Garron Morris

Experience

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  Motorola

  Jan 1996 - Dec 1998

  Senior Thermal Engineer

  Responsible for conceiving, designing, and testing advanced thermal management systems for power amplifiers used in cellular infrastructure equipment. Transitioned cooling technologies to product development groups and supported their implementation.• Created empirical and computational models for jet impingement, spray cooling, boiling, and thermosyphon heat transfer. Used simulation results to improve concepts.• Programmed a software tool for optimizing heat sinks that is used throughout Motorola. • Applied genetic algorithm-based optimization techniques to parameterized acoustic/fluid models that lead to best-in-class, low-noise axial fan designs Show less

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  GE Global Research, Inc.

  Jan 1999 - Dec 2000

  Senior Thermal Engineer

  Responsible for solving challenging thermal problems in GE's medical, infrastructure, and lighting businesses using CFD, FEA, and experimental methods. • Analyzed coupled electrical/thermal/fluid simulations (electroconvection) for oil-cooled, high voltage transformers used in X-Ray generators in FLUENT. Improved predictions with user-defined functions.• Created parametric model of halogen lamp in FLUENT to investigate different cooling technologies.• Programmed Excel-based software tools for statistical design methods and produced training material to support GE’s Design for Six Sigma initiative. Taught 500+ engineers in various global GE businesses. Show less

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  Statistical Design Institute, LLC

  Jan 2000 - now

  Vice President - Tools and Methods

  Responsible for applied research, development, and implementation of advanced statistical design methods to product development in the aerospace, defense, medical, and commercial business sectors.• Created software tools and training materials that are deployed in many Fortune 100 companies.

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  General Electric Healthcare

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2010

  Principal Engineer (2007-2010), Senior Engineer (2001-2007)

  Responsible for developing and implementing advanced thermal and power electronics technologies in high-performance Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems. • Conceived, designed, built, and validated the first liquid-cooled high-power 1MVA gradient driver for a GE MRI system using analytic and empirical thermal/electrical/control models combined with rigorous statistical design techniques.• Owner of technical road maps for gradient driver and cooling sub-systems. • Programmed and optimized the control loops in a commercial PLC controller to give coolant temperature stability better than +/-1°C under dynamic heat loads ranging from 10 to 70 kW. This coolant temperature stability enabled best-in-class MRI imaging performance.• Used multi-disciplinary expertise in heat transfer, reliability, IGBTs, and systems engineering to work cross-functionally to develop requirements and architect the gradient driver and liquid cooling sub-systems.• Developed a detailed electrical/thermal/cost model of the gradient sub-system in MATLAB that links MRI scan prescriptions to component temperatures and remaining component life. This model is used on every GE MRI machine to determine how hard a radiologist can run the system.• Eliminated technical risks by performing statistical modeling and testing to show that the MRI system will meet all thermal, power, control, and reliability requirements.• Taught regular courses on optimization, regression, design of experiments, heat transfer, electronics cooling, and reliability.• Created reliability software tools, training materials, and methods that are used throughout GE Healthcare. Show less

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  Rockwell Automation

  Aug 2010 - Jan 2022

  Responsible for creating and implementing advanced predictive maintenance algorithms and corrosion mitigation solutions for reliable power electronics. Drive use of probabilistic design, reliability, and systems engineering processes in the power electronics, mechanical, and control hardware functional engineering teams of the standard drives business.• Created and led implementation of industry-leading predictive life models (fans, capacitors, IGBTs, and air flow health) for the PowerFlex 755T motor drive family that predict when parts need to be replaced based on the actual drive usage.• Created and implemented design changes to reduce effects of corrosive environments on Rockwell Automation products.• Collaborated with key IGBT suppliers to define and develop corrosion-resistant IGBT modules.• Led creation and implementation of a robust design/reliability framework for development for power electronics hardware used in motor drives. Show less Responsible for driving engineering excellence by creating and implementing advanced statistical design, reliability, and systems engineering methods and tools in the low-voltage motor drives business.• Designed and built a flow bench that is used to characterize power structures and other components during feasibility. • Developed new simulation-based methods for designing optimal blower housings and forced convection heat sinks using ANSYS Fluent/Icepak and genetic algorithms.• Established relationship with Milwaukee Institute and performed benchmarking to determine criteria for buying a High Performance Computing node to run very large, system-level ANSYS Icepak models.• Developed a novel infrared measurement method to accurately measure IGBT die surface temperature when a motor drive is running.• Implemented requirements management and verification strategy for low-voltage drives business. Created training material and taught over 75 development engineers.• Owner of system-level requirements document and reliability plan for $30+ million dollar project.• Created and deployed a software tool that automates the FMEA process in the concept and design stages. The tool is used to retire design risks and identify technology directions based on risk.• Developed new methods and models to statistically compute system-level reliability based on distributions of customer use cases.• Facilitated over twenty Concept and Design FMEAs ranging from component to system level.• Created stress-life reliability models for IGBTs, bus capacitors, and blowers.• Developed automated tool to statistically predict reliability on PCBs from Mentor BOMs.• Mentored engineers on optimization, regression, design of experiments, heat transfer, electronics cooling, and reliability. Show less

  • Hardware and Reliability Systems Architect / Senior Principal Engineer

    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Senior Principal Engineer (2018-2020), Principal Engineer (2015-2018),

    Jul 2015 - Dec 2020

  • Senior Project Engineer

    Aug 2010 - Jul 2015
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  Milwaukee Tool

  Jan 2022 - now

  Responsible for building a state-of-the art electronics reliability team and lab focusing on characterization, reliability, and failure analysis, as well as creating and implementing advanced Reliability by Design methods for electronics.

  • Director - Electronics Reliability

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Group Manager - Electronics Reliability

    Jan 2022 - Mar 2024