Mar 2023 - Present
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Christopher Greiner is listed as Aero/Thermal at Slate, based in Troy, Michigan, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Christopher Greiner.
Christopher Greiner previously worked as Engineering Consulting at Greiner Climate And Thermal Consulting and Climate and Thermal Systems Analysis Supervisor, Ford Research at Ford Motor Company. Christopher Greiner holds Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Aerodynamics from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
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Thermal Systems Lead, Re:Build Manufacturing - Project Re:Car
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Engineering Consulting
Greiner Climate And Thermal Consulting
Provide electrified vehicle technical climate and thermal consulting services to electrified vehicle OEMs including control system specifications, hardware system architectures, CAE modeling of mechanical and control systems
May 2022 - Mar 2023
Climate And Thermal Systems Analysis Supervisor, Ford Research
- Led the design and development of advanced electric vehicle cate/thermal heat plimump systems: ›Defined system performance requirements, layout and content ›Led the development of simulation models for refrigerant and.
- Initiated and implemented machine learning projects to create fast-running reduced order models and processes for front-end airflow and refrigerant systems modeling
Mar 2019 - Apr 2022
Climate And Thermal Systems Technical Specialist, Ford Research
- Developed first transient closed loop electrified vehicle climate+control systems model for EPA 5 Cycle simulation and control system strategy and calibration development with in-house A/C simulation program
- Defined refrigerant system requirements and architectures for hybrid and battery-electric vehicles and created closed-loop simulation models for system performance and energy optimization
- Integrated Cabin HVAC controls into climate system and electric vehicle-level simulation environments for closed-loop performance and energy optimization simulations
- Initiated and developed state of the art climate system modeling capabilities utilizing Dymola+Modelon toolsets. Transferred capabilities to production vehicle engineering
Mar 2008 - Mar 2019
Technical Specialist Fuel Cell And Hybrid Electric Vehicle Analysis, Ford Research
- Investigated the acausal Modelica language as a replacement for causal Simulink vehicle models used for fuel economy, performance, and optimization
- Developed and implemented the first Ford Modelica-based vehicle modeling architecture for full vehicle simulation
Aug 2006 - Aug 2008
Senior Technical Specialist In Climate/Thermal/Cooling & Aero Systems Engineering, Ford
- Spearheaded the Ford CAE tool intellectual property ownership negotiations with Visteon during the spinoff allowing Ford to retain and use 100% of IP
- Coordinated the hiring of 120 climate control related engineers to staff Ford internally post-Visteon
- On-going lead of UH3D code, training, and user technical support
- Staffed and managed the climate control CAE/CAD section
- Defined and implemented the Ford Climate Control CAE strategy including methodologies, processes, and in-house tool development for heating, cooling, cabin airflow, and defroster performance
- Owned and facilitated development of air handling subsystem and component design specifications
Jul 1998 - Aug 2006
Technical Specialist Advanced Vehicle Technology And Process Leadership, Ford
- Streamlined and centralized corporate CAE commercial licensing processes and software distribution. Negotiated all CFD and related technology software contracts with a first year savings of $500k
- Defined the corporate CFD high performance computing strategy through hardware benchmarking with HPC vendors and all Ford supported CFD tools
- Direct the porting and optimization of UH3D code into distributed compute models of PVM and MPI for execution on commodity processors
Mar 1996 - Jul 1998
Technical Specialist Advanced Vehicle Technology Airflow & Computational Fluid Dynamics, Ford
- Moved UH3D development from a division to the core of Ford. Developed a complete software infrastructure for the UH3D simulation environment including pre-and post processing with third party vendors and continued.
- Optimized UH3D code for HPC vector computers including Cray, Convex. Direct the porting of UH3D code to Maspar SIMD architecture
- Co-founded the USCAR/AUTOBENCH effort to create an automobile industry standard high performance computer benchmark suite with engineering and computing experts from Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, and EDS
Jan 1995 - Mar 1996
Technical Specialist Airflow And Computational Fluid Dynamics, Ford Climate Control Division
- Led development of the front end airflow analysis process within the vehicle product development teams
- On-going UH3D engineering capability development
Jun 1994 - Jan 1995
Product Design Engineer, Ford Climate Control Division
- Led the development, technical documentation, training and implementation of the in-house CFD code, UH3D, used for the modeling and evaluation of vehicle front-end airflow
- Led the development and implementation of 2-dimensional CAE technologies for engine cooling airflow (CFD) and compressor clutch electromagnetic modeling
Oct 1991 - Jun 1994
Senior Project Engineer Hvac And Engine Cooling, General Motors Cpc Division
- Led the development of pre-production automotive HVAC and engine cooling systems through laboratory, proving ground, road testing and evaluation
- Developed analytic tool to determine engine cooling airflow targets for advanced prototype vehicles
Jul 1990 - Oct 1991
3 education records
Christopher Greiner education
Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Aerodynamics
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Master Of Science - Ms, Aeronautics And Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aeronautics And Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
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What company does Christopher Greiner work for?
Christopher Greiner works for Slate.
What is Christopher Greiner's role at Slate?
Christopher Greiner is listed as Aero/Thermal at Slate.
Where is Christopher Greiner based?
Christopher Greiner is based in Troy, Michigan, United States while working with Slate.
What companies has Christopher Greiner worked for?
Christopher Greiner has worked for Slate, Greiner Climate And Thermal Consulting, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors.
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Christopher Greiner holds Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Aerodynamics from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
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