George Ayers Email & Phone Number

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Working in the Simulator Common Architecture Requirements and Standards (SCARS) Program, Leading the Model-Based Systems Engineering implementation effort within the Simulators Division.

Maxwell Air Force Base, Al, Us

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Responsible for responding to initial customer contacts; finding new customers and maintaining relationships with old customers of the Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT); generating rough order of magnitude estimates for rocket sled testing; strategic planning support - identification of required future test capabilities (including facilities, processes and personnel), estimation of costs to develop new capabilities, writing support documentation and briefing appropriate personnel as needed; documenting current capabilities of the HHSTT; supporting efforts to create agreements between 846 TS and other test support organizations; facilitating acquisition of ancillary test hardware; estimation of future test activity and comparing actual activity to previous estimates; attending selected conferences and symposia to expose potential customers to HHSTT capabilities, present technical briefings, and represent the interests of parent 96th Test Group in professional society committees.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Coordinated efforts of all test support agencies in all phases of sled test projects, including: Contacting customers to get detailed project requirements; Constructing estimates of project costs and schedules in coordination with all agencies based on customer requirements and resource availability; Coordinating all test support efforts (including planning, documenting, pricing, scheduling, shipping, conducting and reporting) to ensure that project milestones are accomplished according to the published schedule; Ensuring that changes in the project plan are properly communicated and that the adverse effects of these changes on other aspects of the project are mitigated; Conducting rocket sled test missions; Reviewing, approving, and distributing test data products; Writing Project Summary Reports; Providing detailed accounting of project expenditures; and Archiving project documentation.Conducted twenty two sled tests for seven million dollars of sled test programs, in support of 100 million dollars of DoD Acquisition programs.Championed an alternative means of electrically initiating egress systems that is closer to how they are initiated in practice; Programmed project risk, cost, and schedule tracking tools; Coordinated efforts of the egress test methodology working group; led project management working group.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Responsible for managing the collective efforts of the data element: assignment of projects to data engineers; reviewing and approving Data Acquisition and Management Plans, mission summaries, and data reports; developing and maintaining data analysis tools; facilitating process improvements; providing assurance that deadlines are met; archiving data products; serving as action officer for data acquisition, analysis, and reporting improvement projects.Improvement efforts include: Analysis of experimental high speed motion capture images to support technology improvement projects; analysis of measurement system uncertainties to support facilities improvement planning; process improvements for data analysis and reporting functions.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Initiated Track Developmental Projects (TDPs) and executed Developmental Project Plans (DPPs). Efforts included: Identifying DPP requirements and constraints; Breaking DPPs into tasks with identification of cost, schedule, and resource requirements; Obtaining approval for DPP execution; Executing tasks and managing the work of others in support of assigned DPPs; Reporting DPP status from inception to completion to Strategic Development Flight Chief and 846 TS Chief Scientist.Projects included: Programming VBA-based JOCAS tool to standardize inputs for squadron time and attendance administrators; Tabulating the available predicted and actual test article Angle of Attack (AOA) at target impact; Developing a model to predict the change in post-release attitude and position with deviation from the modeled characteristics of a variety of test articles; Assisting in the development of a model to determine the dynamic response of the MAGLEV 4-magnet sled to deviations from ideal alignment of the magnets, sled, and guideway, leading to a set of fabrication tolerances that has contributed to a vibration environment superior to the threshold values for the program; Supporting the development of an experimental campaign to characterize the behavior of the rainfield; Developing a series of tests to model the time-tension behavior of fabric bands used to attach test articles to carrier sleds and support a tool to prescribe the initial length of these bands to deliver the required performance at launch time; Oversight of a series of weld sample tension tests; Developing a course of study to train engineers to execute flyout analyses through dynamic modeling software.Supported flight activities through management of DPP digital archive; Developing templates and tools for DPP planning and execution; Improving cross-squadron processing the TDPs and DPPs with sister squadrons; Serving as a Experimental Design Practitioner, acting as a resource for other members of the squadron.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Accomplished Modeling and Simulation (M&S) projects: Constructing and executing Monte Carlo-based sled flyout trajectory analyses, determining release and target locations to meet customer requirements, providing customers with a predicted engagement angle and position (and appropriate confidence limits associated with these parameters), and providing analyses of test article vibration environments.Conducted M&S improvement projects, including: Increasing efficiencies for the flyout analysis process; Developed a guide for documenting best practices; Improved simulation fidelity by standardizing practices for modeling the effects of sled-rail-test article interactions; Implementing more efficient methods to facilitate the Monte Carlo analysis process; Acquired modeling and simulation software to facilitate pre-mission estimation of post-target trajectories; Conducted a study to determine acceptable tolerances in modeling quantities of interest.Developed VBA-based software tool to facilitate Safety Corridor construction; developed standard procedures for hazard area determination; Analyzed post-impact test article trajectory information to determine hazard area boundaries.Supported Supersonic Slipper Wear research efforts at AFIT.General process improvement efforts including: Investigating facilitating post-mission data reporting; Increasing efficiency of pre-mission activities; Developing software tools to automate data analysis tasks; Flyout and safety corridor analyses, and standardizing the information requirements for these analyses.Assisted data engineers during the operational and reporting phases of a test program.

Department of Mechanical Engineering: Planned and executed experimental test programs, reduced and analyzed subsequent experimental data, generated models to predict the behavior of similar systems; reviewed technical journal papers; designed, ordered, and installed test equipment, maintained inventory records, managed hazardous chemicals inventory. Provided technical support and mentoring for six Undergraduate and five Master's students. Designed and supervised three Senior projects. Constructed and maintained test fixtures for research and teaching.

Department of Mechanical Engineering: Lectured and supervised undergraduate heat transfer laboratory classes; Created undergraduate heat transfer laboratory experimental modules; Graded and presented test preparation material for undergraduate thermodynamics and heat transfer classes; Proctored numerous undergraduate and graduate exams, including PhD Qualification exams.

Tempe, Az, Us

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Planned and executed experimental test programs, reduced and analyzed subsequent experimental data, generated models to predict the behavior of similar systems. Research relied heavily on thermal visualization techniques.

Garrett Engine Division: Performed FEM design analysis of T800-LHT-800 gas generator components, designed convection heat transfer test fixtures, conducted research for turbine cooling programs, performed design analysis for LHX standard parts program, supported software applications, designed and developed computer software applications, assisted with computer hardware and software ordering and installation, prepared engineering command media.

Masters, Military Operational Art And Science/Studies

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering