Electronic Circuitry, Motor, and Engine Computational Design Expert

Technical Consultant #2452

Computational design using optimization, coupled with simulation for the energy, transportation, deep space industries and military.
Electronic circuit design and construction.
Analysis and research 3D automatic finite element meshing algorithms.
Design and development of high-speed hull jet drives.
Overview and analysis of electro-magnetic epicyclic motion motors; Micro UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) of systems integration and aerodynamic configurations; Micro Gas Turbine: Thermo -aerodynamic design. And, MEMS: Pressure, velocity and displacement sensor design.
Design and analysis of electro-magnetic components of switched reluctance motors.
Design and analysis of rotating combustion chambers for ceramic gas turbines.
Multi discipline analyst and solver of complex difficult problems
Software algorithms for CAD, integral mechanics and data mining.
Analysis, research and selection of high strength and high temperature materials.
Patent writing, searches, cross analysis, validation and due diligence.

Expert Witness Experience

Provided test equipment for a seat belt impact test for litigation.
Built a prop for a road tanker asphyxiation case.
Provided expert opinion on a marine salvage law suit.
Due diligence confirmation on inventions, technology for startups and legal entities.

Undisclosed Company, Owner and NSW Director, 1998 - Present

Engineering consulting and software development company for various industries and military.
Developed a 3D Hexahedral meshing software program, CheetahSTC.

Projects - CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamic) and CAE (Computer Aided Engineering)

Fan design and analysis for refrigeration application, noise and efficiency targets: Wellington
Diesel to LPG conversion of an Actros truck, included CFD engine simulation: VPAC
Ceramic Gas Turbine: Design and analysis of a rotating combustion chamber, (undisclosed client)
Non-linear hyper elastic rubber suspension system for a railroad car: Queensland Rail
Electromagnetic design of a switched reluctance motor: U.S. Navy
Soybean genetic crop modelling and optimization: Syngenta
Drag reduction coatings for U.S. Air Force: Lockheed Martin
Lung Irritation modelling: (undisclosed client)
Instant Ice making machine: Pepsico
Microwave Susceptor: Pepsico
Acoustic levitation of snacks: Pepsico

EET, Sydney Australia, NSW, Chief Technical Officer, 2013 - 2016

Responsible for startup company by inventing, designing and building a tidal energy turbine.
Managed the mechanical design of the turbine, blades, electrical generator, water seals, support structure, testing equipment.
Designed and built the test barge, conducted ocean tests, collected performance data.
Computational CAD model design to optimize the performance and design of a new class of turbine that set a new COP record for a freestream turbine. Wrote two patents, both granted.

OceanLinx, Sydney Australia, NSW Senior Turbine Engineer, 2010 - 2013

Responsible for the design and manufacture of a wave energy air turbine in the 1 to 5 MW class.
Filed and granted a Patent on a bidirectional turbine.

Orbital Engine Company, Balcatta WA, Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer

Design and analysis of air assist direct fuel injection using both Lagrangian two phase and FreeSurface VOF models.
Injection and combustion modelling of in-cylinder flows with conjugate heat transfer. Two and four stroke engine moving mesh simulation.

James Cook University, Queensland Australia, Mechanical Engineering Instructor

Lecturer and Course Instructor for subjects: Materials handling, Dynamics, Mechanical Engineer, Project Design and Management.

Sarcos Research Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT Management

Project Manager overseeing electro-magnetic Epicyclic motion motors.
Systems integration and aerodynamic configurations of Micro UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle): Micro Gas Turbine.
Provided Thermo -aerodynamic design. MEMS: Pressure, velocity and displacement sensor design for Department of Defense and U.S. Navy.

Mercury Marine, Oshkosh WI, Project Engineer

Managed design and development of high-speed hull and jet drives. Craft stability and control dynamics.

Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. Contract, Ph.D. Research.

Conducted research in the field of 3D automatic finite element meshing algorithms.

Brigham Young University, Provo UT, Educator and Technician

Assisted classes in: Compressible Fluid Flow, Composites, Materials, Finite Element Method, Aircraft Design and Stability.

Institute of Astronomy, Manoa, HI, Electronics Technician

Designed and constructed electronic circuits for pointing control of Astro-telescopes.

Australian National Line, Victoria, Australia

Achievements

Invented a free stream turbine applicable for wind and tidal flow that exceeds the Betz efficiency.
Invented a new mathematical Monolith CAD definition and method that enables computational CAD for solids and fluid mechanics.
Discovered and designed a new bidirectional reaction turbine for low pressure flow with 90% efficiency.
Developed a 3D Hexahedral meshing program to generate high quality meshes. Formulated new mathematical methods for solving complex meshing geometries and developed a new definition for n-dimensional continuum space.
Designed and developed a Super Sonic Shockwave dual fluid injection nozzle with CFD analysis tools which yielded a 47% improvement in Sauter Mean Diameter on first bench tested prototype.
Discovered the Spatial Twist Continuum (dissertation). A dual representation of the all hexahedral finite element mesh that solves the global connectivity problem allowing for the creation of robust fully automated all hexahedral meshing algorithms.
Owner of a successful business designing and manufacturing high performance engine parts for Jet skis, Snowmobiles and Motorcycles. Supplied precision titanium transducer components for x-ray machines.

Credentials

CFD: Star-CD, OpenFoam, XFlow, Nektar++ FEA: Nastran, Abaqus, LS-Dyna, Scan&Solve.
CAD: ProE, SolidWorks, Rhino3D.
Programming: C/C++ , C#, Fortran, Cuda, OpenCL, Java, GWT, GXT, Python, VTK, openNURBS.
Coding: Algorithm development in C#, CFD solver development in C++
Interface Coding: Website design and Java programming. GUI interface programming design and code implementation.
Mathematics: Development of Cad methodologies in n-dimensional Euclidean space.
Composite materials: Component design, stress analysis, tooling design and manufacture.
CNC: Programming and machining experience.
Materials: Steels, super alloys, ceramics and composites.

Publications and Patents