KYLE HONEYCUTT
Summary
Over 16 years structural engineering & aerospace
structures experience including aircraft stress analysis, fatigue and fracture
mechanics, finite element modeling, and engineering software development.
Experienced with Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications,
Microsoft COM, p- and h- element finite element analysis methods and
software, Microsoft Excel-based engineering analysis, C/C++/FORTRAN, and
Unix/Linux scripting. Implemented OEM
standards for numerous structural analysis methods. Currently working on the development, implementation, and
validation of specialized durability and damage tolerance techniques, focusing
on the interacting effects of corrosion and cyclic fatigue.
Present
Position & Responsibilities
1998 Analytical Processes / Engineered Solutions
(APES), Inc., St. Louis, MO
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Consulting Engineer
: Develop, certify, integrate, and implement analytical engineering tools,
primarily using MS Visual Basic and Microsoft COM technology. Apply engineering tools to analyze
laboratory test and field data, correlating with predicted results and using
analyses to disposition aircraft structure.
Experienced with static/buckling analysis, corrosion-related structural
degradation issues, fatigue spectrum development/processing/analysis, crack
nucleation and crack growth analysis, and statistical analysis.
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Reluctant System Administrator: Provide planning, implementation,
and support for corporate hardware and software structure, including internet, intranet,
and telecom networking/cabling infrastructure; website development/maintenance;
computer protection (firewall and virus protection/eradication), and computer
repairs/support/upgrades/purchasing.
Experience
1995
- 1998 Integrated Analysis Tools: McDonnell
Douglas Corp. (Boeing), St. Louis, MO
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Stress/Software Engineer: Developed, demonstrated, installed, and supported DSAS
(Detail Strength Analysis System), the primary Boeing-St. Louis collection of
software used for stress analysis on aircraft parts. DSAS has been used on all
major St. Louis aircraft projects: F-15, F/A-18, AV-8B, and T-45, in addition
to many proprietary projects. Analysis modules included Graphical User
Interfaces (GUI’s) for section property analysis, laminate analyses, panel stability
and deflection, stress concentrations, joint load distribution, and many
others. Wrote and implemented algorithms for numerous customer-requested
analytical tasks. Responsible for engineering validity of released and
prototype software. Experienced in (HP-UNIX) C, C++, Standard Template Library,
FORTRAN, X/MOTIF, UNIX scripting, VAX-VMS, Builder Xcessory, Excel, and
software licensing. Interfaced daily with software customers, solving both
engineering-related and computer-related problems.
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Technical Support: Answered (part-time) the Boeing support hotline for
internal and third-party structural analysis software. Provided corporate-wide
support for MacNeil-Schwindler (MSC)/PATRAN, MSC/NASTRAN, UNIX, VAX-VMS,
Parametric Technology Corp. (PTC)/Mechanica, stress analysis best practices,
and internal MDC / Boeing-developed structural analysis tools.
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Technical Writer: Provided
detailed documentation of structural analysis codes for software sales to Spain
and Switzerland, as a part of maintenance packages provided with F/A-18 C/D
aircraft.
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Developed analytical
methodology that helped to allow tighter forming radii for numerous
heat-treated C-17 parts, resulting in over $1M manufacturing savings over the
existing production aircraft order.
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Created static test
plan and structural loading scheme for a Boeing-proprietary full-scale hardware
project. Used Microsoft Excel Solver capabilities to optimize static test
actuator configuration with the goal of matching static test loads to design
loads. This resulted in an optimized
test plan that balanced a low-cost (minimal number of actuators) static test
with a reasonable match between the static test shear/bending moment data and
the target design shear/bending moment data.
1992 - 1995 Advanced Materials & Structures: McDonnell
Douglas, St. Louis, MO
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Strength analyst on
STAFS (Supportable Technology for Affordable Fighter Structures) program, which
demonstrated advanced metallic structure technology on a full-scale, advanced
fighter aircraft fuselage section.
Performed analysis, coordination with designers, blueprint inspections
and drawing sign-off for over 200 parts. Developed analysis spreadsheets for
common analysis tasks. Correlated finite-element models and static test results
for critical components. Coordinated with external vendor for procuring primary
wing-carry-through bulkhead, a hot-
isostatically- pressed titanium investment casting. Used PTC/Mechanica to
optimize the fatigue-critical load path in the wing carry-through bulkhead. Analyzed
both metallic and composite parts/joints for static strength, stability, and
durability/damage tolerance.
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Supported shop
assembly of STAFS center fuselage. Assisted in interpreting blueprint assembly
instructions, solving assembly problems, and dispositioning blueprint
non-conformances.
1990 - 1992 Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN
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Enhanced and revised
a matrix structural analysis FORTRAN program for classroom use. Teaching
assistant for Mechanics of Materials and for Advanced Structural Analysis,
taught classes frequently in professor’s absence.
1991 (Summer) Chicago Bridge & Iron Company: Oak
Brook, IL
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Developed,
coordinated, and conducted a parametric finite-element study of column-to-shell
junctions in spherical storage vessels, using MSC/PATRAN.
1989 (Summer) National Science Foundation
Fellowship: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
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Planned/conducted experiments and reported conclusions on
structural yielding of clay-based soils.
EDUCATION:
Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN
Master of Science in Civil
(Structural) Engineering, May 1992
Focused on
structural analysis and related computational applications.
Bachelor of Science in Civil
(Structural) Engineering (with Honors), May 1990
Major in
structural engineering, minor in geotechnical engineering.
1.
T.
Mills, K. Honeycutt, C. Brooks, I. Hammad, and D. Peeler. Managing damage in
the wing: modeling the interaction of exfoliation with static and fatigue
loads. Presented at the Sixth
Joint FAA/DoD/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft, San Francisco, California,
September 2002.
2.
C.
Brooks, K. Honeycutt, and S. Prost-Domasky, and N. Young. Monitoring the
robustness of corrosion & fatigue prediction models. Presented at the 2001
USAF Aircraft Structural Integrity Program Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia,
December 2001.
3.
C. Brooks, K.
Honeycutt, S. Prost-Domasky, and N. Young. Using holistic life predictions to focus
NDI requirements. Presented at the 2000 USAF Aircraft Structural Integrity
Program Conference, San Antonio, Texas, December 2000.
4.
Scott A.
Prost-Domasky, Craig L. Brooks, and Kyle T. Honeycutt. The application of
p-version finite element methods to fracture-dominated problems encountered in
engineering practice. Presented at the p and hp Finite Element Methods:
Mathematics and Engineering Practice Conference (p-FEM2000), St. Louis,
Missouri, May 2000.
5.
C. Brooks, K.
Honeycutt, and S. Prost-Domasky. Case studies for corrosion/fatigue life
assessments. Presented at the Fourth Joint NASA/FAA/DoD Conference on Aging
Aircraft, St. Louis, Missouri, May 2000.
6.
C. Brooks, K.
Honeycutt, and S. Prost-Domasky. Correlation of life prediction methods with
corrosion-related tests. Presented at the 1999 USAF Aircraft Structural
Integrity Program Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 1999.
7.
C.L. Brooks, S.
Prost-Domasky, and K. Honeycutt. Corrosion is a structural and economic
problem: transforming metrics to a life prediction method. Presented at the
NATO RTO’s Workshop 2 on Fatigue in the Presence of Corrosion, Corfu, Greece,
October, 1998.
8.
C.L. Brooks, S.
Prost-Domasky, and K. Honeycutt. Determining the initial quality state for
materials. Presented at the 1998 USAF Aircraft Structural Integrity Program
Conference, San Antonio, Texas, December 1998.
9.
K. Honeycutt, C.L.
Brooks, and S. Prost-Domasky. ECLIPSE-Environmental and Cyclic Life Interaction
Prediction Software. Presented at the ASM AEROMAT, Dayton, Ohio, June 1999.
10. Craig Brooks, Deb Peeler, Kyle T. Honeycutt, and Scott
Prost-Domasky. Predictive modeling for corrosion management: modeling
fundamentals. Presented at the Third Joint NASA/FAA/DoD Conference on Aging
Aircraft, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 1999.