James E W. Email & Phone Number

United States

Working closely with sales and marketing to respond quickly to customer solicitations.Design and development of moving structures for customers in the military and shipbuilding industries.Finite element modeling and analysis of structures using FEMAP / NX NASTRAN for design optimization.Working with regulatory organizations to validate products meet requirements and specifications.

Greater New Orleans Region

Process improvement studies for Navy Landing Craft under 12mo contract.

Charlotte, Nc

- New product design and development for chemical, biological, and explosives trace detection with a focus on miniaturization and ruggedization.- Performed mechanical, thermal, shock, vibration, and fluid CFD analysis in support of product development efforts.- Extensive use of rapid prototyping, quick-turn CNC machining, and additive manufacturing techniques to support new product introduction schedule.- Parallel design of injection molded, cast, formed, and conventionally machined components for higher volume manufacture.- Prototyping, assembly, cleaning, sealing, and debugging of microfluidic components in a medical device environment.- Integration of detection systems into handheld devices as well as packaging of sensitive electronic systems into military ground vehicle platform.

Greater New Orleans Area

- Extensive FEA analysis of vehicle structures using MSC Nastran/Patran and Solidworks Simulation.- Linear, non-linear, and modal analysis of vehicle suspension, steering, and structural components.- Permormed CFD analysis and coordinated results with physical testing and data collection of vehicle cooling systems to support prototype and development efforts.- Highly nonlinear / impact analysis of whole vehicle response to recoil from large caliber weapon systems utilizing both NASTRAN and MATLAB models.- Analysis driven design and revision of vehicle components including structure, suspension, steering, and drivetrain.- Vibration analysis of vehicle structure in response to 90mm turret excitation.- Analysis of vehicle structure to recoil from mounted 120mm mortar.

Summerville, Sc

Development, design, and fabrication of prototype blast resistant structures. - Devised test methods and procedures for explosives testing of prototypes. - Hands on experience in testing against buried explosive, shaped charge, and ballistic threats. - Collected information for threat assessment and developed surrogate test charges. - Data collection, analysis, and presentation of test results. - Concept development of products and product enhancements including intellectual property documentation and patent writing.

Ladson, Sc

- Designed and detailed blast resistant hull structures using pressure vessel steel plate.- Performed finite element analysis (FEA) on heavily loaded structures per MIL-STD.- Specified and integrated COTS components for system level design including: hydraulic, electrical, and cooling systems.- Managed engineering Bills of Materials (BOMs) for multiple projects during development and into production.- Acted as engineering point of contact with purchasing and planning, coordinated MRP/ERP data in support of supply chain.- Communicated directly with supply chain and frequently visited local fabricators to ensure that parts were made correctly and on time.

Ladson, Sc

- Top down modeling of parts and assemblies using 3D Cad.- Design of sheet metal components for manufacture by conventional forming and welding techniques.- Prepared and released 2D production drawings per ANSI Y14.5.- Designed jigs and fixtures for manufacturing to improve product quality.- Responsible for programming, data collection, and analysis in product quality testing.

Raleigh, Nc

- Joined team of students and professors to assess industrial processes at many industrial facilities.- Developed recommendations to reduce energy demand and fuel consumption for systems including: Boilers, condensers, strippers, kilns, compressed air systems, reaction vessels, heat exchangers, turbines.- Researched modern technology available to improve existing systems.- Performed analytical calculations for energy and cost savings associated with recommendations.- Presented recommendations to facilities in the form of written reports.