Brock Engineering
P. O. Box 302, Roxbury CT 06783 (860) 354-7069
Professional Resume of James Frederick Klingener, P.E.
Education
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Institute of Technology (now
Carnegie Mellon University), 1962
MS, Mechanical Engineering, concentration in Nuclear Engineering,
Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1966
Employment History
1993 - Present President, Brock Engineering, PC, Roxbury, CT
1987 - June 1993: MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA
1984 - 1987: President, Brock Engineering, Roxbury, CT
1981 - 1983: DM Engineering, Brookfield, CT
1980 - 1981: Cumberford Corporation, Stamford, CT
1974 - 1980: Wachter Associates, Pittsburgh, PA
1972 - 1974: DM Engineering, Brookfield, CT
1969 - 1972: Alaska
1962 - 1965: Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West
Mifflin, PA
Licenses and Certifications
Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer, State of Alaska
Recent Work Experience
Mr Klingener currently heads a firm that designs and analyzes
mechanical devices and structures. The firm has also consulted to
The MITRE Corporation (now Mitretek
Systems, Inc.) on issues related to the Army's program to
dispose of unserviceable chemical weapons.
As a member of the MITRE Technical Staff between 1987 and 1993, Mr. Klingener was principally involved in MITRE's independent evaluation of the Army's program to dispose of its stockpile of unserviceable chemical weapons (see Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization.) The scope of this work encompassed Environmental and Safety Risk Assessments, Program Planning: Life Cycle Cost and Schedule Development. For eight months, Mr. Klingener was part of MITRE's site team that conducted the independent Operational Verification Tests of the Army's first operational incinerator facility, the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System.
Work Experience
June 1993 - Present: President, Brock Engineering, P. C.
Since returning to private practice, Mr. Klingener's work has encompassed a range of mechanical and structural design, analysis, and evaluation tasks. In addition, under contract he has contributed to analyses and simulations of the army's Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) for The MITRE Corporation. Mr. Klingener co-authored MITRE's assessment of munitions tracking capabilities at the chemical munitions disposal plants on Johnston Island and at Tooele, Utah.
1987 - June 1993: MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia
As a member of MITRE's Technical Staff, Mr. Klingener led and contributed to logistics, cost, safety, and risk studies for the army's CSDP, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy's defense nuclear program, and NASA's shuttle. The scope and nature of the specific tasks are reflected in publications listed later.
1984 - 1987: Brock Engineering (self-employed), Roxbury, Connecticut
Tasks included design, analysis and optimizations of mechanisms, structures, and control systems for industrial robot applications, consumer products, and business furniture.
1981 - 1983: DM Engineering, Brookfield, Connecticut
The principal task was research, development, fabrication, and test of a full size mockup of a high efficiency hydraulic industrial robot.
1980 - 1981: Cumberford Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut
Work as Chief Engineer included design of automotive structures and mechanisms, supervision of draftsmen and designers, development of manufacturing specifications and manufacturing quality assurance program.
1974 - 1980: Wachter Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Assignments at Wachter Associates included (1) construction site technical consultant for the designer at the Fast Flux Test Facility, a liquid metal cooled fast breeder test reactor built in Hanford Washington, (2) design, analysis, licensing support, fabrication, and installation of spent nuclear fuel storage facilities for commercial nuclear reactors, (3) design and in-reactor test of reactor vessel nozzle cladding removal tooling, (4) consulting support for Westinghouse Advanced Reactor Division for the design of large fast breeder reactors.
1972 - 1974: DM Engineering, Brookfield, Connecticut
Work at DM Engineering included design and construction of mechanical equipment.
1969 - 1972: Alaska
Experience in Alaska included both professional work in the Fairbanks Borough Engineer's Office and sub professional work in construction, surveying, and geological exploration.
1962 - 1965: Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Assignments at Bettis included mechanical and structural design and analysis of naval nuclear reactor cores and core supports.
Computer Experience
a) Hardware and Equipment
Ancestral mainframes, PCs, HP-85, HP-71, micro controllers, industrial process control programmable logic controllers (PLC), IEEE-488, data acquisition and test measurement equipment,
b) Software
Operating Systems: MS-DOS, various microcomputer OSs
Programming Languages: APL, Assembler (for Z80, 8088, 6800, 8051, and various embedded controllers), BASICs, C, C++, Delphi, FORTRAN, HTML, Java, PLC ladder logic, Pascal, PostScript.
Database Management Systems: Access, DBase III, FoxPro, Paradox
Applications: Word processors, spreadsheets, editors, CAD, @RISK simulation add-in for spreadsheets, ProModel simulation modeler, ANSYS finite element stress analysis, symbolic mathematics programs, such as MathCAD, Mathematica, and MAPLE.
Development Tools: PC compiler integrated environments, embedded controller tools
Communications/Network, Protocols, Standards, or Software: IEEE-488, HP-IL
Foreign Languages
High school and graduate school German
Other Skills or Experience
Skilled in drafting, weld design, machining, metal and plastic fabrication; experienced in analysis of vehicle dynamics and design and setup of vehicle structures, aerodynamic features, and suspension systems
Other Technical Interests
Use of personal computers to simulate, analyze mechanical/electronic systems; development of graphical displays to describe behavior, active structures, virtual structural properties.
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