Paresh R. Modi

Experience

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  Mechanical hardware Manufacturing Companies

  Nov 1981 - Feb 1988

  Engineer, Design-Metallurgical – QA

  Ford Fasteners Inc. Hackensack, NJUniversal Brass Co., Inc Bronx, NYAssociated Mfg. Co Inc., Bi-Tech Inc., Mt.Laurel/Maple Shade, NJ.Suessen Textile Bearing, Ltd. Baroda, India. Leadership position in the Mechanical hardware Manufacturing Companies. Solved metallurgical problems in the manufacturing of the cold headed and machined mechanical hardware products. Introduced new ideas to develop products according to their applications. Developed procedures to control quality. Increased quality of products 15%, reliability of metal forming tools 20%, and productivity 25%. Reduced cost by improving efficiency and performance of metal forming tools and machines. Provided technical support in the areas of raw materials selection, tools' design, and metal forming processes, decreased tooling cost 15% and cost of production 20%. Show less

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  Lockheed Martin

  Feb 1988 - Feb 2022

  Senior Staff Lead Engineer - Materials / Metallurgical / Fracture Mechanics and Process Engineering

  East Windsor NJ (1988-1996), Denver CO (1996 -2002), Fort Worth TX (2002-2008), Newtown PA & Denver (2008 to 2022).- 3 US Patents, 4 Trade Secrets, 4 SPOT Awards, 1 Employee of Month, 1 EET Award and other multiple Disclosures and Recognitions. - Broadly diversified 34 years of a successful career with unparalleled dedicated contributions to Lockheed Martin in the Parts, Materials /Metallurgical and Processes Engineering, Material Selection and Applications, Destructive & NDT Testing, Failure Analysis, Additive Manufacturing, Fracture Mechanics and DaDT for Mechanical & Structural parts, Propulsion & Thermal parts, Electronics parts, Printed Wiring Boards, etc. used in the Spacecrafts, Launch Vehicle Atlas V, Aircrafts F-35. - Excellent and fully transparent relationship with about 40 vendors and various customers (US Space Force, US Air force, US Navy, and NASA). Assured that the products met the prescribed requirements for the intended application after reviewing proprietary documents of vendors with customers in the PMPCB meetings. - Resolved technical issues / problems during fabrication and testing. Performed failure investigation and provided corrective actions to assure the flightworthiness of the part/component. - Applied ideas and methodologies to save Cost & Schedule. Average 50% Cost Savings for the selected parts/components by applying new technologies (Example ~$1 Million Cost Savings per each GPSIII spacecraft). - Performed failure investigation and analysis to find root cause of the fractured part / component. Applied Stress Analysis, Fracture Mechanics, Durability & Damage Control (Ref. NASGRO, CGRO, etc.) as needed for the 4X life of the part/component in the required application. - Led PMP Engineering group and assured each phase of the production is successful. Mentored young engineers in each phase. Used Earn Value Management as needed to optimize overall output of the team. Developed more than 150 specifications of materials & processes. Show less

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  LM&P ENGG FELLOW, LLC

  Feb 2022 - now

  LM&P Fellow

  Consulting services offered by Legendary fellow in Materials / Metallurgical / Fracture Mechanics & Process Engineering (SDB):- Investigate failures of Mechanical / Structural, Propulsion, Thermal, Electronic parts and components. Failure Analysis using NDT and Material / Metallurgical characterization devices to find Root Cause and provide Corrective Actions. Investigate Corrosion Failures and provide recommendations. - Guide Stress Analysis, Fracture Mechanics & Fatigue Crack Growth, and Durability & Damage Control for Safe Life of parts / components in the applications. Perform NASGRO Analysis to predict 4X Life. Evaluate accelerated 4X Life testing of components based on Coffin-Manson / Weibull models. - Selection of materials (metallic, non-metallic, or composite), parts and processes based on an application using MIL/FED/Industry specifications. Establish private specifications as required. - Application of materials / processes to fabricate Mechanical & Structural parts, Propulsion & Thermal components, Electronics parts, Printed Wiring Boards, etc.- Application of NDT (Ultrasonic, Radiographic X / Gamma Rays, Dye Penetrant, Eddy Current, Magnetic Particle, etc.) on Materials / Parts and review results.- Qualification / Application of Metallurgical processes for Metal Joining (Welding, Solid State Bonding, Brazing, and Soldering), other joining processes (Mechanical Fastening, Epoxy Bonding, etc.) and heat-treating processes. - Qualification / Application of Space Radiation Shielding process using refractory metals & alloys.- Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) process for printing metallic and non-metallic parts.- Operation Excellence Methodologies to optimize Product Quality and Return on Investment by applying Cost & Schedule Savings ideas, Lean Thinking, Six Sigma Capabilities, Statistical Problem solving, etc. - Train Materials and Process engineering college graduates in understanding requirements and applications for aerospace industries. Show less