After many years as an independent Product Development Engineer, I recently joined my main customer HULTEC full time as a Senior Engineering Fellow, mostly in charge of generating and analyzing new ideas for product development, as well as guiding and mentoring new engineers. I remain based in Costa Rica, where we design most of HULTEC products for users around the world.My main area of expertise is the design and analysis of flexible assemblies, seals and joint restraints. This involves combinations of materials with elastic, hyperelastic, plastic and viscoelastic properties, while their interactions involve significant interference leading to large deformation and contact with sliding and friction. My designs are focused on functional aspects, and I rely on nonlinear structural simulation.Specialties:Design and analysis of flexible assembliesPipe JointsPipe Joint RestraintsSealing SolutionsMedical DevicesMechanical Problem SolvingMechanical Analysis & DesignNonlinear Finite Element Analysis