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876 W. Liberty St., Wooster OH USA 44691 501-122 Giroux St., North Bay, ON CANADA P1B7Y7 Phone: (705) 478-7701, Cell: (330) 819-5855, E-mail: vk13addc0@westpost.net R&D Activity, Design and Reliability of Common and Special Mechanical Parts: Dry and Wet Friction and Anti-Friction Materials, ATF, Bearings, Brakes and Clut ches SKILLS * Technical leadership various R&D projects related mechanical reliability, fric tion stability and wear durability into wet/dry clutch and brake mechanisms for automatic transmissions, off-road vehicles and racing cars, wind energy and in dustrial brake systems, plain and ball bearings for aerospace rotation sliding s ystems and conveyers, actuating mechanisms for polymer injection and extrusion m olding, medical devices and common machinery mechanical design * Product development of friction materials based on fabric and sintered mixes * Testing brakes and clutches utilizing various dynamometers, plain bearings wit h anti-friction and wear resistant solid lubricating coatings and self-lubricati ng materials on various tribotest machines * Surface analysis and evaluation by analytical devices as profilometry, stresstensile-hardness machines, SEM, TGA, DMA, DSC,TMA, FTIR * Wear, friction and lubrication problems troubleshooting of plain, ball and rol ler bearings, polymers, coatings, transmission fluids, dry and wet fabric and si ntered friction materials; materials mechanical properties and surface treatment evaluation * Functional reliability study of ATF and oil analysis data interpretation * Creation test methods, estimation criteria and technical database * Developing product solutions based on design, material and process improvement s * Developing technical manuals, reports, presentations, statistical and analytic al evaluation data, intellectual property data and prior arts analysis, failure expertise * Computer skills: World, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, MS Project, NERAC, SAP * Design & FEA skills: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, COSMOS * Hold 7 inventions in mechanical engineering, over 20 technical papers and repo rts, and over 30 presentations on technical meetings and international conferenc es and symposiums organized by ASME, STLE, SAE, and JAST * Quick learner, organized and efficient, analytical and innovative

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS * * * * American Society of Testing Materials, ASTM, Member since 2010 Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE, Member since 2006 Japanese Society for Promotion of Science, JSPS, Alumni Member since 1996 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, STLE, Member since 1995

HONORS and AWARDS * Post - Doctoral Fellowships by Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSP S), Okayama University, Japan, 1994 - 1995 * Visiting Researcher Fellowships by JSPS, Tokushima University, Japan, 1995 * Laureate (Silver Medal) of the USSR Economic Achievements Exhibition and Fair,

Moscow, 1990. Member of the awarded scientific group: Zaslavsky, Yu.S., Drozdov , Yu.N., Klochikhin, V.I., Zaslavsky, R.N., Nesterov A.V., Krymov, V.G. The thes is: "Application of the novel wear resistant friction-polymer-forming solid lubr icating coatings in plain bearings and sliding friction connections for aerospac e, robotic, conveyers, and heavy industry devices and mechanisms"

PROFESSIONAL COURSES & SEMINARS * * * * * * Brake Friction Materials: Testing Quality and Selection - SAE Seminar, 2010 Advanced Lubrication - STLE Course, 2008 Steel Heat Treatment - SAE Seminar, 2007 Fundamentals of Wear and Wear Testing - ASME Seminar, 2007 Fundamentals of Modern Vehicle Transmissions - SAE Seminar, 2007 Wet Brake and Clutch Technology - SAE Seminar, 2006

EDUCATION Ph.D. (Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering) Blagonravov Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IMASH), Russian Academy of Scie nces, Moscow, Russia M.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering) Faculty of Mechanical Design and Engineering, Chair of Special Vehicles and Crawler Machines, Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MGTU), Moscow, Russia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Director of R&D Engineering GMP Friction Products, Akron Ohio USA 2010-2011

Supervised, planned and formulated all aspects of R&D activity related sintered friction materials creation, development, testing and evaluation for wet and dry brake and clutch applications * Managed development of innovative high performance sintered friction materials * Investigated and discovered of raw materials that produced cutting edge of fri ction materials creation and developing * Managed daily operations the testing lab and mentored lab engineers and techni cians * Maintained, created and documented test programs to ensure consistent and prec ise test results, prepared and evaluated statistical reports, made working calcu lations * Reviewed and analyzed effects of friction and wear modifiers; determined reque sted mechanical and physical properties tests and measurement data obtaining re lated of sintered materials creation, evaluation and analysis * Amended and initiated new design of test procedures and equipment for qualitat ive analysis of new materials and their performance in various types of dry and wet brakes and clutches applications * Supervised optimization test machines performance, data output, testing schedu ler and test results presentations; lead maintain correct test equipment and pre pare recommendations for additional test equipment to enhance lab capacity * Developed unique solutions to meet customer requirements; streamlined material

qualification processes for efficient response to customer requests; communicat ed with customers, vendors and other organization to perform practical data coll ection * Ensured compliance with company quality policy, procedures and practice * Supervised working activity of 2 co-op students and 5 technicians and engineer s Contract Project Manager Foraco Canada Ltd., North Bay Ontario, Canada 2009-2010

Managed contract projects having mechanical design engineering and project manag ement consulting activity related crawler mounted mining drill * Created 3D model of mining drill assembles consisting over 50 major mechanisms and over 1000 mechanical, electrical and hydraulic components and devices * Designed, modified and amended hydraulic and electric schemes related mining d rills operation layout * Managed liaison with outside (France) headquarter VIP and managing staff to co ordinate proper manufacturing, design and production troubleshooting * Managed projects scope, recourses and budget * Created two Parts Manuals and two Workshop Manuals consisted 400-600 sheets ea ch related two track mounted drills

Friction Systems Engineer 2005 - 2008 LuK USA LLC, Wooster Ohio, USA Managed R & D projects related automotive torque converter clutches (TCC) effici ency and reliability, clutch torque stability performance at boundary sliding fr iction contact between wet friction material, mate surface and automotive transm ission fluid (ATF) * Participated in formulation and testing new and existing wet friction composit e materials consisted of carbonic, graphite, aromatic polyamide, Kevlar and cott on fibers composed with organic fillers and phenolic resins * Created novel criteria for qualitative estimation wet friction materials and A TF friction performance, clutch torque and TCC friction stability * Estimated contacting surfaces roughness and texture influence made by differen t machining and technological techniques as turning, burnishing, gas and liquid nitriding on the TCC performance * Observed surfaces roughness and texture by profilometry, light and SEM; estima ted mechanical properties of friction materials and steel mate surfaces through their hardness, compression, shear and tensile strength, fatigue, scratch, bendi ng, bonding, adhesion and peeling resistance; evaluated friction materials and i ts ingredients thermal and oxidation stability by TGA, DMA and DSC techniques * Investigated ATF functional reliability; interpreted oil analysis with oil vis cosity, particle count, TAN, TBN, sulfur, water contents, FTIR, Ferrography data * Amended test machines efficiency: created 5 technical proposals improving test stands mechanical reliability and enhancing data acquisition accuracy; develope d new and modified existing tests specifications * Created R & D projects scopes, purposes, estimation limits, feasibility and sc hedules * Made technical consultations for customers; prepared technical reports and pr esentations; prepared prior arts analysis and drafting for 2 patent applications * Coordinated cross-function teams and inter-customers activity to develop proje cts performance on time and increase accuracy of technical data intercommunicati

on * Supervised working activity of 4 co-op B.Sc. students and technical staff of 3 peoples Lead Mechanical Engineer JVL Corporation, Concord, Ontario, Canada 2001 - 2005

Lead design projects related electronic hardware design for touch screen video g ame machines * Created new game machine and modified existing upright and countertop game mac hines of sheet metal, wooden and injection molding plastic parts * Analyzed machine design concepts; evaluated electronic hardware layout; manage d parts design on GD&T principles; performed design troubleshooting to support m achines cost effective manufacturing * Managed project scope, input/output design documentation; approved engineering changes and notes; supervised project's BOM specification * Lead design crew of 2 designer-drafters and 2 design engineers * Coordinated project performance with supplies, cross-functional teams and prod uction staff to provide project performance on time and in schedule Patent Engineer 1999 - 2001 MOLD-MASTERS Ltd., Georgetown, Ontario Canada Managed company patent database related to plastic injection molding technology and hot runners design * Prepared drawings and design sketches to reduce patent application cost * Provided analysis patent prior arts to recognize its novelty * Administered company patent documentation, reviewed issued patents, prepared p ress releases, and gathered statistic and patent analytical data on competitor's patents to maintain company intellectual property recourses, database and activ ity

R&D Project Manager, 1996 - 1998 Senior R&D Mechanical Engineer, 1986 - 1994 BLAGONRAVOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (IMASH), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia BLAGONRAVOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (IMASH), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Managed R & D projects directed to increase durability and reliability, wear res istance and friction performance of dry and wet sliding friction systems operate d under aerospace, aircraft, robotic and medical machines and devices, heavy ind ustry conveyers, industrial brakes and clutches working environments * Provided R&D activity related plain bearing systems performance with multifari ous protected combinations of sliding contact like solid lubricating coatings, s elf-lubricating polymers, ceramic composites, and greases and wet and dry brake and clutch systems performance with multifarious sintered friction materials * Evaluated materials combination, contact stress conditions, kinematics of fric tion contact, mechanical properties to figure out the best design behavior and r eliability * Designed and modified test stands, jigs and fixtures, test samples and electro -mechanical drive mechanisms to provide efficient, robust and reliable test proc ess performing and test data acquisition

* Coordinated materials structural investigations by implementation analytical e quipments as SEM, AES, XRD, TGA, TMA to explore materials mechanical and physica l properties, and evaluate wear particles and wear mechanism * Developed technical solutions to meet customer requirements; streamlined mater ial qualification processes for efficient response to customer requests; communi cated with customers, vendors and other organization to perform practical data c ollection * Managed project recourses, budget and schedule; prepared projects authorizatio n, project scope and feasibility to perform projects on time and with cost effec tive results * Hold 4 patents devoted to compositions with high wear resistant characteristic s, high friction coefficient, stable torque transfer, increased load capacity, e nhanced properties strength to stick-slip phenomena, and 2 patents devoted to te st data acquisition and on-line wear monitoring; have 11 technical papers and ov er 30 presentations on the conferences