INSTRUCTOR / DEVELOPER BIOGRAPHIES
Eric Timmis Eric Timmis is the owner of BusinessIsAContactSport.com, a training and consulting company dedicated to business process improvement, focusing on value and quality management implementation, program/project management training, and the integration of strategic partnership relationships between departments and organizations. Mr. Timmis has been acquiring diversified experience since 1998, across several industries, which includes the delivery of value engineering facilitation services to Ford Motor Co. and its supplier community and training for Eaton Corporation’s, Product Development Group. He is also a recog- nized speaker at various national conferences. Eric received a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham in England and is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. ToolingU-SME Tooling U-SME, an SAE training partner, delivers versatile, competency-based learning and development solutions to the manufacturing community. Tooling U-SME partners with customers to build high performers who help their companies drive quality, productivity, innovation, and employee satisfaction. Tooling U-SME is also able to help prepare the next generation workforce by providing industry-driven curriculum. Thomas H. Vadnais Tom began his engineering career as a tire development engineer at BF Goodrich and later as a consultant in tire failure analysis and vehicle accident reconstruction for SEA Limited. He continues to consult in those fields and has added forensic photography as an area of expertise. A long-time Nikon shooter with a passion for photography, Tom became an early adopter of digital photography and promptly divested himself of all vestiges of film photography. He took every course or workshop he could find on digital capture, post-processing, and digital printing, as he mastered each part of the process and has been teaching photography and post-processing in lectures, workshops, and classes since 2004. As a long-time professional engineering consultant, professional photographer, and photography instructor, Tom is uniquely suited to teach both the fundamentals of digital photography and the specific practical use of photography in technical projects, accidents, and forensics. He is a registered professional mechanical engineer, and has been an SAE member since 1980. Tom was Atlanta Section Chairman 1987/88, and was active throughout the life of SAE’s AIRP (Accident Investigation and Reconstruction Practices) group, including a stint as the chairman of the heavy truck forum group. Tom has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland. Mohammad Vakili Mr. Vakili is currently a consultant in the friction material industry. Throughout his career he has held numerous positions including the Vice President of Technology & International for Fritec; Director & VP of Technical Services in the friction material indus- tries and various related industries including Wagner Automotive,
broad range of engineering topics. Mr. Stoltz has over a decade of industry experience at several companies, small and large. His range of industrial experience includes: manufacturing, product design, corporate research, and engineering management in automotive powertrain controls, distributed generation, high efficiency hydraulics, and automated transmissions for heavy trucks. Mr. Stoltz received a B.S in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Detroit Mercy and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan. Jason Tart Jason Tartt is the technical lead for LHPU, responsible for controls and course development training. He has worked as a controls and calibration engineer for Mercury Marine, MotoTron, and Woodward, Inc., specializing in knock, governing, coldstart, and vehicle drivability on diesel, gasoline, and natural gas applications. Jason received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering fromWashington University in St. Louis and his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin at Madison. In his spare time, Jason enjoys training for triathlons. Xiaojian Tao Dr. Xiaojian Tao is Manager of Advanced Fuel Delivery and Contamination Research at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). His work primarily focuses on automotive fuel delivery systems and system contamination sensitivity. Dr. Tao has conducted extensive testing and research on fuel and component compatibility for OEM auto-makers and also assisted in developing key life testing procedures for fuel pumps, fuel delivery modules and many other associated components. With the help of his staff, he developed a prototype electronic controlled variable valve lifting mechanism and a fast acting fuel injection system for flexible fuels. Dr. Tao has assisted the automobile industry in revising existing fuel delivery procedures and establishing new ones. He has also successfully established mathematical models for these fuel delivery systems using nonlinear stochastic system theory. He then utilized these models to investigate the physics essentials of the interactions among contaminants, additive packages, fuels and fuel delivery system components. Dr. Tao has authored and co-authored numerous technical publications in related fields. He is a graduate of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Oklahoma State University. Toby Terpstra Toby Terpstra is a senior staff member of the visualization department at Kineticorp, a forensic engineering and visualization company. Toby specializes in photogrammetry, 3D digitization, computer modeling, and animation. He has experience in the latest 3D computer animation techniques and associated technologies. Mr. Terpstra regularly contributes to related industries, having published with and given presentations to the Acoustical Society of America, the Association for Crime Reconstruction, as well as SAE International. He has a degree in Applied Science from Westwood College of Technology.
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