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Expert in Composite Vehicles, Structures
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has expertise in the design, stress analysis, and prototyping of composite vehicles and structures. He has designed and built numerous high tech all-composite marine craft from surf skis to high speed racing motor boats and catamaran sailing craft. He is fully equipped to conceptualize, analyze, and prototype RV composite craft. He has designed rotomolded hulls for a sea-cycle, composite car bodies for drag racers, and an all-composite dirigible gondola. As Director of Research and Development for a large fiberglass tank manufacturer, Expert was responsible for the structural integrity of large fiberglass containment vessels (up to 55' in diameter) under wind and seismic loadings.
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Show Only Primary Areas of Expert Consulting
Secondary Expertise
aeronautical engineering, aerospace engineering, aircraft, aircraft design, applied mechanics, aviation science, building (object), building design, buoyancy, canoe, carbon fiber, carbon-fiber composite, composite aircraft structure, composite core material, composite failure analysis, composite manufacturing tooling, composite material, composite material design for manufacturability, composite material machining, composite material manufacturing, composite material manufacturing cost estimation, composite material manufacturing process development, composite material processing, composite material selection, composite molding, composite prepregging technology, composite pressure vessel, composite storage vessel, composite structure design, composite-filament winding process, drag, epoxy adhesive, ferry, fiber glass, fiberglass molding, fiber-reinforced composite, glass fiber, heat, heat flow, heat generation, heat transfer, high-strength low-alloy steel, hydraulic accumulator, hydrofoil boat, machine-element stress analysis, mechanical stress, prototype, prototyping, recreational vehicle, steel structure design, structural composite, structural repair, three-dimensional structure for composite material
Basic Expertise
aircraft component, aircraft control system design, aircraft manufacturing, air-cushion vehicle, airframe, airframe design, airframe stress analysis, airframe wiring process, automobile, automobile racing, automotive composite, automotive material, boating accident, cast iron stress analysis, civil engineering, composite aircraft structure stress analysis, composite bridge, composite bridge design, composite material electrical property, composite material failure, composite material impact damage evaluation, composite material painting, composite material repair, composite material testing, composite preform, concrete structure design, connecting rod, construction engineering, construction material, containment, critical speed, cutting speed, diameter, dirigible, disk clutch, earthquake-resistant structure, elastic property, engine, experimental stress analysis, fatigue, fiberglass sizing, finite element analysis, floating offshore structure design, fluid, fluid flow, fuel system, graphite epoxy composite plating, gunboat, high-speed motor, icebreaker, loading, manufacturer, marine corrosion, marine propeller, marine propulsion, masonry design, medical device mechanical stress analysis, missile, ocean, physical stress, plastic stress analysis, plastics industry, seawater, ski, skiing, Society of the Plastics Industry, spacecraft, speed, structural maintenance, structural redesign, vehicle | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Los Angeles, California;
San Diego, California;
Long Beach, California;
Santa Ana, California;
Anaheim, California;
Riverside, California;
Glendale, California;
Huntington Beach, California;
San Bernardino, California;
and Chula Vista, California.
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BS
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Aeronautical Sciences
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University of Minnesota
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Cert
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Materials for Missiles & Spacecraft
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UCLA
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Cert
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Fibrous Structures
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UCLA
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1971 to
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(Undisclosed)
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1980 to 1983
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Tankinetics
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Director of R & D
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1960 to 1971
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Philco Ford
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Aeronutronic Division
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Mechanical Supervisor/Program Manager
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1957 to 1960
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Rantec Corp.
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Sr. Mechanical Designer
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1951 to 1957
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Raytheon Mfg. Co .
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Mechanical Designer
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1948 to 1951
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North American Aviation
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Design Draftsman
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Associations/Societies
Expert is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (Composites branch), Society of the Plastics Industry, SAMPE, United States Hang Gliding Association, and the Soaring Society of America.
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Licenses/Certifications
P.E. Mechanical Engineering
State of California
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Professional Appointments
He is a Past President of the Experimental Aircraft Association, U.S. "C" Class Catamaran Association, Aeronautic Toastmasters, and the Pacific Multihull Association.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding your expert consulting needs.
Expert is available for consulting to corporate, legal and government clients.
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Expert is free.
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Expert in naval architecture for litigation case involving a barge capsize (physical discovery and inspection.)
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