VP of Sales, NW USA
COMSOL, Inc
Palo Alto, CA

John Dunec received his PhD from Stanford University in 1983. John has over 25 years experience in product analysis, development and manufacturing, first with IBM, then with an early multiphysics startup, then running a product development consulting firm. John has experience with all phases of the development process:  research, concept prototyping, formal product development, and refining a design for ease-of-manufacture. He has optimized production processes and designed mass-production tooling. John is currently VP of Sales, NW USA and Manager of COMSOL's Palo Alto office.

Manager, Product Design
Millipore
Danvers, MA

I have 13 years experience as a product designer with Millipore in the Bioscience division.  We design and develop cutting edge tools and solutions for Life Science researchers.  I have a BS in Physics and Mechanical Engineering with research focus on computational modeling.  We have been using COMSOL for 3 years.

Engineering Project Manager
Lockheed Martin
Moorestown, NJ

BSME Worcester Polytechnic Institute
MSME University of Pennsylvania
Licensed Professional Engineer
Certified Manager
Over 24 years experience in aerospace & defense

Senior Systems Engineer I
Raytheon
Tucson, AZ

Electrical Engineer at Raytheon Company

Engineer
Solar Turbines
San Diego, CA

BS and MS Mechanical engineering San Diego State University
Professor for Mechanical Engineering SDSU, UCLA, USD
Math Prfessor SDSU, Santa Monica Cit College

Masters thesis in Biomechanical Engineering.
Currently a Industrial Gas Turbine Design Engineer, Solar Turbines Caterpillar

Past Chair ASME for San Diego 2008 and 2009
Member of ASM for San Diego

Specialize in Fatigue analysis methods and non-linear mechanics. Examples
are creep, crack growth, hyperelasticity. Also teach finite element courses
for ASME, UCLA and SDSU.

Work in material property database systems for high temperature alloys.
Work in computational analysis and modeling for mechanical design.

Judge the Greater Science and Engineering Fair for San Diego for the
past 12 years.

Senior Engineer
Whirlpool Corporation
Benton Harbor, MI

Have a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the The University of Toledo, Ohio. Six years industry experience in applied thermal and fluid engineering with application in the household appliance industry and a registered Professional Engineer(PE) in the state of Michigan

Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC
Zionsville, IN

I am a Chief Systems Engineer for International and Mission Systems Integration programs with 10 years of service with Raytheon. Previously I was the Manager of Systems Engineering & Integration for the J.I. Case Corp. I also worked as an Avionics Systems Engineer for Boeing Helicopters (RAH-66 Comanche and V-22 Osprey), and as an Advanced Human Factors Engineer for General Dynamics (YF-22A Raptor, NASA X-30 NASP, AFTI/CAS F-16, RF-16 and F-111 AMP). I've flow 17 types of aircraft, hold an ATP Multi-engine and Commercial Pilot Single-engine rating with 5,000 hours of flight and flight simulator experience. I'm also a rated parachutist. In 1998 I retired from the US Army Reserve with 10 yrs in the Guard & Reserve forces, and 12 years of active duty. I graduated from the US Air Force Academy with a B.S. in History in 1974, from Air Command & Staff College in 1982, and from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1983 with a M.S. in Aeronautical Science. My doctorate was in applied systems engineering to product development in 2001, and I was part of the first group of systems engineers to earn to INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional certification in 2004, and the Expert Systems Engineering Professional certification in 2010.

Lead System Engineer
GE O&G
Florence, IT

Lead System Engineer at GE O&G for turbomachinery New Products Development.

Senior Mechanical Engineer
Siemens Energy, Inc.
Orlando, FL

Xabier Sanjuan joined Siemens Energy Inc. in 2007 as senior mechanical engineer of Generator Service Engineering in Orlando, FL. He previously worked for Parkson Corporation for two years as Engineering Manager in the Biological-Solid Liquid Separation Division in Fort Lauderdale.  His current main focus is on hydrogen cooled electrical generators in design, upgrading, and modernization. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, upon completion of his undergraduate and Mechanical Engineering Master Degree at Simon Bolivar University, Xabier chose to become a College Professor of mechanical engineering, were he also tutored several Master and undergraduate Degrees.

The bulk of Xabier's professional, corporate career (12 years) was with PDVSA Intevep Oil R&D Center in Venezuela. There he was responsible for structural integrity and failure analysis of oil refinery and exploration & production equipment, as well R&D on emerging sources of energy technologies.

He has being published in structural analysis using Finite Element Analysis and more recently in Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Principal
AltaSim Technologies
Columbus, OH

Principal of AltaSim Technologies, D.Phil in Materials Science. Leads development of innovative and cost effective solutions for new technologies, products and processes through the use of advanced multiphysics modeling. Typical applications include structural, electromagnetic, fluid flow, acoustic , piezoelectric and plasmas to support applications in industries including aerospace, medical, energy, automotive, microelectronic and consumer products.