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.

Staff Manufacturing Engineer
General Motors
Lapeer, MI

I have BSE from U of Michigan in Industrial Engineering and MSE from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.  I've been a controls engineer for over 25 years.  I work for General Motors since 1995 in many capacities in the the manufacturing engineering group.  I moved to Shanghai for 2 years to aid SGM install and start-up new equipment line.  Also worked as maintenance superintendant for 2 years in charge of maintaining geneal assembly equipment in a 3-shift plant.

Program Manager-Hybrid Systems
ZF Industries
Northville, MI

Jim Potter is a father of two sons (Allen and John) and lives in Novi, Michigan. He holds a Masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. Jim is an author of numerous papers on automatic and hybrid system control mainly focused on predictive control of system capability, and overall system efficiency optimization. He began is career at General Motors, working on hydraulic and electronic control systems in the advanced transmission systems department. Since 1999, he has focused on hybrid system control, working on both advanced and production programs for hybrid electric and hydraulic hybrid vehicle systems. The hybrid production programs include both the Ford Escape and BMW X6 hybrids along with the current program of a parallel HEV for commercial vehicles.

Principal Project Manager
PTC
Needham, MA

Scott is a graduate of Wentworth Institute of Technology's Manufacturing program and has been with PTC almost 20 years serving in numerous technical roles from Technical Support to Product Management to PreSales to Technical Sales Operations. As a Principal Project Manager in Technical Sales Operations, he is responsible for the management, development and distribution of all technical sales materials for PTC's desktop applications.

Epilepsy Neurologist & Physician Scientist
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Marvin A. Rossi, MD, PhD, received his medical degree from Rush Medical College in 1996. His doctoral degree is in Molecular Biophysics. His work addresses neural plasticity as it relates to neurostimulation and molecule delivery strategies for the treatment of refractory epilepsy and brain cancer. Dr. Rossi completed his neurology residency training at the University of Chicago Hospitals and served as faculty-elected chief resident from 1999-2000. After finishing an ACGME accredited clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the University of Chicago in 2001, he returned to Rush to complete an advanced epilepsy fellowship. Currently, as assistant professor and attending at Rush, he has been integral in establishing a translational research initiative for developing neuro-visualization techniques and targeted nano-control neural interfaces. These diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are focused on curing refractory epilepsy and brain cancer. An additional aim of this translational research initiative is to provide new insights into the underpinnings of information processing at the synaptic and brain circuitry levels. Progress of ongoing research projects can be followed in the laboratory at, http://www.synapticom.net.

Brunel University - Centre for Electronic Systems Research
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK

Radu Beleca was born in Bucovina's city of Radauti, Romania in 1983. He graduated with honours from Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in June 2007, where he specialized in medical engineering. He receives the MSc (by research) degree in electrical engineering and fluid mechanics from University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France in September 2008. Currently he is working towards his PhD degree at Brunel University, London, United Kingdom.

From 2003 to 2007 he was with the High Intensity Field Laboratory, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and from 2006 to 2008 with Electronics and Electrostatics Research Unit, Laboratory of Automatics and Industrial Informatics & Laboratory of Aerodynamic Studies UMR6609, University of Poitiers & IUT Angoulême, France, where he took part in various research projects aimed at the study of applied electrostatics, electrohydrodynamics, tribocharging phenomena of fine powders and the development of novel electrostatic separation technologies for minerals and recycling industry. Currently as a member of the Centre for Electronic Systems Research, Brunel University, UK his research interests focus on characterization of pharmaceutical aerosols, charge particle dynamics, Phase Doppler Anemometry, medical electrostatics and nanotechnology.

Mr. Beleca is member of the IEEE Industry Application Society USA and associated member of the IEEE-IAS Electrostatic Process Comittee, Institution of Engineering and Technology UK, Electrostatic Society of America, Romanian Medical Association, Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Great Britain, TATE Galleries UK which include international modern and contemporary art and British art from 1500 to the present day.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

Darrell W. Pepper is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Nevada Center for Advanced Computational Methods at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He obtained his BSME, MSAE, and PhD from the University of Missouri - Rolla (now MS&T). He joined UNLV in 1992 after 20 years in industry where he worked in various technical and managerial positions for DuPont, Marquardt (Chief Scientist), and APRI (Chairman and CEO). He served as Chariman of Mechanical Engineering from 1996-2002, and Interim Dean from 2002-2003. He was an ASME Congressional Fellow in 2004 and served as a senior legislative fellow in the office of US Senator Dianne Feinstein. He is the author of over 300 technical articles and 6 textbooks dealing with finite element, boundary element, and species transport modeling.