engineering staff

Our engineering team has experience in many application areas. Individual areas of expertise are highlighted below.

Abed M. Khaskia, Ph.D.—Executive Vice President

A specialist in finite element analysis, particularly for multi-field applications and simulations. Has provided consulting and training services for more than twenty years using ANSYS®, LS-DYNA®, and other finite element and CAE programs. Prepared, managed, and taught professional development courses for practicing engineers in the areas of structural, thermal, and electronic systems cooling. Organized conferences on finite element applications in various fields for commercial and government customers in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Representative consulting projects:

1. “Metal forming using ANSYS and LS-DYNA”
2. “Induction heating using ANSYS electromagnetic solvers”
3. “Simulation of underwater explosion using Autodyn®”
4. “Drop test analysis for electronic industry”
5. “Finite element modeling of a hyperelastic cup”
6. “Piezoelectric analysis of an ink jet printer head”
7. “Hyperelastic and viscoelastic modeling of rubber seals”

James R. Bosnik, Ph.D.—Technical Services Manager

Broad experience in many areas of finite element analysis, including implicit and explicit dynamics, structural nonlinearities, and heat transfer. Specialist in computational fluid dynamics. Extensive experience in ANSYS customization and in training users of ANSYS and CFX®.

Representative consulting projects:

1. “Aerodynamic drag analysis of two truck body designs”
2. “Automated finite element analysis of paper dryer crowns”
3. “Dynamic simulation of a falling object protective structure test”
4. “Finite element stress analysis of a spinal implant”
5. “Automated finite element analysis of an aircraft arrestment system”
6. “Dynamic analysis of high-speed wire braiding mechanisms”
7. “Automation of core analysis processes”

Michael R. Guido, Ph.D., P.E.—Applications Engineer

Expert in ANSYS applications with over twenty years of experience, including structural, heat transfer, dynamics, and CFD applications. Experienced in the use of Pro/ENGINEER®, including solid modeling for new component design and drawing creation for prototyping and manufacturing.

Representative consulting projects:

1. “FLUENT® CFD analysis of VIM tundish for steel casting”
2. “Structural analysis of maritime winch components”
3. “Virtual design of experiments with ANSYS for optimal diaphragm performance”
4. “Conductive trace design in 3-D circuit architectures: heat transfer analysis and experiments”

Shawn A. Catlin—Senior Applications Engineer

Highly experienced in the integration of design and analysis to create designs and finite element programs to evaluate compliance with specified requirements. Highly skilled in the use of Pro/ENGINEER and ANSYS programs. Certified by Parametric Technology Corp. as an instructor on the Pro/ENGINEER line of products. Authorized by ANSYS Inc. as an instructor on all ANSYS products.

Representative consulting projects:

1. “Pro/ENGINEER implementation”
2. “Custom ANSYS interface for modeling of customer specific products”
3. “Analysis of a rail wheel and onsite mentoring”

Matthew J. Mehalic—Senior Applications Engineer

Specialist in structural analysis using ANSYS. Proficient with various CAD systems, including Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. Highly skilled in static, modal, harmonic, transient dynamic, random vibration, and nonlinear analyses, particularly in the military/commercial transportation and material handling industries. Extensive experience in training users of ANSYS and providing clients with consulting services.

Representative consulting projects:

1. “Full transient response of vehicle traversing a speed bump”
2. “Static, modal, and harmonic analyses of various motor/compressor frames on railcar locomotives”
3. “Rail impact, drop test, and air transport of a communications shelter for the military”
4. “Harmonic and transient shock responses of electronic equipment racks and isolation systems”

Michael P. Owen, Ph.D.—CFD Applications Specialist

Trained physicist with specialization in CFD. Experienced in the use of implicit and explicit industrial and custom CFD codes, custom FORTRAN CFD implementation, and massively parallel CFD applications. Experienced in multi-field simulation, including fluid-structure interaction, conjugate heat transfer, and radiative heat transfer.

Representative consulting projects:

1. “Analysis of a forced argon heat exchanging device”
2. “Centrifugal fan analysis”
3. “CFD analysis of dissolution and recrystalization”
4. “Transient analysis of a steam autoclave”
5. “Fluid-structure interaction of a human-powered swimming device”

Scott A. Marinus—Applications Engineer

Skilled with ANSYS for structural and CFD analysis as well as CAD/CAM tools to facilitate design and manufacturing. Skilled with Pro/ENGINEER and Catia® for creating virtual prototypes of products and processes. Ten years of aerospace engineering experience involving system design and project management.

Representative consulting projects:

1. “Structural analysis of a turbocharger”
2. “Structural analysis of an aircraft flexible pneumatic joint”
3. “CFD analysis of a lamella plate settling system”
4. “Conjugate heat transfer analysis of two phase oil-gas flow”
5. “Structural analysis of a large air-handling system”

Karen L. Cronin—Applications Engineer

Experienced in static and dynamic analyses of complex structures. Skilled in structural modeling, modal analysis, and steady state and transient forced response analyses. Previous experience in modeling and analyzing large structures for the electronics industry. ANSYS Workbench training specialist.

Representative consulting projects:

1. “Static, modal, PSD and seismic analyses of electronic equipment racks”
2. “Shock and vibration analysis of a railcar frame module”
3. “Finite element analysis of dental devices”
4. “Finite element thermal and stress analysis of furnace components”

engineering associates

John M. Thompson, Ph.D.

Specialist in heat transfer analysis. Experienced in the power industry. Professor at California University of Pennsylvania. Highly skilled in the representation of conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer. Unique expertise in adapting ANSYS to create special analysis capabilities.

Therese Rhodes Polito, Ph.D.

Specialist in computational fluid dynamics and design exploration techniques. Knowledgeable in modeling multi-physics analyses. Adept in using design exploration methods including optimization, Design of Experiments, Monte Carlo and Design for Six Sigma techniques.