Economy of Scale

• Joby Background
• UAM Key Factors
• eVTOL Performance Requirements
• Reduce Materials Cost
• Reduce Tech Labor
• Toyota Background
• Automotive Key Factors
• Process Enhancements on Plastic Body Structure Applications
• Volume vs Cost
• Needs From Industry

About the Speaker

Experience:

Executing innovative advanced methods and materials to expand current engineering, processes, product development and management boundaries to provide an asymmetric advantage.

• Joby Aviation 5/19 – present
  Advanced Development Lead, executing the development, design for manufacturing, testing, and certifying of Electric Urban Transport VTOL.
• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Advanced Aircraft Engineering 10/02 – 5/19
  Advanced Product Development Manager/Innovation Leader, executing new designs, development, and testing of Predator B, Gray Eagle, and Avenger UAS.
• C&D Aerospace (Safran) 10/91 - 10/01
  Corporate Technical Development /New Business Development. Execution and development, testing, fine-tuning and introducing new processes for composites and plastics.
• Rohr Industries (UTC) 3/87 - 10/91
  Design/Liaison Engineer

Patents:

• Granted two United States Patents, “Low Power Anti-Ice System”, using Piezo MFC actuators.
• Granted patent “Systems and Methods For Tool-less Manufacturing Methods Thermoplastic Parts” using continuous fibers.
• Patent pending for “Transformational Intelligence,” Structural Health Monitoring for Condition Based Maintenance CBM.
• Patent pending for “Directed Energy Hardening,” using ceramic fibers along with inorganic matrix.
• Patent pending for “Morphing Prop” using Piezo MFC actuators.

Publication:

“Part Qualification Methodology for Composite Aircraft Components Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring” in Applied Sciences. 2018

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 12/86