Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY....... June 1995

Doctoral Thesis: Applying Moldability Evaluation to Solid Models.

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada. ....... December 1990

Master’s Thesis: Surface Temperature Measurement on Running Gears.

• Developed a method for measuring surface temperature on running gears.

B.S. / M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Mohammadia School of Engineering, Morocco. June 1988

Thesis: Design of a Portable Milling Machine.

• Co-designed a machine tool to perform milling operations on unmovable components.

Rural technologies consultant ... Since May 2004

• Developed an improved wood oven and a hybrid solar-gas ovens (idea by Jennifer Miley) for users in Morocco. Tasks included design, analysis, prototypes construction , lab and field testing.

• Contracted by Aprovecho (www.aprovecho.net) to train NGOs in Mauritania on principles of improved wood and charcoal stoves. Project includes prototyping and testing of locally produced improved stoves.

• Surveyed biomass use reduction projects in Morocco for the Global Environment Fund/Micro-Credit office.

Engineer/Director, www.SunSmiles.org, Berkeley, CA........ Since May 2004

• Founded SunSmiles, a non-profit group of scientists, engineers, designers, and business professionals who provide sustainable solutions to improve the quality of life in poor areas.

• Co-Managed a development team working on a hybrid solar-butane oven.

• Conducted field work and testing of solar ovens in Morocco

• Developed partnerships with NGOs, universities, and development agencies in Morocco and USA.

Senior Engineer, ABAQUS, Inc., Fremont, CA........ October 2001 - May 2004

• Performed structural analysis on projects from  biomedical, electronics, and automotive industries

• Developed automation scripts for electronic applications

• Provided finite-element analysis training (Standard/Explicit, Contact, Convergence, Large models)

Staff Engineer, iDEN, Motorola, Plantation, FL. July1995-August 2001

• Analysis: performed dynamic drop and other structural analysis on cellular phones using ABAQUS/Standard, ABAQUS/Explicit, and Altair/HyperMesh

• Computer-Aided engineering: Created master models for three cellular phones using Pro/ENGINEER.

• Electrical-Mechanical Interface Process and Automation: automated modeling, mechanical analysis, and tolerance simulation of PCB assemblies

• Design: implemented size reduction of self-taping screws in cellular phones.

• Modeling Quality: developed techniques to solve solid modeling robustness issues in design, industrial-mechanical interface, meshing, and tooling;

• Research Collaboration: solicited and supervised collaboration with academia.

• Mechanical Community Development: developed a case-based curriculum specific to design of portable telecommunication products, developed and taught various courses, consulted and coached on solid modeling, organized advisory boards, animated workshops and cross-divisions technology sharing meetings.

Mechanical Engineer, Pitney Bowes (mailing machines), Shelton, CT July-December 1993

• Designed plastic parts and a mold using Pro/Engineer, and Performed flow and structural analysis using MoldFlow. My team earned a certificate of appreciation from the American Society of Mechanical Engi­neers for developing rapid prototyping of molds utilizing chemically bonded ceramics.

Independent CAD Consultant, SLM (toys manufacturer), New York, NY. June 1993

• Performed solid modeling of toys using Pro/Surface and hand-sketched artwork.

Field Engineer in Training, Halliburton (oil field services) Calgary, Canada. Summer 1991

• Performed gas well services.

Engineer in Training, COSUMAR (sugar refinery) Morocco. Summer 1987

• Determined causes of abnormal wearing of tub bearings.

Maintenance Technician, SAMIR (oil refinery) Morocco. Summer 1986

• Maintained vapor turbines.

• "Deployment of a Self-Expanding Stent in an Artery" Nuno REBELO, Santosh PRABHU, Chris FEEZOR, Andy DENISON, Mouhsine SERRAR; Conference of the International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies, October 2004, Baden-Baden, Germany

• "Fastener Failure Model in ABAQUS/Standard", N. Rebelo, M. Serrar, and G. Ramanathanm, and C. Birkett; ABAQUS Users' Conference, May 2004.

• "Electronics Application with ABAQUS", ABAQUS Users' Conference, May 2004

• “Modeling Quality In Telecommunication Portable Products” Symposium of Wireless Products and Optical Applications, Society of Plastic Engineers, Charlotte, NC, Fall 2000.

• “PCB Area Estimation in Early Design Stages: Process and Automation Tools” Motorola Hermes Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Fall 2000 (Best Presentation Award).

• “Efficient and Parametric Solid Modeling For Electro-Magnetic Design” Motorola 10X Simu­lation and Modeling Symposium, Ft-Lauderdale, summer’ 99

• “Web-based automation of modeling and analysis of PCB components” Motorola 10X Simu­lation and Modeling Symposium, Chicago, summer’ 97.

• “Cycle time reduction of design and analysis of PCBs” Motorola, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Symposium, Phoenix, winter’ 97.

• “Reducing design cycle time: How well do you know your CAD system? What to automate?” Invited speaker at the DuPont Mechanical Engineering Seminars, Ohio State University, 1996

• “Undercut detection and generation of core/cavity in solid models” in Product Modeling for Computer Integrated Design and Manufacture, International Federation for Information Pro­cessing, Chapman & Hall, 1996.

• “Automatic generation of parting surfaces and mold halves” Proceedings of the Computer in Engineering Conference and the Engineering Database Symposium, ASME 1995.

• “Surface Temperature on Running Gears” Proceedings of the Power Transmission Conf., Paris 1992

• Structural/Thermal analysis using ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit; Pre and Post-processing automation using Python scripting and ABAQUS/CAE

•  CAD design and modeling: Expertise in Pro/Engineer (9 years)

• CAD customization: Customizing and implementation of solid modeling algorithms in Pro/Engineer using Pro/Toolkit

• Other tools:

·       Alias, Pro/Mold, Pro/Sheet-Metal, TI/Tol,

·       HyperMesh, Patran, Mechanica (FEA),

·       Digital signal processing and MathCAD (structural simulation and experimental data),

·       MoldFlow (plastic flow analysis),

·       CATIA (surface and NC), AutoCAD, ICAM (NC),

·       Allegro (electrical PCB design), Concept (electrical schematic)

·       Unix (Solaris) administration.

• C++ programming: 2D-CSG modeler (CAD), IGES generator (STL to IGES trimmed-surfaces).

• Perl programming: generation of ProE trail files, web-interface to Pro/Engineer.

• CAM Project: Parametric APT generation.

• HTML / Java scripts / FrameMaker: web publication of training material, web interface to scripts