william hurst

digital services and solutions

About

Mechanical Engineer with over 13 years of experience in the aerospace industry including satellites, payloads, and aircraft engines. Possess a unique ability to combine hardware knowledge, analysis data, test data, and signal processing techniques to obtain very accurate system level understandings using robust automated methods; which can then be used to drive better business decisions and future improvements quickly. Expertise in: * Structural Dynamics, Vibration, and Acoustics * Structural Dynamics Testing (All Types) * Finite Element Analysis (FEA) * Electro-Mechanical Control * Signal Processing * Data Analysis * Aircraft Engine Operability * Multiple Security Clearance Held TECHNICAL SKILLS R/R Shiny (1 year), Matlab/Simulink (~20 years), FEA using NASTRAN/Patran (10+ years), NPSS (2 years), VA One (2 years), UNIX/Linux/Perl (8+ years), C/Python/FORTRAN/R (3-4 years combined), Femap (1 year), AutoCAD (3-4 years), ANSYS (1 year) , MS Office, MSC ADAMS (training class), UC Basic Modal Analysis Course (training class)

Country

united states

City

cincinnati

Industry

aviation & aerospace

Skill

structural dynamics, systems engineering, aerospace, earned value management, dod, engineering management, security clearance, software engineering, integration, testing, requirements management, program management, military, configuration management, system architecture, engineering, matlab, aviation, simulations, mechanical engineering, finite element analysis, management, analysis, simulink, nastran, microsoft office, proposal writing, signal processing

Experience

digital services and solutions

advanced lead aerodynamic operability engineer

ge aviation

2013-8 - 2016-4 · 2 yrs 9 mos

structural dynamics engineer iv

northrop grumman corporation

2005-4 - 2013-8 · 8 yrs 5 mos

structural dynamics and control engineer ii

harris corporation

2003-2 - 2005-3 · 2 yrs 2 mos

* Structural Dynamics and Control Engineer * Built, tested, and characterized piezo-ceramic active pointing/isolation struts using dSPACE and SigLab. * Performed modal survey testing and data analysis on optical/electronic flight hardware, structural hardware, and various research hardware using I-DEAS Pro test software and HP/Agilent VXI system. * Served as primary contact for analysis and testing with a subcontracted test company for two very large full payload modal analysis tests & full system operational performance tests on prime flight hardware.

mechanical engineer co-op

etegent technologies, ltd.

1998-1 - 2000-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

aerospace engineer co-op

cincinnati thermal spray, inc.

1997-1 - 1998-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

digital services and systems advanced lead shop cost analytics engineer

ge aviation

2016-4 - 2018-7 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Focus on optimizing aircraft engine time on wing and maintenance shop work scopes based on aircraft engine health assessments developed through advanced applied data analytics. Lead architect and software programmer for an engine performance health analytics and interactive visualization web based application using 100% R code. Helped set-up and manage a R shiny-server pro web server running around a dozen different applications. Manage the processing and preparation of data from multiple sources for accurate joining, analytics, visualizations, and insights. Write processed data back to databases to be leveraged by the data science, engineering, and other communities.

Education

university of cincinnati

mechanical engineering

1995-1 - 2000-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Co-op engineer at Sheet Dynamics, Ltd., Cincinnati, OH and Cincinnati Thermal Spray Inc., Cincinnati, OH.

virginia tech

mechanical engineering

2000-1 - 2002-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Graduate Research Assistant at CIMSS (Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures). Designed, analyzed, fabricated, and characterized a piezohydraulic pump actuator. Implemented traditional and state-space controllers in a laboratory environment on real hardware.