• Chairman Metallic Materials Properties Development & Standardization (MMPDS—formerly MIL-HDBK-5) Finite Element Analysis Sub Task Group (FEASTG), Fall 2005 – Present.
• International Chairman of ISO/TC20/SC4 WG8 (Aerospace/Fasteners/Rivets), Fall 1997 through July 2000.
• Immediate past Chairman of the Industrial Fasteners Institute Division II (Aerospace) technical committee, since Spring 1997.
• Chairman of the Mil-Handbook-5 Fastener-Industry Working Group (FIWG), Spring 1998 through July 2000.
• Member of the FAA ARACS working Group that drafted TSO-C148 (Technical Standard Order) for aerospace fasteners (1996-1997).
• U.S. Army 1967 - 1969 (Honorable Discharge).

• "Fastening of Advanced Composites", NASA conference, 1983, Seattle, WA.
• “Analytical Modeling of Bolted Lap Joint Load-Elongation Behavior”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Jan. 2002 (ASCE)
• “Comparative Load-Elongation Behavior of Single-Bolted & Dual-Bolted Lap Joints”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, April 2002 (ASCE)
• “The Influence of Conical Head Geometry on the Slip Resistance of Bolted Joints”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, October 2002 (ASCE)

• UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN RE HELICOPTER CRASH AT THE 60th STREET HELIPORT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 98 CIV 3442 ON APRIL 15th 1997
  
  In 1997 a Colgate-Palmolive corporate helicopter crashed immediately after takeoff into New York's East River, killing one occupant & severely injuring two others. The NTSB's probable cause was tail boom fatigue failure due to substitution of solid rivets with Cherry Max blind rivets during a recent repair procedure. Engaged as a fastener expert for the defense during the period 1998 through 2001.
  
  
• SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY SOUTHEAST DISTRICT—NORWALK Cline v. Winnebago et al., Jan. 2003-present
  
  Retractable bed in a Class “A” motor home alledgedly drops onto the head of plaintiff while vehicle is being operated. Engaged as a mechanisms expert for the defense beginning 2006.
  
  
• Moyer v. Superior Air Parts (2005): Beechcraft Bonanza airplane crash after engine failure. Engine failure alledgedly caused by cyinder head bolt fatigue failures resulting from low clamp load. Engaged as the fastener expert for the defense.
  
  
• Calgary Canada 1988 Winter Olympics Skating Oval---Roof leakage allegedly caused by defective commercial blind fasteners. Settled during arbitration. I functioned as liaison & fastener expert with outside counsel. Assisted with arbitration.
  
  
• Third-party lawsuit against Hartwell Corporation alleging that defective latching mechanism failed to maintain cargo door in secured position. During flight the cargo door is alleged to have opened with exiting cargo impacting the tail rotor, resulting in a crash & injuries. I functioned as liaison with outside counsel & as an in-house latching expert.
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action against Textron (Docket # 9226) regarding acquisition of Avdel PLC. My involvement included a deposition plus five days of testimony in front of an FTC administrative law judge in relation to aerospace fasteners (engineering, joint strength, fastener markets, etc).

• Olympic Fastening Systems v. Monogram Aerospace Fasteners (1979): Patent infringement case (Defense)
• Huck International v. Cherry Div. of Textron Inc. (1995): Patent infringement case (Defense)
• Cherry Div. of Textron Inc. v. Allfast Inc. (1998): Patent infringement case (Plaintiff)
• Hartwell Corp. v. Avibank Div. of SPS Inc. (2003): Patent infringement case (Plaintiff)
• Hartwell Corp. v. Harper Engineering (2005): Patent infringement case (Plaintiff)
• Hartwell Corp. v. Adams-Rite (2005): Patent Infringement Case (Plaintiff)

• Conventional threaded screws, bolts & nuts (AN, MS, SAE, etc.)
• Blind fasteners (rivets & bolts)
• Expandable bushing fasteners
• Aircraft latching mechanisms (engine nacelles, access panels, door handles, stow bin latches, etc.)
• Aircraft decompression mechanisms
• Secure cockpit door latches & mechanisms
• In-line skate & running shoe hardware (axles, cleats, etc.)
• All products manufactured by the following companies;
  • Monogram Aerospace Fasteners
  • Textron Aerospace Fasteners & Textron Fastening Systems
  • Hartwell Corporation / Adams-Rite / Avibank Div. of SPS / RAM Div. of Alcoa Fastening Systems
  • Alcoa Fastening Systems (Huck, Tridair, Rosan, Fairchild, Voi-Shan, Deutch)
  • Allfast Fastening Systems
  • Click Bond Inc.
  • Emhart-Heli Coil
  • Hi-Shear Corporation / West Coast Aerospace / Air Industries
  • Nylok
  • Shur-Lok
  • SPS
  • Sonic Industries
  • The Young Engineers
  • Dzus
  • POP

• July 10-11, 2005: NAFE, Chicago IL
• Oct. 15-16, 2005: SFES, Concord, CA
• Jan. 21-23, 2006: NAFE, Washington DC
• Jan. 28-29, 2006: SFES, Santa Monica CA
• Feb. 20-24, 2006: AAFS, Seattle WA
• Mar. 25-26, 2006 SFES, Yosemite CA

• Laptop w/ 17” screen with all standard Microsoft Office software
• Lawrence Livermore Laboratories’ suite of finite element analysis codes, with compiler
• SolidWorks Premium, including CosmosWorks & Cosmos FEA
• Visual Basic for writing Windows-based programs
• Canon 30D 8.2MP with 35-85mm EOS & 100mm Macro lenses & Micro-Lite attachment
• Working relationships with several local laboratories & universities for testing & analysis

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