We have 15 years experience in design and engineering plant equipment especially machines and equipment for electric steel making, secondary metallurgy, continuous casting and rolling mills.
SIPAL’s Engineering Division specializes in work package management for the aerospace sector and providing on-site consulting services.
Our specialist staff provide design and support services for complex flight control systems for aircraft ranging from advanced defense aircraft to military and civil transportation aircraft, mission systems aircraft and UAV’s.
SIPAL has taken part in all the Italian air force programs of the last thirty years and, thanks to the professionalism of its human resources, has played key roles in many international programs, such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the PANAVIA Tornado, the multirole Piaggio MPA patrol aircraft, and the European experimental Neuron UCAV.
In the Aerospace Engineering sector SIPAL is among the undisputed leaders with a range of activities that includes design, Aerospace Ground Equipment support, Logistics Support, Production Support and Training services.
IHB ShipDesign is a Bulgarian design company, member of Industrial Holding Bulgaria (IHB).
Our core business consist of high quality naval and marine design, engineering and consultancy in shipbuilding and marine industry.
We have 15 years experience in design and engineering plant equipment especially machines and equipment for electric steel making, secondary metallurgy, continuous casting and rolling mills.
SIPAL’s Engineering Division specializes in work package management for the aerospace sector and providing on-site consulting services.
Our specialist staff provide design and support services for complex flight control systems for aircraft ranging from advanced defense aircraft to military and civil transportation aircraft, mission systems aircraft and UAV’s.
SIPAL has taken part in all the Italian air force programs of the last thirty years and, thanks to the professionalism of its human resources, has played key roles in many international programs, such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the PANAVIA Tornado, the multirole Piaggio MPA patrol aircraft, and the European experimental Neuron UCAV.
In the Aerospace Engineering sector SIPAL is among the undisputed leaders with a range of activities that includes design, Aerospace Ground Equipment support, Logistics Support, Production Support and Training services.
IHB ShipDesign is a Bulgarian design company, member of Industrial Holding Bulgaria (IHB).
Our core business consist of high quality naval and marine design, engineering and consultancy in shipbuilding and marine industry.
1. PERSONAL RECORD
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
First name : Igor
Surname : Mihalic
Birth date : 13th of October, 1976
Marital status : married, with child
Residence : Andrije Hebranga 8D , 47000 Karlovac, Croatia
EDUCATION:
1995-2001 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb,
Croatia, Mechanical engineer (bachelor degree)
1991-1995 Technical High school, Karlovac
KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES:
Mother tongue : Croatian
Foreign lang. : English - able to read, write and speak fluently
German - passive, able to read and understand
Slovenian - passive, able to read and understand
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
2016(July) – up to now Infosys Limited Croatia, Karlovac
(Since July of 2016)
o Technical support to the ANSALDO Energia Switzerland
Assessment of competitor patents
Site inspection of new H class gas turbine, after first runs
2014 (December) – 2016 (June) ALSTOM Power Croatia, Karlovac
(Since November of 2015 part of General Electric)
o Design support to the GE Steam Turbine Engineering department in Mannheim
Power train layout and detail design of high and intermediate pressure
turbine casings for Masinloc (Philippines) project
o Design technologies team member in Gas Turbine R&D, GT Integration
Research work – technology gaps in area of GT exhaust (materials, cooling
options, manufacturing methods, vibration damping)
Research work – member of the joint research project “Enhanced exhaust
system design”, with University of Zagreb, Croatia
Design tools and methodology improvements
2012 (March ) – 2014 (November) ALSTOM Power Croatia, Karlovac
o Technical lead (part owner) in Gas Turbine R&D, GT Integration
New product development (H class GT), exhaust parts concepts, detail
design and integration; for details see patent EP3006681
Site inspection of new H class gas turbine, during erection
2006 (October) – 2012 (February) ALSTOM Power Croatia, Karlovac
o Technical lead (part owner) in Gas Turbine R&D, Structures and Rotor
Product development (F class GT) - design concepts, detail design and
integration
Compressor intake parts including compressor side bearing
Exhaust parts, including prototype manufacturing support; for
details see patent EP2957730
Site inspection of new F class gas turbine, during major overhaul and
erection
2. 2005 (January) – 2006 (September) ALSTOM Power Croatia, Karlovac
o Design engineer in Gas Turbine R&D, Structures and Rotor
Product development (E class GT)
Design concepts, detail design and integration of GT welded rotor
Design concepts, detail design and integration of GT secondary air
flow
Design tools and methodology - development of CATIA V5 welded rotor
modelling and productive pilot (E class GT)
2003 (January) – 2004 (December) ALSTOM Power, Baden, Switzerland
o Design engineer in Gas Turbine R&D, Structures and Rotor
The member of new product development project team, design concepts of
several structural parts (turbine housing, inner and outer casings)
Spotlight team member, design concepts for new rotor sealing system; for
details see patent DE102006046550
The member of new product development project team, up flow re-design of
welded rotor (F class GT)
Technical lead of pilot project team – CATIA V5 / VPDM rollout
Introduction of prototype parts in Birr test center engine (F class GT)
2001 (November) – 2002 (December) ALSTOM Power Croatia, Karlovac
o Design engineer in Gas Turbine R&D, Structures and Rotor
Design improvements and upgrades of GT structural parts (exhaust and inlet,
GT support, inner and outer casings and rotor)
Field service instructions (FSI)
IT SKILLS:
Operating sys. : MS Windows, Unix/Aix
Use applications : MS Office suite (Word, Excel (advanced use), Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project
CATIA V4 /V5 (advanced use) and AutoCAD
VPDM Team Centre 8 (Virtual Product Data Management - database)
RPDM (Product Lifecycle Management Database)
ANSYS Workbench (FEM - Structural & steady state thermal analysis)
Automation tools (FORTRAN - basic knowledge)
Mathcad (basic knowledge)
COURSES:
CATIA V5/V4, VPDM basics
Lean Six Sigma training and Design for Six Sigma training
Various technical lectures on GT and Plant operation, systems and components
German language, TANGRAM 1A
Stainless steels seminars
Gas turbine materials lecture series
Soft skills (team lead basics, communication basics, presentation basic, team work,
time management, stress management, assertive communication)
LECTURING:
Competitor benchmarking
GT design methodology
Welded rotor design
GT Exhaust parts
CERTIFICATED:
ALSTOM Six Sigma Green Belt, March 25th 2013
ALSTOM Power Principal Engineer, January 1st 2015
Karlovac, 18th of August, 2016 Igor Mihalic
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