Eric Rivers Email & Phone Number

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Provide simulation assistance to analysts to ensure the productivity and accuracy of results.- Use Python and Linux script to gather data and run simulations efficiently - Perform analysis as needed to support analysts groups with difficult simulations. - Assist in maintaining data bases for analyst usage.- Advance and improve simulation techniques to ensure the reliability of the results.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Research and develop machines and methods to produce tire products or assemble tire components. Provided simulation support and introduced to the team to advanced simulation techniques. Due to the nature of the rubber products that are manipulated, nonlinear transient analysis techniques are required to accurately simulate physical responses. • Lead efforts to produce a new innovative method to assemble tires. Part of the UPTIS development team where the tire design necessitated the development of these new methods. After testing and proving out new concept, designed new fixtures and methods to optimize their performance. • Implemented simulation methods to verify correct assembly of the tire. Due to the nonlinear material behavior and the complex nature of the assembly process, advanced simulation techniques are essential to meet time constraints and ensure the durability of the tire. -Considered by peers the expert in using FEA simulation techniques. Called on as an in-house consultant to implement these techniques and give opinions based on experience. Is this design safe and feasible?

Lead mechanical engineering team and efforts to improve designs and processes. Provided previously undetermined solutions using simulation software and advanced analytical skills. For the first time ever, accurately rated equipment using analytical techniques and experience. ·Introduced and implemented use of simulation technology into the design process. Eliminated nonfunctional designs and reduced prototype efforts. Experience proves that prototype costs reduced by 70% or more. ·Redesigned electronic package reducing size and weight by 60%.·Implemented proper use of CAD technology to allow manufacturing access to solid files during manufacturing and assembly. In the process of implementing product data management system to ensure proper communication of design intent to all from the start to the end of the project. ·Introduced techniques to reduce design and drafting efforts using the CAD software and standardization techniques. Effort from design to production drawings reduced by 50%.·Lead redesign of product line to eliminate warranty issues and increase reliability. All new designs verified using simulation technology to ensure the products success.·Resolved ongoing warranty issue with existing equipment. Applied finite element vibration and structural analysis to determine cause of system breakdown and failure. Structural and electro-mechanical redesign resolved the problem. ·Invented new design for adjustment of antenna mechanism. New design simplifies the alignment process and ensures proper setup.

Researched and developed technologies for the Adhesive Dispensing division to be implemented in future product lines. Served as a consulting engineer to other groups within the company. Advised groups with engineering problems and provided solutions to equipment faults. These requests had evolved into simulation analysis prior to manufacturing. ·Produced a dispensing module that lasts 5 to 10 times longer than the standard design utilizing new technology and implementing into existing product lines that operate in extreme conditions. ·Invented design to allow for successful pioneering implementation of the above technology into module. ·Created and developed design for a high speed dispensing valve that exceeded speed requirements by 20% and successfully beat the competition expectations and timeframes. ·Solved ongoing 15 year warranty issue with snap-together plastic items resulting in the successful implementation into all product lines. ·Resolved field issues and customer complaints by innovating methodology to perform a fluid-structural interactive finite element analysis.·Exceeded customer expectations for better control of heater temperature through creation of a design technique utilizing FEA and lab testing. Successfully implemented changes into the customers product line.

Designed components for the structural section of the machine and managed all aspects of each project. Managed designers, drafters, and purchasing personnel to ensure that projects were completed on time. Assisted in the research and development of extrusion dies using advanced finite element analysis software as requested. ·Reduced engineering effort of design team by 45% resulting in improved design and drawing production for the structural machine assembly. ·Reduced costs by 25% and improved the performance of machine assembly by initiating and implementing machining standards. ·Determined ongoing issue with fiber extrusion dies at customer sites resulting in improved designs for future customers and resolution of customer complaints. Applied analysis skills and experience to determine when seal failure would occur. ·Resolved design problem of handling large assemblies in the CAD software package. Innovated techniques to allow usage of the solid modeler in the design process resulting in more accurate design.

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Meme, Mechanical Engineering