VIM/BRENNER TANK: MY FIRST ENGINEERING JOB. 1/3

I designed this VIM 11 compartment tank which can haul nine 55 gallon drums on the back end.

I designed Brenner’s first insulated aluminum asphalt tank with roll-over protection, surge protection, and walkway. Spent a lot of time reading DOT regulations.

I put a lot of work into this 9,200 gallon polished aluminum tank that has many weld-on options, and a special DOT stainless steal bumper.

I designed a complete new rear compartment system on this 5 compartment 4,500 gallon tank.

VIM/Brenner Tank: My first engineering job. 1/1

This new design included an all new layout of the metering fuel delivery components, wiring scheme, and new pre-hung style framed doors. Thirty hours of manufacturing time was saved per tank unit. Also, the new design achieved a system which produced improved reliability and performance.

VIM/BRENNER TANK: MY FIRST ENGINEERING JOB. 2/3

VIM/Brenner Tank: My first job. 2/2

I made numerous quality and time saving changes at these companies that ranged from general design, design for manufacturing, stress calculations, programming fixes, drawing methodology, DOT regulation interpretation, and legacy paperwork.

VIM/BRENNER TANK: MY FIRST ENGINEERING JOB. 3/3

I designed all 6 of BDM’s OEM frames that have 70+ parts per frame. This includes cast and machined parts, forgings, multiple bent/coped tubes, and sheet metal parts. I performed all the FEA calculations, and created the life endurance test plan that included strain gage stress verification at critical areas. I performed manufacturing engineering duties for weld tooling issues, weld schedule, weld quality, parts inspections, and post-weld CMM verifications.

I designed the air filter cover, coil cover (on other side), front engine mount, mirrors, and other various cast and machined parts that were often used in advertising.

Big Dog Motorcycles: My favorite job. 1/4

Big Dog Motorcycles: My favorite job. 2/4

Conceptual springer front fork stress calculations.

Using ANSYS to simulate a cracking fender bracket as the baseline for the re-design.

Far Left: Swing arm and mounting attachments meshed ready for simulation.

Left: Stressed front portion of frame with half symmetry.

Big Dog Motorcycles: My favorite job. 3/4

2007 Bulldog prototype frame concept model. This was the beginning of curved tubes on our models.

Swing arm concept models with forged front section.

Initial concept swing arm model for the 2010 Wolf.

Big Dog Motorcycles: My favorite job. 3/4

Front engine mount designed as a bolt on polished aluminum part, or a steel weld-on.

Prototype K9 frame model. My final frame was a single curved down tube frame with close curved tube swing arm.

Right: Some of my work on a t-Shirt at Wal-Mart.Below: 2010 Ridgeback with parts I designed which includes, frame

and swing arm, air filter cover, mirrors, coil cover, front and upper engine mounts, and various polished covers. Me riding a 2006 R&D K9.

Big Dog Motorcycles: My favorite job. 4/4

MCIA: My current job. 1/3

I designed the mechanical layout and packaging for this TI1200 aircraft inverter. It uses the same extrusion for the top and bottom half of the case. Each half has a different machined configuration for component fastening.

I also designed the mechanical layout and packaging for the TI250 inverter with 2 piece enclosure. It consists of an extrusion (machined for fastening components), with a single sheet metal cover with mounting flanges.

MCIA: My current job. 2/3

I designed a large portion of this lithium-ion TB17 aircraft battery. This is the first lithium-ion battery to be DO-160 certified.

One of several tools I designed and fabricated in house for production line use. This one is used during inspection of an altimeter transmission.

MCIA: My current job. 3/3

I designed the layout and packaging for this MD93 aircraft clock with dual USB charger. The machined components are also the solder tooling.

I re-designed this MD835 lithium-ion battery case to safely vent a 500ºF overcharge event.

Miscellaneous.

VIM Trailer water tank. I designed the rolling chassis frame to hold a fiberglass tank supplied by Cessna. It was still in use 7 years later when I started working for Cessna.

I created this Pro/E automated printing cylinder model driven by information from a Visual Basic app. This is one of several automated models I created at Bunting Magnetics to greatly save engineering time on the individual work orders.

I created this Solid Edge demo model to display versatility with packaging's.