MAL PAKNIA Residence: (905) 607-5317
Objective: Mechanical & Structural Engineer
- Solid engineering skills including: stress calculation, stress analysis, project management, concept design, project report and process engineering.
- Strong engineering computer skills which include Pro/ENGINEER, and Pro/MECHANICA (structure, thermal and motion) Finite Element package, various AutoCAD packages, Inventor and COSMOSM geostar FEA system and CATIA 5 version 13, ALGOR Simulation Package and I-deas, and Solidedge.
- Lead developer and engineer in charge of designing and writing instructional teaching material for Pro/MECHANICA (structure, thermal and motion).
- Proven ability to design and write training materials for AutoDesk Inventor and create new products.
BACKGROUND
Career includes 12 years practical manufacturing experience and project management with extensive background in Finite Element Analysis in England plus seven years with RAND WORLDWIDE, Stanley Tools, Comdev, and Numet Engineering Ltd in Canada with Thinkpath Engineering and INDAL Technologies INC.
CAREER HISTORY
Oct08 to June09 INDAL Technologies INC. of Mississauga
Position Stress Engineer/Finite Element Analyst
- Designing, developing and analyzing helicopter landing gear on ships.
Oct06 to May08 Thinkpath Engineering (Toronto, Ontario)
Position Design Engineer
- Designing and developing components for the Bruce A units 1 and 2 re-tube cutting tools for Numet Engineering of Peterborough (sub-contractor to AECL).
- Designing Communication satellites signal multiplexes and filters components and assemblies for Comdev of Cambridge
- Designing Machine parts for Sigmatools LTD (Solidedge)
- Designing, developing and analyzing automotive wind tunnels for AIOLOS Eng. Corp.
Aug06 – Sept06 (contract) CAE (Montreal, Quebec]
Position: Mechanical Engineer
- Designing and developing components for the aerospace cockpit simulators.
- Reverse engineering, Solid modeling (Pro/E), and detailing of existing components
Jan06 – May06 (contract) Comdev Space group [Cambridge, Ontario]
Position: Mechanical Engineer/Finite Element Analyst
- Mass estimate and thermal and dynamic design and analysis using calculations and FE methods (Pro/E and I-deas)
- Optimizing design of lightweight structures for minimum mass, stress, and cost
- Designing and analyzing Communication satellites signal multiplexes and filters
March05 – Dec 05 (contract) STANLEY TOOLS (Smiths Falls, Ontario)
Position: Product Design Engineer
- Designing and developing new products in Stanley Tools Smith’s Falls site.
- Taking new products through prototyping processes in the workshops.
2001 – 2005 RAND WORLDWIDE (Mississauga, Ontario)
Position: Senior Subject Matter Expert
- Lead developer and engineer in charge of designing and writing instructional teaching material for FEA.
- Lead developer and engineer in charge of designing and writing instructional teaching material for Pro/MECHANICA (structure, thermal and motion), creating a well-received learning aid.
- Advised team members on different Pro/ENGINEER modules, adding expertise to the team.
- Designed and wrote training material for AutoDesk Inventor, creating a new product for the RAND WOLDWIDE.
- Designed and wrote real world training exercises for Pro/Engineer and AutoDesk Inventor.
1989 – 2001 SHEFFIELD FORGEMASTERS ENGINEERING LTD. (UK)
Position: Structural Design Engineer / Finite Element Analyst
- In charge of project allocated (20 to 120 tonnes offshore structural nodes) from concept design to final project report.
- Took part in process engineering for manufacturability of sound structural nodes.
- Reviewed structural loading and offshore structural design factors.
- Designed structural nodes for customers (Shell, BP, John Brown, Texaco).
- Prepared structural nodes for finite element analysis to conduct real-world simulations on structural nodes.
- Verified structural nodes and fabricated structures such as anchorage point of a mooring system.
- Wrote design reports for structural nodes and fabricated structures such as Oseberg Offshore Jacket hub and trunnion nodes.
- Took part in technical development of nodes for new market areas (civil and mooring systems), designed and developed nodes for bridge structures.
- Managed projects (20 to 120 tonnes offshore structural nodes) on the shop floor including machining, welding, patterning, molding and grinding.
Achievements:
- Improved company design capability in the casting of offshore related nodes by implementing various engineering design software including FEA which resulted in a consistent increase in the value of orders received each year from this industrial sector.
- Drafted the “offshore procedure section “of the company quality manual preparatory to securing registration under BS5750 and ISO9001.
- Designed, developed and wrote training material for Pro/MECHANICA (structure, thermal and motion) and AutoDesk Inventor, creating new products for the company.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- Associate member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, United Kingdom
- P. Eng. Eligible (The law and ethics exam of PEO scheduled for 2009 )
EDUCATION
- Degree of Master from University of Leeds UK
- Post grad. Diploma, University of Leeds UK
- B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Salford UK
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES:
- Advanced Structural Design, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- Computer aided three dimensional design using AUTOCAD12 (1yr) (Sheffield UK)
- Personal Designer Advanced course in 3D surface modeling (Sheffield UK)
- Advanced training in Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/MECHANICA (Sheffield UK)
Additional Information & References on Request.