1. Victor G. Oancea, Ph.D.
victor.oancea@3ds.com  35 Cavalier Dr, East Greenwich. RI 02818 508 333 8799
Objectives
Strong interest in cutting edge areas of the structural engineering practice.
Constantly seeking interesting and challenging applications in the general field of computational mechanics.
Strong emphasis on applying numerical analysis techniques for advancing product design, reducing the engineering cycle
time, validation while reducing the need for extensive physical testing, and increasing product quality and reliability.
Summary of Qualifications
 23 years of industrial and academic experience in finite element/numerical modeling development and analysis.
 Deep understanding of a wide range of numerical technologies in both linear and nonlinear time and frequency
domains, contact and constraints, special techniques, solids and fluids.
 Vast experience with a wide range of applications of the engineering practice: complex automotive crash, noise
and vibration, durability; aerospace vulnerability such as foreign object impact, delamination; structural integrity
of high-tech products; multi-body dynamics related technology (linear flex bodies, nonlinear joints); sensor-
actuator-controls system modeling; human body musculo-skeletal and detailed 3D related modeling.
 Extensive programing experience in a variety of languages (Fortran, C++, Python, XML).
 Numerous publications in refereed journals and conferences.
 Strong communication skills (oral, writing and presentation) pertinent to day-to-day activities and customer
facing situations.
 Led by personal example. Mentor by imparting to the point direction. First to admit when wrong.
Education
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1992 - 1996
1992-1996 Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
 Dissertation Title: ``Constitutive Modeling of Frictional Processes and Finite Element Implementations'',
supervisor Prof. T.A Laursen
 Course work: elasticity theory, theoretical plasticity, fracture mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, advanced
continuum mechanics, numerical methods, finite element methods, experimental systems
University Dunarea de Jos, Galati, Romania, 1987-1992
1987-1992 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
 Thesis Title: ”Numerical Simulation of the Metal Sheet Forming Processes Through the Finite Element Method”
 Course work: design of metal forming tools, theory and design of cutting tools, technology of machine tools
building, technology of metal processing, plates and shells, materials science, numerical methods, heat transfer
Experience
Dassault Systemes SIMULIA Corp, Inc. | Providence, RI
Mechanics Technology Director, Sept 2011-present
 Reporting to the CTO. Leading an array of mechanics related technology initiatives from a technical perspective.
Influence technology-related initiatives across several development groups ranging from short term to strategic
efforts. Guiding developers over critical technical aspects of their projects.
 Examples include: particle methods for extreme deformation, oil and gas multiphysics formulations, co-
simulation-based multi-scale modeling, realistic human modeling (musculo-skeletal, detailed tissue), and
additive manufacturing simulation.

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 Drive several strategic customer engagements over a variety of topics ranging from composite
materials delamination, to extreme deformation in the automotive, aerospace and the defense
industries. Validation against costumer physical test data.
 Assess from a technical perspective companies for the purpose of being acquired. Contribute to the
integration of technical staff once acquired, launch joint projects.
 Collaborate with universities, national labs and research centers. Maintain interactions with the
customers and advance predictiveness of sought technologies.
Dassault Systemes SIMULIA Corp, Inc. | Providence, RI
Development Group Manager, -Abaqus/Explicit (Contact and Constraints), June 2007-Sept 2011
 Managed a group of 4 to 6 developers. Broadened the range of overseen technical developments, while
actively pursuing my own projects as well. Improved people managing skills, conducted reviews and
recruiting candidates for new positions
 Responsible for enhancements of the contact and constraints technologies for applications related to
high speed impact or large deformation, including crushing of composites, impact-induced
delamination modeling techniques, realistic constraints modeling.
 Worked extensively with customers on validation and calibration efforts to render these technologies of
value in actual engineering work. Numerous interactions with strategic customers.
 Guided a team of application engineers to create complex models such as crash dummies and barrier
models for automotive crash applications.
Dassault Systemes SIMULIA Corp, Inc. | Providence, RI
Principal Development Engineer, February 2004-June 2007
 Development in the explicit integration software package Abaqus/Explicit: highly nonlinear
spotweld/rivet/bolts modeling technology; co-simulation functionality between Abaqus and control
applications; co-simulation between Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit; bushing modeling and
calibration technology.
 Initiate inter-team projects (such as the GUI development teams) for higher value software
deliverables. Examples include user-defined assembled fasteners and constraint visualization. Worked
with key customer to incorporate their requirements for a better software product.
Abaqus, Inc. | Providence, RI
Senior Software Development Engineer, February 2000-February 2004
 Continue software development activities in the software package Abaqus/Standard: linear flex bodies
in large rotation analyses; advanced nonlinear coupled functionality in joint technology such as
plasticity, damage and failure; control modeling in association with finite element applications; system
level modeling using finite elements.
 Generation of associated customer-facing material. Work with customers in adopting these new
technologies.
Hibbitt, Karlsson, and Sorensen, Inc. | Pawtucket, RI
Software Development Engineer, August 1996-February 2000
 Code development in the Abaqus/Standard implicit finite element code: joint (connector) elements to
model nonlinear connections between bodies; coupled structural-acoustic eigenfrequency extraction;
contact in media with pore pressure as used in geotechnical applications (but also in baby diapers);
steady state transport functionality for rotating tires; advanced integrated free body cut output; cyclic
symmetric “gluing” constraints.

3. Victor G. Oancea, Ph.D.
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 Helped developing complex models to demonstrate the viability of the functionality above. Taught
finite element items at various customer sights and company events.
Duke University | Durham, NC
Research Assistant 1992 – 1996
Developed physically motivated constitutive formulations for dynamic frictional processes and demonstrated their finite
element implementation. Studied stick-slip phenomena from a numerical, analytical and experimental perspective.
Investigated thermodynamic considerations on frictional contact interfaces and finite element formulation of a coupled
thermomechanical friction model. Applied the new formulations to metal forming processes, metal cutting, dynamics of
various mechanical systems. (Research supported from NSF grant MSS-9308486)
Ecole de Mines Superieur de Paris| Sophia Antipolis, France
Visiting Research Assistant Jan 1992 – May 1992
Established the performance of an available finite element code in simulating metal forming processes. Performed
measurements of friction force and plastic strains in metal sheet forming processes. (Research supported from European
Community grant JEP 2712-91)
INMAT-SNC| Galati, Romania
Consulting engineer, May 1991 – Jan 1992
Developed a technology for equilibrating crankshafts in small shops, including setup of a dynamic imbalance measuring
system and software development for calculating optimal balancing strategies. Programmed CNC and cam driven
automatic lathing machines.
Affiliations
 Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Patents
 Submitted four patents in the last four years (one per year, all under review in both US and Europe)
Honors and awards
 First prize in the Student Paper Competition at the Eighteenth Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 14-16, 1996
 Winner of the Robert J. Melosh Medal Competition for the best student paper on finite element analysis, March 31, 1995.
Judges: Dr. R. L. Taylor, Univ. of Cal. at Berkeley, Dr. S.N. Atluri, Georgia Tech and Dr. W. Pilkey, Virginia Tech.
 Recipient of the National Graduation with Distinction Diploma for graduation with max. GPA, Galati, Romania, June
1992. Highest level national fellowship for three consecutive years.
Other
 US Citizen. Fluent in Romanian, intermediate French.
 Hobbies: sailing, tennis, running, cycling, skiing (not necessarily in that order)
Publications – Refereed Journal Articles
 Jiang Yao, Prabhav Saraswat, Manoj Chinnakonda, Victor Oancea, 2015, “Concurrent determination of
musculoskeletal dynamics and soft tissue deformation using Finite Element Analysis tools”, Journal of Biomechanics,
submitted.
 Omar Bettinotti, Olivier Allix, Umberto Perego, Victor Oancea and Benoît Malherbe, 2014, “A fast weakly-intrusive
multiscale method in explicit dynamics'', International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 11, 577-595.

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 Nicolae Oancea, Ionut Popa, Virgil Gabriel Teodor and Victor Oancea, 2010, ``Tool profiling for generation of
discrete helical surfaces'', The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, ISSN 1433-3015, 1-10
 Oancea, V.G. & T.A. Laursen, 1998,``Investigations of Low Frequency Stick-Slip Motion: Experiments and Numerical
Modeling'', Journal of Sound and Vibration, 213(4), 577-600.
 Oancea, V.G. & T.A. Laursen, 1997, ``A Finite Element Formulation of Thermomechanical Rate Dependent Frictional
Sliding”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 40, 4275-4311.
 Oancea, V.G. & T.A. Laursen, 1997, ``Nonlinear Stability Analysis of State Dependent Dynamic Frictional Sliding'',
International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, 32, 837-853.
 Laursen, T.A. & V.G. Oancea, 1997,``On the Constitutive Modeling and Finite Element Computation of Rate
Dependent Frictional Sliding in Large Deformations,'' Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 143, 197-
227.
 Oancea, N., V.G. Oancea, 1997, “Geometrical Modeling of Surface Generation through Wrapping”, Journal of
Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 119, 829-834.
 Oancea, N, V.G. Oancea, 1997, “Geometrical Design of Cutting Tools with Surfaces of Revolution”, Proceedings of
the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 211, Part C, 559-566.
 Oancea, V.G. & T.A. Laursen, 1996, “Dynamics of a State Variable Friction Law in Finite Element Analysis”,
Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 22, 25-40.
 Laursen, T.A. & V.G. Oancea, 1994, “Automation and Assessment of Augmented Lagrangian Algorithms for
Frictional Contact Problems,” Journal of Applied Mechanics, 61, 956-963.
Publications – Conference papers
 Steve Levine, Brian Baillargeon, Jiang Yao, Victor Oancea, "Breaking the Barrier to Realistic Simulation of the
Human", I/ITSEC 2014 , Orlando, Florida, December 1-5, 2014.
 Manoj Chinnakonda, Jiang Yao, Prabhav Saraswat, Juan Hurtado, Victor Oancea, Subham Sett, Theo
Verbruggen, ”Concurrent determination of musculoskeletal kinetics, kinematics, and detailed deformation
measures of soft tissues using Finite Element Analysis and Process Integration tool”, CMBBE 2014, Amsterdam,
Netherlands, October 13-15, 2014.
 Omar Bettinotti1, Olivier Allix, Umberto Perego, Victor Oancea and Benoît Malherbe, ”A weakly-intrusive
coupling scheme in space and time for localized effects in explicit dynamics”, 11th World Congress on
Computational Biomechanics 2014, Barcelona, Spain, July 20-25, 2014.
 Jiang Yao, Prabhav Saraswat, Manoj Chinnakonda, Robbin Bertucci, Victor Oancea, Juan A. Hurtado, Subham
Sett, ”Using Abaqus and Isight to Simultaneously Determine Muscle Forces, Joint Kinematics and
Strain/Stresses in Soft Tissues during Walking”, 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, 2014, Boston, MA, July 6-
11, 2014.
 Kewei Li, B. Nandi, Jiang Yao, Robbin Bertucci, Juan A. Hurtado, Victor Oancea, “Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian
Analysis of Needle Insertion into Biological Soft Tissue Accounting for Material Rupture”, 7th World Congress
of Biomechanics 2014, Boston, MA, July 6-11, 2014.
 Manoj Chinnakonda, Prabhav Saraswat, Jiang Yao, Victor Oancea, Juan A Hurtado, Subham Sett, “Generating
Kinetmatically Consistent Data for Musculoskeletal Inverse Dynamic Analyses using Finite Element Tools”, 37th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, Nebraska, September 4-7, 2013.
 Prabhav Saraswat, Jiang Yao, Manoj Chinnakonda, Victor Oancea, Juan A Hurtado, Subham Sett, “Results
Repeatability of Right Leg Finite Element Based Musculoskeletal Modeling”, XXIV Congress of the International
Society of Biomechanics, ISB 2013, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, August 4-9, 2013.
 Jiang Yao, Prabhav Saraswat, Manoj Chinnakonda, Aruna Tumuluri, Juan A. Hurtado, Victor Oancea, Subham
Sett, “A Computationally Efficient and Accurate Lumbar Spine Model”, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Summer
Bioengineering Conference, Sunriver, Oregon, USA, June 26-29, 2013.

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 Victor Oancea, Manoj Chinnakonda, Jarek Konert, “Applications of SPH in a general purpose multi-physics
solver to extreme deformations”, Proc. U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, July 25, 2011.
 Victor Oancea, Ritwick Roy, Andreas Kuhn, Gerolf Schlager, Helmut Bohm, Sergio Nogales, Andrea Rauh,
Jurgen Lescheticky, “CoMModO – Complex Material Modeling Operations, A Comprehensive Calibration
Process”, 10th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, September 12, 2011.
 Andreas Kuhn, Toni Palau, Helmut J. Böhm, Sergio Nogales, Ritwick Roy, Victor Oancea, Andrea Rauh, Jürgen
Lescheticky, “A Comprehensive Approach To The Modelling Of Complex Materials With Machine Learning
Models Within Finite Element Simulation”, The 10th International Conference on Modeling and Applied
Simulation, Rome, Italy, September 12-14, 2011.
 Scarlat G., Taylak E., Sankar S., Oancea V., Grimes B., “Development of a New Finite Element Model for the
WorldSID 50th Percentile Male Side Impact Dummy”, IRCOBI (International Research Council on
Biomechanics of Injury) Conference, Krakow, Poland, September 14-16, 2011.
 Scarlat G., Taylak E., Sankar S., Oancea V., Grimes B., IMECE2011-64017 “Development of a New Finite Element
Model for the WorldSID 50th Percentile Male Side Impact Dummy”, ASME's International Mechanical
Engineering Congress & Exposition, Denver, CO, November 11-17, 2011.
 Victor Oancea, Manojkumar Chinnakonda, Jarek Konert, ”SPH Applications within a General Purpose Finite
Element Package, ” II International Conference on Particle-based Methods”, Fundamentals and Applications -
PARTICLES 2011, Barcelona, Spain, July 25-29, 2011.
 Shantharam Dravida, Jonathan Arata, Huidi Ji, Victor Oancea, ”Survey of Blast Methodologies in Abaqus”,
USNCCM 2011, Minneapolis, USA, July 25-29, 2011.
 Victor Oancea, Manoj Chinnakonda, Jarek Konert, “Applications of SPH in a general purpose multi-physics
solver to extreme deformation analyses”, USNCCM 2011, Minneapolis, USA, July 25-29, 2011.
 Harish Surendranath, Victor Oancea, Sethu Subbarayalu, “Full Vehicle Durability Prediction Using Co-
Simulation Between Implicit And Explicit Finite Element Solvers”, NAFEMS World Congress 2011, Boston, USA,
May 23-26, 2011.
 Brad Schofield, Harish Surendranath, Magnus Gafvert, Victor Oancea, “Interfacing Abaqus with Dymola: A
high Fidelity Anti-lock Brake System Simulation”, Modelica Conference 2009, Como, Italy, September 20-22, 2009.
 S.Bieser, J.Büttner, S.Sankar, V.Oancea, S.Lahiri, 2009, “Modeling techniques for deployment of scaled airbag
models”, Deutche SIMULIA-Konferenz 2009, Wurzburg, Germany, September 21-22, 2009.
 Christian Gehre, Sebastian Stahlschmidt, Alexander Gromer, Andre Berger, Charles Thibaud, Ebru Taylak,
Victor Oancea 2009, “Development of a Computational Model of the Worldsid 50th Male”, 21st International
Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Stuttgart, Germany, June 15-18, 2009.
 Andrzej Baranski, Ebru Taylak-Tokcelik, George Scarlat, Sridhar Sankar, Martin Roswall, Victor Oancea, Bill
Grimes, 2008, “Development of a New Finite Element Model for the BioRID-II Crash Dummy”, 2008 SAE World
Congress, Detroit, MI, April 14-17, 2008.
 Victor Oancea, Sri Sankar, Andrezj Baranski, Ebru Taylak, George Scarlat, Martin Roswall, Bill Grimes,
“Development of a new finite element model for the Bio RID II crash dummy”, SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-
0509.
 V.G. Oancea, D. Fox 2007, “Accurate and Efficient Modeling of Point and Surface Engineering Connections”,
NAFEMS World Congress 2007, Vancouver, Canada, May 21-24, 2007
 T. Virgil, N. Oancea, M. Dima, & V.G. Oancea, 2006, “Discontinuity Points on Cutting Tools Using the Virtual
Extension Method”, 10th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, Florida, July
16-19, 2006.
 N. Oancea, T. Virgil & V.G. Oancea, 2005, “A New Numerical Method for Cutting Tool Design”, The 3rd.
International Conference on Computing, Communication and Control Technologies, Austin, Texas, July 24-27, 2005.
 V. Teodor, N.Oancea, I.Baicu & V.G. Oancea, 2004, “The in-plane Trajectories Method with Applications in
Surface Generation”, The Eighth World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando,
Florida, July 18-21, 2004.

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 D. Fox & V. G. Oancea, 2001, “Multibody Vehicle Dynamics Modeling with ABAQUS: Nonlinear Deformation
and Material Response”, Sixth U.S. Natioanal Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dearborn, MI, August 1-4,
2001.
 D. Fox & V.G. Oancea, 2003, ”Coulomb Friction and Joint Constraints in Multi-body Dynamics using
ABAQUS”, The 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, July 27-31, 2003.
 Baicu, I., N. Oancea, & V.G. Oancea, 2003, “A Novel Graphical Method for the Study of Meshing Surfaces”, The
7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, Orlando, Florida, July 27-30, 2003.
 Oancea, V.G. & N. Oancea, 2000, “A New Method for Cutting Tools Design”, 2000 Design Engineering Technical
Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference, Baltimore, MD, September 10-13, 2000.
 Oancea, V.G. & N. Oancea, 1998, “A New Method for Modeling Cutting Tools Associated with Rolling Axodes”,
1998 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference, Atlanta, GA, September
13-16, 1998.
 Laursen, T.A. & V.G. Oancea, 1996, ”Prediction of Slip Instabilities in Large Deformation Finite Element
Analysis”, National Science Foundation, Mechanics and Materials Program Grantees Conference, Albuquerque, NM,
January 2-4, 1996.
 Oancea, V.G., 1996, ”On the Role of Slip Interface Degrees of Freedom in Friction Induced Instabilities”, 18th
Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 14-16, 1996.
 Epureanu, B.I., V.G. Oancea & F.M. Montoya, 1996, ”Cylindrical Gear with Extended Epicycloidal Teeth:
Generation and Technology”, Seventh International Power Transmission & Gearing Conference, San Diego, CA,
October 6-9, 1996.
 Oancea, V.G. & N. Oancea, 1996, “A New Numerical Approach to Model Surface Generation through
Wrapping”, Design for Manufacturing Conference, Irvine, CA, August 18-22, 1996.
 Chenot, J.L., E. Masoni, M. Teodorescu & V.G. Oancea, 1993, “The Study of Blankholders for Deep Drawing
Processes”, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of Technologies and Tools for Cold Metal Forming, C.
Ciocirdia, G. Zgura, ed., MCM, Bucharest, Romania, 116-125.
 Oancea, V.G. & T.A. Laursen, 1996, “Coupled Thermomechanical Analysis of Contact Constraints: Continuum
Formulation and Finite Element Formulation”, 1996 ASME Mechanics and Materials Conference, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD, June 12-14, 1996.
 Oancea, V.G. & T.A. Laursen, 1996, “Experimental and Numerical Study of Low Frequency Stick-Slip Motion”,
Sixth Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Stability, and Dynamics of Structures, Blacksburg, VA, June 9-13, 1996.
 Laursen, T.A. & V.G. Oancea, 1994, “A Viscoplastic State Variable Approach to Constitutive Modeling of Sliding
Friction”, 12th U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Seattle, WA, June 26-July 1, 1994.
 Laursen, T.A. & V.G. Oancea, 1994, “Automation and Assessment of Augmented Lagrangian Algorithms for
Frictional Contact Problems”, ASME international Winter Meeting, Chicago, Il, November 6-11, 1994.
 Malin, P., V.G. Oancea & E. Shalev, 1994, “Microearthquake Migration at Parkfield, California: A New Modeling
Perspective”, American Geophysical Union, '94 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1-6, 1994.
 Oancea, V.G. & M. Teodorescu, 1991, “Research Regarding the Stress and Strain Status in Plastic Deformation
Processes Through Finite Element Method”, First International Conference on Finite Elements, Blumenfeld M., ed.,
EDP, Cluj, Romania, 123-129.
 Oancea, V.G & M. Spanu, 1990, “The Analysis of the Stress Concentrator in the Parallel Wedge Assembly
Through Finite Element Method”, 3rd International Congress of Computer Aided Design - PRASIC, EI, Brasov,
Romania, 80-86.
 Buhaescu, T. & V.G. Oancea, 1989, “The Simplex Method Applied to the Optimization of Cutting Processes”,
Proceedings of Second National Conference on Cutting Processes, ET, Galati, Romania, 321-325.