Michael Gogarty Email & Phone Number

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

I lead a team of Mechanical Engineers responsible for Designing, Analyzing and building sub-assemblies which are part of Gene Sequencing equipment.

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Us

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Us

Responsible for the design, analysis and testing of power inverters for the solar industry. Perform Thermal and Structural FEA and testing over a wide range of temperatures and environmental conditions. Responsible for 3D modeling, drawings, vendor and material selection as well as overseeing manufacturing. In addition, responsible for mentoring and supervising junior engineers.

Owner and operator of mechanical engineering consulting firm specializing in engineering analysis using FEA and CFD tools. Utilizing years of product development and research experience to help customers solve difficult engineering problems. • Utilizing FEA and CFD tools for thermal, structural and fluid mechanics analysis along with CAD design services to help customers better understand the physics of their systems.• Helping customers reduce product cost and time to market by utilizing analysis results as the basis to perform design iterations.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Responsible for developing, designing, manufacturing and testing new experiments for undergraduate materials, dynamics, fluids, heat transfer, data acquisition, thermodynamics and mechatronics teaching laboratories. • Utilize SolidWorks and on site machine shop to design new experiments for laboratories manufacture and purchase parts and build and test experiments with a very limited budget.• Lead and mentor student workers in maintaining current equipment and developing maintenance procedures.• Championed and implemented standardized engineering software tools; SolidWorks, MatLab, LabView and ANSYS to improve engineering education and improve graduates marketability.

Schenectady, Ny, Us

Technical lead and member of the cross functional team responsible for the consolidation of custom steam turbine control systems into discrete product lines in order to improve quality, reduce cost and reduce engineering time. • Utilized project management training and DFMA skills to successfully design and release a standard pressure panel product. This standard product reduced total cost by 81%, which included reduced engineering, drafting and assembly time.• Introduced and Initiated the use of a product certification process for standard products to reduce field installation cost and time. Which involved the introduction and use of Agilent data acquisition systems to record and compare thermocouple and pressure transducer data to standard values.

Glostrup, Dk

Led the Mechanical Team responsible for the design of an automated FDA controlled cancer diagnostic instrument. The team of 11 consisted of Mechanical Engineers, Drafters, Mechanical Technicians onsite and a Mechanical Engineer, an Industrial Designer and FEA Consultants offsite.• Led engineers and vendors in reducing cost, improving reliability and design for manufacturability. This resulted in a 54% reduction in part count, 37% reduction in material cost, 50% reduction in cost of goods sold, 30% reduction in assembly time and 66% reduction in shipping and installation costs.• Initiated the use of analysis tools such as SolidWorks Simulation FEA and SolidWorks Flow Simulation CFD tools to improve design of components critical to instrument performance. The result was earlier design feedback, reduction in design iterations and reduced part count.• Utilized Keithley data acquisition equipment instrumentation to acquire air & liquid temperatures, VOC data and air flow data.• Worked with customers to improve the design by meeting with them and demonstrating concepts and prototypes. This improved functionality and reduced cost of the instrument in addition to helping make significant design simplifications.• Utilized the skills of contract resources to enhance and to reduce design time by 50%. This allowed our onsite team to remain focused on core competencies critical to the product.• Wrote test plans for assemblies affected by the re-design in order to prove instrument functionality.

Member of a design team of Electrical Engineers and Mechanical Engineers tasked with developing unique methods of cooling for RF and DC power supplies. Challenged to design effective air and water-cooled solutions for lowest possible cost and within tight space constraints. Worked with Electrical Engineers to drive early involvement in the design process to influence component choice.Introduced onsite airflow testing by constructing a small wind tunnel. This reduced the time to characterize a unit by 79% and eliminated shipping costs to the test facility.Reduced component failures by designing and introducing an innovative water-cooled cold plate. This cold plate decreased critical component temperatures 7C and reduced pressure loss 40%. New design had comparable cost to old design, fit in the same space and did not affect component placement.Led the implementation of SDRC simulation suite into Mechanical Engineering group to improve efficiency by allowing more design iterations in less time and with less expense.Served as Subject Matter Expert on SDRC FEA products. Initiated comprehensive finite element heat transfer and fluid flow training (ESC & TMG, SDRC's thermal and flow FEA products) for all mechanical engineers.

Member of R&D team charged with designing a single-tube Coriolis meter for liquids. Position required extremely strong collaborative and creative design skills. Performed structural, vibration analysis and testing on various mechanical components, utilized Pro/E and ANSYS as the design and analysis tools. Designed and tested a strain gage application tool that allowed the application of several gages at once. This reduced assembly time and resulted in more uniform gage application. Designed, built and tested a FRU electronic package, which utilized off the shelf parts and required no tools for replacement. Additionally designed and oversaw the manufacture of a unique injection molded display bezel. Researched and implemented the use of a high strength, high temperature epoxy on coils used to vibrate meter tubes allowing meter to operate within desired temperature range. Significantly improved coil quality through design of unique coil winding system.

Supported a U.S. Air Force contract to maintain and troubleshoot satellite-tracking antenna. Challenged to resolve recurring metal fatigue issue in antenna back-structures. Designed and constructed portable strain gage test system to meet requirements for global testing. Utilized test system to gather data from strain gages applied to antenna back-structures. Analyzed data and determined cause as acceleration and deceleration before and after satellite acquisition. Recommended, created and implemented a software solution.Introduced and assisted with the implementation of Pro/Mechanica to the engineering group allowing back structures to be analyzed without the expense of sending engineers to sites throughout the world. Spearheaded the selection and implementation of Pro/E into the Engineering department to reduce design time and improve troubleshooting process.

Performed design and analysis of non-rotating components of gas turbine engines. Collaborated with materials and aerospace engineers to contribute to design process and gather specifications. Selected materials, performed structural and heat transfer analysis and performed extensive testing. 1 of 3 members of internal R & D team working with LANL to determine the feasibility of using ABAQUS/Explicit to model and predict hub and blade containment events.Utilized SDRC TMG and worked with materials engineers and vendors to design, manufacture and test an impeller shroud that used the impeller to shape the shroud. This resulted in increased engine performance. Developed college graduate rotation program to help new engineers develop better understanding of the company's products and improve their design skills.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd) Not Completed Yet, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering; Computer Aided Engineering, Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer