Michael Tebbe Email & Phone Number

Newark, California, US

• Product Engineering
• Team lead consisting of 14 interdepartmental, cross-functional, members to design and develop vehicle powertrain system (motor, gearbox, and controller) from concept, to prototypes of increasing levels of fidelity, to.
• System-wide component and assembly particulars (every last gram, millimeter, and joule accounted for)
• Established cost targets for components, assemblies; including tooling and assembly line with focus on determining best design for component cost, mass and simplicity
• Manufacturing techniques including 3D printing, billet machining, plastic injection, high-pressure die-casting, shell molding, sand-casting, and forging
• Efficient utilization of 12 years of Pro/E, NX and CATIA with complex surface modeling, master-model concept, and BOM

San Diego, CA, US

• Design (DFM protocol) and conduct FEA on various complex high-pressure die cast, sand cast, stamped and forged engine and support/structural components utilizing Pro-Engineer Creo 2, Unigraphics NX 7.5, or Solidworks.
• Perform assembly FEA including bolted connection fretting (establishing cover factor), modal, component stress, fatigue, life, heat transfer and non-linear analysis utilizing ANSYS V14, FEMFAT, and internal-developed.
• Proficient in GD&T ASME Y14.5-2009
• Develop 2 and 4-stroke engine friction model prediction and correlate to running engine (Haywood, Chen-Flynn, and regression modeling)
• Research and create engine friction models for future engines and roadmap projections
• Responsible for developing clearances, coatings and profiles for all contact surfaces inside 2-stroke diesel engines (i.e. journal bearings, piston profiles and skirt coatings, hone patterns and surface textures.

Northville, Michigan, US

• Developed and prepared Gasoline and Diesel piston models for analysis utilizing Unigraphics NX7.5, CATIA, or ProEngineer WF5 (CAD Software customer specified)
• Developed 1D steady-state thermal or 2D transient thermal distribution boundary conditions for FEA based upon engine configuration or customer thermal data (I.e. Turbo/Supercharged or NA) utilizing in-house combustion.
• Utilized Hypermesh V10 to design and optimize 2D tri-mesh for thermal boundary conditions, piston/bore contact, and pinhole stress analysis
• Produced accurate and optimized 3D tetrahedron mesh for FEA
• Post-Processed data results and determined Factors of Safety utilizing FE Safe V5.4 or FEMFAT
• Developed dynamic simulation model for EHD friction, NVH, and Secondary Kinetic motions (DYCAP software)

Flint, MI, US

• Conducted gasoline, diesel and turbine engine dynamometer testing. Included assembly, setup test execution, teardown, and inspection/documentation
• Performed dynamometer load/engine cycle design based on desired test parameters (design and I/O using MATLAB Simulink)
• Performed accurate system component fatigue testing, NVH analysis, and emission testing using Horiba acquisition and Redline ADAPT Data acquisition
• Conducted software code development for various test and design optimization methodologies in engineering design using MATLAB and C
• Taught heat/mass transfer, thermodynamics, and cross-function mechatronics classes to undergraduate students
• Designed, analyzed, built, and tested research thermoacoustic vapor-compression refrigeration system

• Conducted personal and group project management
• Developed whole engine friction model by analyzing component specific contributions
• Performed valvetrain component and system analysis/testing -familiar with Simulink, LabView, HBM, Tornado, and Rotec data acquisition systems
• Performed accurate hydraulic deactivating lifter and camshaft phaser FEA analysis using ABAQUS and Unigraphics NX3
• Performed new technology research and development with product feasibility and design utilizing DFM protocol
• Performed journal/roller bearing friction, fatigue, and failure testing using prototype analysis methods

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Major Applied Physics

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Major Mechanical Engineering