PROFESSIONAL LICENSE

 

      Washington State Professional Engineer Ref:  35623                                                                    99

 

 

PATENTS

 

Vehicle Condition Monitoring                                                                                                 04

A. Trego, E. Haugse, R. Ikegami US 06691007

Material Removal Rate Fiber Optic Corrosion Sensor                                                             00

E. Udd, A. Trego and E. Haugse US 06144026

Structural Health Monitoring Architecture using Sensor Technology                             Pending

A. Trego, E. Haugse, A. Akdeniz, D. Anderson, C. Greenberg US 20060004499

Vehicle Side Under Ride Guard                                                                                      Pending

A. Trego, B. Enz, J. Tomassoni US 11/601,453

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

      Director of Structures                                                                                                06 - present

      Launch Systems – SE&I, ATK

Tasks include:

·         Supervise and manage professional development of 5 individuals with structural expertise

·         Design and develop launch systems

 

      Manager                                                                                                                           05 - 06

      Becton Dickinson Medical

Tasks include:

·         Supervise and manage professional development of 45 individuals with industrial design, packaging, graphics, BD Identity, molding and physical testing expertise and all associated regulatory compliances.

·         Managed cross-functional OneCath PICC Flash Team to successful resolution of strategic direction.

·         Managed worldwide CAE effort to align all BD personnel to uniform software packages resulting in increased collaboration, functionality and cost savings.

 

      Lead Engineer                                                                                                                  03 - 05

      Phantom Works - Structures, Boeing

Tasks include:

·         Structural IVHM Team Leader for Advanced Support Concepts Thrust.  In charge of technology development, budgets, and personnel.

·         Aging Aircraft Team Leader for Phantom Works.  One of six team leaders across the Boeing Company and the only non-manager of the team leaders.  This is an enterprise wide team defining the state of the art in structural life assessment and enhancement, maintenance and utilization of aging aerospace platforms.  Responsible for the effective and efficient transition and integration of multiple advanced technologies into robust and reliable methods and practices ensuring the safe operation of Boeing products throughout their economic life. 

·         787 Technical Lead for the development of an onboard structural health monitoring system for the new airplane development team.  Responsibilities include developing and evaluating new technologies and presenting this information to upper management.  Technologies include impact detection, damage detection and environmental damage for composite and metallic aircraft.  Congruently, a flight qualified battery operated health monitoring system was developed which was retrofitted onto existing commercial airplanes.

·         Program manager for joint research effort with Australian government research agencies, CSIRO and DSTO developing corrosion prognostic algorithms.

·         Member of various proposal and non-advocate teams.

·         College recruiting including interviewing students for prospective jobs, scholarships and internships and interfacing with both the Society of Women Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineering chapters.

 

      Senior Specialist Engineer                                                                                               97 - 03

      Phantom Works - Structures, Boeing

Tasks include:

·         Principal investigator, including liaison, program management and subcontract management, for the X-34 Acoustic Emissions Structural Health Monitoring System Experiment. Provided customer interface, experiment analysis and presentation of final report to NASA Marshall.  Integrated a flight qualified experiment onto the X-34 developed by Orbital Science Corporation.

·         Principal investigator / technical lead, for the Internal Research and Development program overseeing remote NDI sensor development and autonomous corrosion monitoring for maintenance and modification repairs.

·         Program manager / technical lead, including responsibility for statement of work, program budget and scheduling over several fiber optic health monitoring SBIR contracts.  Developed new health monitoring technology using fiber optics.

·         Assisted in developing a corrosion damage assessment framework for the USAF, including performing crack growth analysis and risk analysis to model fatigue cracking due to corrosion.  Interfaced with the customer, maintenance crews and university consultants.

·         Performed dynamic modal analysis using PATRAN and NASTRAN for various programs including JSF, B-52, Sea Launch, TRAM II, and the Space Station.

 

Project Engineer                                                                                                       04 - Present

      PSI Forensics

Provide analysis, consultation, patent litigation and expert testimony regarding fatigue and fracture analysis of materials, statistical analysis involving quality control, process flow and regression analysis, finite element analysis, vibration analysis, design analysis, accident reconstruction and accident reconstruction computer modeling. 

 

Project Engineer                                                                                                       01 - Present

      Injury and Crash Analysis

Teaching short course for under ride analysis to a variety of disciplines including lawyers, accident re-constructionists and policemen.  Provide analysis, consultation, patent litigation and expert testimony regarding fatigue and fracture analysis of materials, finite element analysis, vibration analysis, design analysis, accident reconstruction and accident reconstruction computer modeling. 

 

      Adjunct Faculty, Dynamics and Thermodynamics                                                            02 - 03

      Mechanical Engineering Dept., Seattle University

Taught junior level thermodynamics and dynamics courses to mechanical and civil engineers.  Responsibilities included preparing and giving lectures, homework and tests.  Student evaluation rating was 4.23 / 5.00.

 

      Instructor, Integrated Product and Process Engineering                                                    96-97

      Mechanical Engineering Dept., Brigham Young University

Faculty coach for two 5 person senior student design teams learning a structured design process while each team worked with a company liaison engineer to solve industrially sponsored and financed, two semester long “design and build” projects.

 

     

      Instructor, Material Science & Associated Laboratory                                                             96

      Mechanical Engineering Dept., Brigham Young University

Developed and taught sophomore level materials science course and laboratory for mechanical engineers.  Responsibilities included preparing and giving lectures, homework and tests.

 

      Teaching Assistant, Aerodynamics                                                                                          96

      Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Dept., Australian Defence Force Academy

Taught sophomore engineering drawing class.  Developed and graded homework and design problems for second year aerodynamics design class. 

 

Research Assistant, Composites                                                                                         94-97

      Mechanical Engineering Dept., Brigham Young University

Developed new modeling tools for analyzing and predicting passive damping in composite structures utilizing a new damping technology.  Developed manufacturing methods of novel passively damped composite structures.  Tested and designed composite damping structures utilizing this new technology.

 

      Research Assistant, Tolerance Analysis                                                                              90-94

      Mechanical Engineering Dept., Brigham Young University

Programmed, developed, tested, debugged and marketed AutoCATS, a Computer-Aided Tolerance Modeling System.  Wrote users manual and presented software to sponsoring/buying companies.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

      Mechanical Engineering, Ph. D.    

            SCHOOL                 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah                                              94-97

            DISSERTATION       Modeling of Stress Coupled Passively Damped

                                          Composite Structures in Axial & Flexural VibrationÓ

            GPA                       4.0 / 4.0

 

      Mechanical Engineering, M. S.                                                                                           93-94

            SCHOOL                 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah                                                      

            THESIS                   A Comprehensive System for Modeling

                                          Variation in Mechanical Assemblies

            GPA                       4.0 / 4.0

 

      Mechanical Engineering, B. S.                                                                                           90-92

            SCHOOL                 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

            GPA                       3.88 / 4.0, Magna Cum Laude

            SCHOOL                 Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho                                              88-90

            GPA                       3.94 / 4.0

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Appointments

External reviewer for ADFA Mechanical Engineering PHD Thesis                                          06

External Advisory Board, ME Department, Brigham Young University                                    04

 

Organizing Committee

SPIE International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation                                          05, 06

SAMPE Material Exposition                                                                                         03, 04

Northwest Fiber Optic Society Workshop                                                                           03

Australian International Aerospace Congress                                                                      01

 

Session Chair                                                                                                                            

Congress on Corrosion in the Military Cost Reduction Strategies                                          05

AEROMAT Conference                                                                                                     04

Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring                                                                          03

Fifth Joint DOD/FAA/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft                                                     02

SPIE International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation                                                00

Techniques for Aging Infrastructure & Manufacturing Conference                                           00

 

Short Courses Taught

      Reconstruction of Trailer Side Underride Analysis                                                                02

 

Short Courses Taken

Managing for Performance Excellence                                                                                05

Performance Problem Solving                                                                                            05

Mentoring Techniques                                                                                                       05

Object Oriented C++ Programming for Non-C Programmers                                                 03

Reconstruction of Trailer Side Underride Analysis                                                                01

Behavior Description Interview Training                                                                          99, 05

Hazardous Material on the Job Training                                                                              99

Structural Integrity of New and Aging Metallic Aircraft                                                          99

Computer Based Modeling for Design Analysis with MSC/NASTRAN                                    99

Hands on Fiber Optics Sensor Course                                                                                98           

Computer Based Modeling for Design Analysis with MSC/PATRAN                                      97

Fatigue, Fracture Mechanics & Damage Tolerance                                                              97

 

 

AWARDS & HONORS

 

Boeing High Potential Team                                                                                                       04

Boeing Pre Management Assessment Program                                                                           04

Boeing Achievement Award, 7E7 CAS                                                                                         03

Employee Appreciation Award, 7E7 Nacelle                                                                                 03

Boeing Future Leaders Program                                                                                                  03

Employee Appreciation Award, Boeing Sonic Cruiser                                                                    02

Employee Appreciation Award, MRB & Liaison                                                                            01

Employee Appreciation Award, Phantom Works                                                                           01

Boeing Cash Award, Phantom Works                                                                                          01

ASM Outstanding Technical Presentation                                                                                    00

Employee Appreciation Award, Boeing Test Facilities                                                                   00

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship                                                                   95-97

Brigham Young University Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Scholar                                        92

Boeing Undergraduate Scholarship                                                                                         90-91

Big Sky Academic / Athletic Top Ten Team                                                                                 89

Sigma Nu Fraternity Scholarship                                                                                                 89

Idaho State University Full Academic Scholarship                                                                        88

Society of Women Engineers Freshman Scholarship                                                                    88

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

WATAI                                                                                                                          04-present

Tau Beta Pi (service committee member for 3 years)                                                         91-present

Society of Women Engineers (publicity chairman for 3 years)                                            88-present

American Society of Mechanical Engineers                                                                      92-present

ASM International                                                                                                          00-present

Phi Kappa Phi                                                                                                               92-present

 

 

SERVICE / ACTIVITIES

 

Jr. USAV Girl’s Volleyball Coach                                                                                            04-05

Interlake High School Varsity Volleyball Assistant Coach                                                         01-02

USAV Executive Board Adult Representative                                                                           99-00

USAV Women’s Volleyball Coach                                                                                          98-00

Varsity Volleyball (Idaho State University)                                                                               88-90

      LDSSA Student Organization (service committee member)                                                       88-90

 

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

Underride crash analysis

Material failure and fracture analysis

Subject matter expert in Structural Health Monitoring and sensor technologies for Boeing

Basic Finite Element Analysis (static and dynamic) using PATRAN and NASTRAN

Mechanical assembly of fiber optic components

Quality control, design of experiments and statistical processes using MINITAB and QFD

UNIX and DOS environment programming with FORTRAN, AutoLISP and RLAB

Designing with CATIA, CADAM, and AutoCAD systems

SEM and XRAY analysis including dark room experience

 

 

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

 

Peer Reviewed Journals

A. Trego, et al, 2003, “A Scientific Approach to Side Underride Analysis,” Advances in Vehicle Aggressivity and Compatibility, Side and Rear Impact and Rollover Protection, SP-1775, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA, SAE Technical Paper No. 2003-01-0178, pp. 41-47, 2003.

 

A. Trego et al, 2001, “Axial Passive Damping Testing of Mass Produced Stress Coupled, Co-cured Damped Composites,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3.

 

A. Trego and D. Cope, 2001, “Evaluation of DaDT Lap Joint Analysis Tools,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 12, pp. 2250-2254.

 

A. Trego and P. Eastman, 1999, “Flexural Damping Predictions of Mechanical Elements Designed Using Stress Coupled, Co-cured Damped Fiber Reinforced Composites,” Journal of Advanced Materials, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 7- 17.

 

A. Trego and P. Eastman, 1997, “Optimization of Passively Damped Composite Structures,” International Journal of Modelling & Simulation, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 284-288.

 

A. Trego, D. Olcott, and P. Eastman, 1997, “Improved Axial Damping of Mechanical Elements Through the Use of Multiple Layered, Stress Coupled, Co-cured Damped Fiber Reinforced Composites,” Journal of Advanced Materials, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 28-34.

 

Journals / Papers

A. Trego et al, 2001, “Structural Technology and Analysis Program (STAP) Delivery Order 0004: Durability Patch,” AFRL-VA-WP-TR-2001-3037.

 

A. Trego et al, 2001, “Analysis of Side Underride Crashes Misconceptions and the Problems,” Accident Investigation Quarterly, Issue 27, summer 2001, pp.17-19.

 

         Peer Reviewed Conferences

A. Trego and G. Clark, 2005, “Structural Health Monitoring System:  from Collection to Analysis,” International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, San Francisco, CA.  September 2005.

 

A. Trego, et al, 2005, “Development of a Corrosion Diagnostics and Prognostics System,” First World Congress on Corrosion in the Military Cost Reduction Strategies, Sorrento, Italy.  June 2005.

 

A. Trego, 2004, “Structural Health Monitoring Technology on Commercial Aircraft II,” European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Munich, Germany. July 2004.

 

C. Greenberg et al, 2004, “Structural Health Monitoring Technology on Commercial Aircraft,” Seventh International Aerospace Corrosion Control Symposium, Amsterdam, Holland. April 2004.

 

A. Trego, 2003, “Installation of the Autonomous Structural Integrity Monitoring System,” International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, San Francisco, CA. September 2003.

 

A. Akdeniz et al, 2003, “Structural Health Management (SHM) Technology Implementation on Commercial Airplanes,” Sixth Joint DoD/FAA/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft Proceedings, New Orleans, LA. September 2003.

 

A. Trego, 2003, “An Update on Monitoring Moisture Ingression with Fiber Optic Sensors,” Sixth Pacific Northwest Fiber Optic Workshop, Troutdale, Oregon.  May 2003.

 

A. Trego, 2003, “Monitoring Moisture Ingression with Fiber Optic Sensors,” Sixth International Conference on Sandwich Structures, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  March 2003.

 

J. Elster, et al, 2003, “Flight Demonstration of Fiber Optic Sensors,” SPIE’s International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Infrastructure & Manufacturing Conference Proceedings, Newport Beach, California.  March 2003.

 

A. Trego, and D. Smith, 2002, “Battery Operated Health Monitoring System,” Fifth Joint DoD/FAA/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft Proceedings, San Francisco, Ca. September 2002.

 

D. Banaszak, et al, 2002, “Damage Dosimeter Third Octave and Time History RMS Values,” Joint Statistical Meeting 2002, New York, NY.  August 2002.

 

D. Banaszak, et al, 2002, “A Quick Look at Flight Data from a Digital Damage Dosimeter,” ESTECH 2002 Environmental Sciences and Technology, Mount Prospect, IL.  May 2002.

 

A. Trego, R. Keller, 2002, “Fiber Optics in Bonded Repairs,” SAMPE 2002 International Symposium & Exhibition, Long Beach, CA.  May 2002.

 

E. Haugse, et al, 2001, “Structural Vibration Monitoring for Damped Repair Design,” Third International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, Ca, 2001.

 

A. Trego, et al, 2001, “Optical Fiber-Based Health Monitoring Systems for Composite Structures,” AIAC Australian International Aerospace Congress, Canberra, ACT, Australia 2001.

 

J. Elster, et al, 2001, “Optical Fiber-Based Adhesive Bondline Monitoring Systems for Composite Patch Systems,” SPIE’s International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Infrastructure & Manufacturing Conference Proceedings, Newport Beach California.  March 2001.

 

J. Elster, M. Jones, P. Tuloa, A. Trego, and I. Perez, 2000, “Corrosion Monitoring in Aging Aircraft Using Optical Fiber-Based Chemical Sensors,” Fourth Joint DoD/FAA/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft Proceedings, St. Louis, Missouri, pp. 13-20.

 

W. Schulz, E. Udd, J. Seim, I. Perez, and A. Trego, 2000, “Progress on Health Monitoring of An Adhesive Joint Using a Multi-Axis Fiber Grating Strain Sensor System,” SPIE’s International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Infrastructure & Manufacturing Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3991-9, Newport Beach California.

 

E. Udd, et al, 2000, “Use of Transversely Loaded Fiber Grating Strain Sensors for Aerospace Applications,” SPIE’s International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Infrastructure & Manufacturing Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3994-17, Newport Beach California.

 

E. Udd, et al, 2000, “Multidimensional Strain Field Measurements Using Fiber Optic Grating Sensors,” SPIE’s International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Infrastructure & Manufacturing Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3986-35, Newport Beach California.

 

W. Schulz, E. Udd, M. Morrell, J. Seim, I. Perez, and A. Trego, 1999, “Health Monitoring of an Adhesive Joint Using a Multi-Axis Fiber Grating Strain Sensor System,” SPIE’s International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Infrastructure & Manufacturing Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3586, Newport Beach California, pp. 41-52.

 

A. Berens, D. West and A. Trego, 1999, “Risk Assessment of Fatigue Cracks in Corroded Lap Joints,” RTO Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Meeting Proceedings 18: Fatigue in the Presence of Corrosion, Cedex, France, pp. 21-1 – 21-10.

 

D. Cope, A. Trego, and D. West, 1999, “Analytical Framework for Assessment of Corrosion and Fatigue in Fuselage Lap Joints,” Second Joint NASA/FAA/DoD Conference on Aging Aircraft Proceedings NASA/CP-1999-208982/Part1, Williamsburg, Virginia, pp. 472 – 481.

 

A. Trego, E. Haugse and E. Udd, 1998, “Material Removal Rate Fiber Optic Corrosion Sensor,” Fourth Pacific Northwest Fiber Optic Sensor Workshop Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 3489, Troutdale, Oregon, pp. 105-109.

 

A. Trego, et al, 1998, “Analytical Methodology for Assessing Corrosion and Fatigue in Fuselage Lap Joints,” 1998 Air Force Corrosion Program Conference Proceedings, Macon, Georgia.

 

A. Trego, P. Eastman, W. Pratt, and C. Jensen, 1995, “Reduced Boring Bar Vibrations Using Damped Composite Structures,” Proceedings of the 1995 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Vol. 3, Part A, pp. 305-311.

 

A. Trego, P. Eastman, and C. Jensen, 1995, “Optimization of Passively Damped Composite Structures,” Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Modelling, Simulation and Optimization, pp. 137-141.

 

Presentations

A. Trego, 2006, “Reach, Reflect & Redefine,” SWE Regional Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

A. Trego, 2004, “Structural Health Management: An Overview of Current Research Efforts at Boeing,” ASM Aeromat Conference, Seattle, Washington.

 

K. Cooper, et al, 2004, “Fiber Optic Sensor System for Aircraft Health Monitoring,” ASM Aeromat Conference, Seattle, Washington.

 

A. Trego, 2004, “Autonomous Structural Integrity Monitoring System for Environmental Conditions,” CPAC Conference, Seattle, Washington.  Invited Presentation.

 

A. Trego, 2004, “Autonomous Structural Integrity Monitoring System for Environmental Conditions,” CHTE Conference, Seattle, Washington.

 

A. Trego, 2003, “Autonomous Structural Integrity Monitoring System,” DASCON Conference, Seattle, Washington.

 

R. Ikegami, A. Trego, 2002, “Battery Operated Health Monitoring System,” DASCON Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.

 

R. Ikegami, E. Haugse, and A. Trego, 2001, “Structural Monitoring for Damped Composite Repairs,” ASM Aeromat Conference, Long Beach, California.

 

A. Trego and T. Leeks, 2000, “Damage Detection Techniques Through The Use Of Acoustic Emissions,” ASM Aeromat Conference, Seattle, Washington. Outstanding Technical Presentation Award.

 

R. Ikegami and A. Trego, 2000, “Structural Health Management: An Overview of Current Research Efforts at Boeing,” ASM Aeromat Conference, Seattle, Washington.

 

E. Udd, W. Schulz, J. Seim, I. Perez, A. Trego, E. Haugse, 2000, “Nondestructive Evaluation of Adhesive Joints Using Advanced Fiber Grating Strain Sensor Technology,” ASM Aeromat Conference, Seattle, Washington.

 

A. Trego, 2000, “The Use of Fiber Optic Sensors for Health Monitoring of Bonded Repair Structures,” Fifth Pacific Northwest Fiber Sensor Workshop, Troutdale, Oregon.

 

E. Udd, W. Schulz, M. Morrell, J. Seim, I. Perez, A. Trego, 1999, “Structural Health Monitoring of an Adhesive Joint Using a Multi-Axis Fiber Grating Strain Sensor System,” ASM Aeromat Conference, Dayton, Ohio.

 

A. Trego, and K. Chase, 1993, “AutoCATS User’s Manual,” Association for the Development of Computer Aided Tolerancing Systems (ADCATS), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

 

A. Trego, 1995, “Improved Structural Damping of Mechanical Elements Through the Use of Multiple Layered, Stress Coupled, Co-cured Damped Fiber Reinforced Composites,” SAMPE ’95 International SAMPE Symposium & Exhibition, Anaheim, California.  First place: SAMPE National Student Competition for Ph. D. Division.

 

A. Trego, 1993, “Tolerance Analysis,” SAMPE ’95 International SAMPE Symposium & Exhibition, Anaheim, California.  First place: SAMPE National Student Competition for M. S. Division.