1. Walter Harris
Aberdeen, WA
360-986-0956
Email: walterharrisjunior@yahoo.com
Aerospace Interiors Engineer Contractor Work History:
Haeco Interiors, Greensboro, NC: 7/16-10/16: Senior Stress/Structures
Substantiation Engineer: Created various stress and substantiation reports
supporting the design and installation of all aspects of aircraft interiors, including
monuments, partitions, seating and modified floor structure.
Allegaint Air, Las Vegas, NV: 6/2015-10/2015 Senior Structures/Mechanical
and Stress Engineer for interiors: Created stress reports using hand calculations
and analysis for interiors. Created design drawings, using AutoCad 2014 for WIFI
internet entertainment systems for commercial airline jets. Solidworks, Used
Nastran/ Patran and Algor FEA.
GoGo Air, Irvine CA: 3/2014-12/2014: Senior Structures/Mechanical and Stress
Engineer for interiors: Created stress reports using hand calculations and analysis
for interiors. Created design drawings, using AutoCad 2014 for WIFI internet
entertainment systems for commercial airline jets. Solidworks, Used Nastran/ Patran
and Algor FEA.
Comlux Interiors Completion Center, Indianapolis, Indiana: 7/2009-
8/2013: Senior Design Engineer Structures/ Stress Engineer and Mentor:
Worked on various VIP interiors and interior programs in the structures design
department and stress department on the following aircraft: Airbus A319, A320,
A321 and Boeing BBJ 737-900, 737-200 and Boeing 757-200. Created design
drawings at the assembly, installation and detail level for the above mentioned
aircraft. Created stress reports to substantiate various aircraft interior structures,
specializing in the outfitting, modifications, refurbishment of VIP and green business
jets in the Boeing BBJ and Airbus ACJ family. AutoCad 2012.
Jormac Aerospace Interiors, Largo, Florida 7/2007-4/2009: Work on various VIP
interiors programs designing and analyzing interiors in the stress department (flight
sciences) and structures design engineering department on the following aircraft:
Airbus A340, A320, and Boeing BBJ 737, 757, 777. Created stress reports to
substantiate head liners, and other support related structures. Created design
drawings at the assembly, installation and detail level for the above mentioned
aircraft. AutoCad 2010. Solidworks, Used Nastran/Patran and Algor FEA (FEM).
Northwest Aerospace Technologies Interiors, Everett WA: 6/2006-4/2007
Worked as an interiors design engineer and stress engineer on various Aircraft
interiors projects. Created drawings and Stress reports related to the design and
substantiation and of aircraft structures. Used AutoCad 2006.(Some of the Projects
included MAE Boeing 757, and Continental Boeing 777). AutoCad 2006. .
Solidworks, Mechanical Desktop. Used Nastran/Patran and Algor FEA (FEM).
Plane flight Design Inc. Stress Engineer Consultant: Contracted to JRG Design
for Jet Aviation in Basel Switzerland (Interiors). Worked on the Saudi Royal
747SP aircraft program and other Jet related programs from 1994-2007 on
2. Interiors: Substantiated and performed finite element analysis models on composite
and aluminum Interior structures and Interiors for Boeing 747SP aircraft and various
other part 25 aircraft. Created formal engineering reports which have been approved
by the FAA with finite element models and hand calculations. Used Nastran/Patran,
Algor and AutoCad.
Engineer Consultant Interiors, worked with Roger Grace (DER) David Lockman
(DER) and Dr. David Jensen (BYU&DER): Worked on various projects.
Designed bulkhead structure for DC10 Modifications and other aircraft modifications
for interiors. Boeing 757, 747, L1011 and others; Used excel, Created hand
Calculations using word and Math CAD and Algor to create finite element stress
analysis models and approved FAA reports. Used AutoCad to create design
drawings. Nastran/Patran FEA and Algor FEA (FEM).
Engineer/Designer for Interiors, Rocky Mountain Helicopters. Stress
Engineering Manager, Provo UT, 9-1-94 through 8-1-98, Duties: Designed
Aircraft Structures using Algor finite element analysis for (stress analysis) and
created engineering reports. Created drawings using AutoCad 14 and Mechanical
Desk Top. Responsible for drafting & engineering departments. Created formal
engineering reports, which have been approved by the FAA.
Education: Utah Valley State University, Orem Utah, Mechanical Engineering;
GPA=3.73. Algor Finite Element Training, Pittsburg, PA