Waleed Al-Mahshi

Employment:
Akebono Brake Corp
Mechanical Design Engineer May 2014- to Present
High Performance & Electric Brake Applications.
Activities: Part of the High performance Electrical Brake group (EPB). Responsible for designing
And develop brake related electro-mechanical components and assemblies. Supervise all development phases from concept to ready-for-production vehicle application.
Responsibilities:
• Concept design, detail design, including design for manufacture and assembly
• Develop Technical (Performance) Specification
• Perform analysis and/or simulation to predict assembly performance and durability per technical specification
• Work with controls engineers to develop theoretical models of the assembly concept
• Work with CAD designers in creation of solid models and detail drawings
• Check drawings and prepare associated release documents
• Work with or develop suppliers to procure prototypes for testing
• Prepare customer presentation materials related to design development and performance status
• Provide project status updates to project team at predetermined time intervals
• Develop countermeasures to meet performance specifications as necessary
• Develop test plan necessary for design development
• Respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Apply advanced mathematical concepts to support product development.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Exercise independent judgment to perform essential duties
• Develop instructions and guidelines to perform functions of the job as necessary

Ford Motor Company
University of Michigan-Dearborn September 2012-May 2014 Graduate Student Research Assistant
Activities: Working on an alliance project with Ford Motor Company, which ultimately result in the
Successful application of aluminum on the Ford F-150 trucks. The project involves:
• Develop a Concept/ detailed design of a number of testing Specimens and Electro-mechanical/Hydraulic test fixtures, to determine material behavior.
• Develop/Check drawings and prepare associated release documents.
• Perform/Develop necessary test Plan for conducting Mechanical characterization experiments of Aluminum sheet / Extruded Aluminum Tubes under tension, Compression and shear, with the use of digital image correlation equipment- DIC.
• Implement/Perform Finite element analysis to Simulate/investigate/Validate mechanical the behavior of the material.
• Verify Finite element simulation result’s, using digital image correlation equipment- DIC.
• Performing a hybrid (numerical-experimental) calibration process to determine the fracture surface for the material.
• Prepare project status updates Presentation/Repots, at predetermined time intervals.
• Team work includes working with other Quality & Reliability engineers, Component & Design engineers, Manufacturing engineers and Lab technicians.

Project was completed with successful Predicting of Path-Dependent Failure in Aluminum sheets and Extruded Aluminum Tubes.

Responsibilities:
• Used my innovation to bring four different kinds of Samples design /Fixtures design / test procedures to experimentally determine Material mechanical characterization/ Properties.
• Apply advanced mathematical concepts to support product development
• Exercise independent judgment to perform essential duties
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Perform all Simulations/testing’s and Modeling for the Product.
• Attended team meetings regularly to report my progress and any problems I have found with the project.
• Managed all the details of projects, including projected costs.
• Develop instructions and guidelines to perform functions of the job as necessary

Automotive Manufacturing Processes, Vehicle stability and control, Automotive Chassis Design, Finite Element Methods, Advanced Engineering Analysis, Energy Conversion, Probability & Statistical Modeling, Fracture and Fatigue Considerations in Design, Sustainable Energy Systems.