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Dr. Ed Punch Research Leader E-mail: epunch@emc-sq.com 614-459-3200

Education Ph.D., Structural Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (1983) M.B.A., International Finance, University of Michigan (1988) M.S., Structural Engineering, National University of Ireland (1980) B.S., Civil Engineering, National University of Ireland (1978) Areas of Expertise Detailed finite element stress and failure analysis of power plant components Life estimation of transmission, heavy axle and truck suspension components by fracture mechanics techniques High temperature failure mode analysis of chemical industry reactors Design and analysis of vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) for 200 kW installations Multiple site damage evolution (MSD) in riveted aircraft fuselage lap splices Professional Affiliations Society of Automotive Engineers - since 1988 National Association for Finite Element Methods and Standards - since 1997 Institute of Engineers of Ireland - since 1984 Prior Professional Experience Consultant in Fatigue and Fracture, 1995-present F.A.A. Center of Excellence for Computational Modeling of Aging Aircraft, 1992-1994 General Motors Research Laboratories, 1983-1987 Major Publications Lin, H., Binomiemi, R. R., Fett, G. A., Punch, E. F., Van Tyne, C., Taylor, B. C. and Matlock, D., "Investigation of the Effect of Sample Size on Fatigue Endurance Limit of a Carburized Steel," S.A.E. Congress, Detroit, March, 2006. Punch, E. F., Binomiemi, R. R. and Lin, H., "Stochastic Fracture Mechanics Investigation of Test Specimen Size Effect on the Endurance Limit of 4320 Steel," Computational Mechanics, WCCM IV in conjunction with APCOM'04, Beijing, Sept. 5-10, 2004. Kim, C.-W. and Punch, E. F., "Casting Solidification and Part Distortion Modeling by a Fully-Coupled Thermal-Structural Analysis," 21st Int'l NADCA Congress, Cincinnati, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2001. Punch, E. F., "An Efficient FE Fracture Mechanics Technique for Fatigue Design of Gears," NAFEMS World Congress, Como, April 24-28, 2001. Cheng, W. L. and Punch, E. F., "Analysis of Fatigue Crack Growth in a Residual Stress Field using Alternating Finite Element Method," Proc. of ASME-PVP Summer Meeting, Orlando, July 27-31, 1997.

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