc, Us

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Metro Atlanta

Engineering consulting concurrent with pursuing other opportunities to provide expertise in machine design, mechanical or structural analysis, mechatronics and concept development to industries such as but not limited to the following:• Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing• Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences• Satellite Telecommunications• Industrial Design Services• Engineering Services• Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services

Greater Atlanta Area

* Designed and analyzed an airborne electro-mechanical positioning gimbal to meet a stringent weight requirement of 26 pounds by implementing design for manufacturability and finite element analysis (FEA) optimization techniques.* Performed FAA environmental testing including shock and random vibration ensuring 15 electro-mechanical positioning gimbals would successfully operate and survive without damage on an airborne platform.* Coordinated with Organization Designation Authorizations (ODA) and/or Designated Engineering Representatives (DERs) to achieve successful FAA qualification of airborne products.* Engineered an electro-mechanical positioning gimbal utilizing SolidWorks and heavy-weight shock testing per MIL-S-901 and MIL-STD-167 to successfully deploy approximately 32 systems on various classes of naval vessels including aircraft carriers.* Conceptualized all structural and electro-mechanical components for a positioning gimbal assembly in order to successfully pass shock and vibration testing per RTCA-DO-160 requirements. Achieved the formation of a new business unit dedicated to developing mobile communications platforms for broadband internet access. Over 600 units shipped thus far.* Analyzed dynamic environments using FEMAP/NX Nastran finite element analyses software to successfully deploy hundreds of electro-mechanical positioning gimbals that survive without damage in shock, random vibration and seismic environments with accelerations as high as 20 GRMS.* Analyzed static environments using FEMAP/NX Nastran finite element analyses software to successfully deploy hundreds of electro-mechanical positioning gimbals that survive without damage in wind speeds as high as 150 mph.* Designed, analyzed and tested electronics packages for short-duration, high-level shock and vibration environments typically found in spacecraft launches. This was demonstrated in a successful deployment to orbit.

Richardson, Texas

* Managed all aspects of Earth station satellite antenna development projects from conception through product launch.* Lead a team of designers, draftsmen and support personnel in the product development effort* Created extensive project schedules using MS Project software and managed projects through SAP Business Solution software.* Conducted extensive structural and thermal analysis on antenna structures with finite element analysis techniques and ANSYS software. All structural analyses were static. All thermal analyses included conduction and natural convection to determine the resulting deformation from solar diurnal heating.* Customized ANSYS finite element software through the use of API language to decrease the modeling and post-processing time by at least 20%.* Used SolidWorks software to model and design entire antenna systems including reflector surfaces, supporting structure, electro-mechanical drive systems and radio frequency feed systems.* Utilized ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing for all critical machined part designs.* Developed departmental engineering standards documentation.* Conducted scale model and prototype efforts including thermal and structural testing for verification of finite element data.

Kilgore, Texas

* Lead a team of designers, draftsmen and other support personnel in the design and development of limited and full-motion antenna systems ranging in size from 2.4 meters to 21 meters reflector diameter.* Designed customer specific antenna structures within the constraints of a defined delivery deadline.* Created project schedules and tracked resources using MS Project software.* Administered projects though Jobscope Business Solution software.* Managed product field installations both domestically and overseas in the role of site installation supervisor.* Performed rotational dynamic analysis of electro-mechanical drive systems and their components.* Developed customized software to determine forces on gear train components.* Specified power transmission components such as screw jacks, motors, speed reducers, bullgears, pinions, couplings and bearings.* Performed static stress analysis of various mechanical elements such as gearing and steel/aluminum support structures.* Conducted extensive research on reflector surface accuracy and associated aberrations due to manufacturing methods.* Characterized reflector surface accuracy using laser interferometry methods.

Houston, Texas Area

* Performed real-time mission support of the orbital maneuvering subsystem, reaction controlsubsystem, fuel cell and power reactant storage and distribution subsystems on the NASA space shuttle orbiter vehicle.* Developed a new user interface for legacy propulsion analysis software thereby decreasing data input time by 50%.* Generated and implemented data analysis software for the real-time monitoring of fuel cell performance during a mission.