Thomas
Curtin
| Education: |
Northeastern
University - MSME,
Purdue University - MS,
Middlebury College - BA |
 Mr.
Curtin serves as the Applications Engineering Manager
for Computational Mechanics Boston office. Mr. Curtin
is a registered Professional Engineer and provides
expertise in the use of numerical simulation tools
for the design and analysis of mechanical components.
He is also routinely involved in performing structural
integrity and life assessment studies using a variety
of specialized computer codes for fracture and corrosion
analysis. Mr. Curtin has extensive experience using
the boundary element method to provide solutions to
a variety of engineering problems. He has completed
a large number of projects using the principles of
stress analysis, fracture mechanics, and corrosion
control. Some sample applications include damage tolerance
analysis of a helicopter rotor hub, fracture analysis
of a pin-loaded lug, bonded patch repair of aircraft
skin, forensic investigation of a failed concrete tunnel
lining, and assessment of cathodic protection systems
for underground pipelines. Mr. Curtin also routinely
provides consulting and training services to a variety
of clients in the aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas
industries. He is responsible for business development
activities in the Boston office and is active in preparing
project proposals, performing benchmark studies, and
developing technical content for training courses and
tutorial documents.
Prior
to joining Computational Mechanics, Mr. Curtin was
employed as a Project Manager by the Soil and Rock
Instrumentation Division (SRI) at GZA Environmental
Technologies. He was responsible for planning and implementing
numerous projects to investigate the structural performance
of large civil structures. Significant projects include
development of bridge monitoring systems, deep foundation
testing, evaluation of earth support systems, and stability
investigations for underground structures. He routinely
designed and installed computer-based monitoring systems.
He was responsible for programming the data acquisition
systems and interfacing measurement sensors to record
strain, pressure, displacement, angular rotation, and
temperature. Mr. Curtin often developed custom computer
code for real time processing of this measurement data.
He had chief responsibility for interpretation of measurement
data and preparation of project reports. He was also
active in the development of computer-based analytical
techniques to predict the geomechanical behavior of
underground structures. Mr. Curtin developed an in-house
tunnel liner analysis program, using soil-structure
interaction principles, to evaluate stress and deformation
for a soft-ground tunnel. |
