Paul Zarda Is Responsible For The Development Of FEM/SINDA
Paul Zarda is an Orlando based highly skilled professional who is responsible for the development of FEM/SINDA, an industry standard thermal analysis code that has significantly changed the way thermal analysis is performed, offering good productivity gains to the engineering community.
He has over 30 years of experience in numerical analysis techniques both in the area of finite difference and finite element algorithms and also carries practical knowledge of Mechanical Computer Aided Engineering and Knowledge Based Engineering. He also chaired a Mechanical benchmarking team both at corporate and local level. He was chosen among 80 engineers spanning 25 contractors as the Chairman of the Guidance team. This team received immense praise and recognition from the Director of DARPA for their contribution in KBE methodology.
At present, Paul Zarda is handling a number of responsibilities at Lockheed Martin that fall into four categories: Program Manager of the Supersonic Hypersonic Vehicle Design contract with WPAFB, Manager of the Engineering Methods Group, Program Manager of the Web-based Design Environment contract with the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Member of the Technical Staff assigned to Research and Technology in Technical Operations.
He reviewed engineering processes at Lockheed’s Missile and Fire Control Facility in the area of preliminary and conceptual design of missile and fire-control systems. The Engineering Methods Group offers the Interactive Missile Design (IMD) and Interactive Gimbal Design (IGD) systems for conceptual missile and fire control designs, respectively. This has made a significant impact in integrating complex multidisciplinary design processes and has led to over $5 million dollars of documented savings. IMD has been particularly singled out by Lockheed’s Air Force customer as a discriminator in recent proposal wins.
Paul Zarda of Sanford, Florida is also a member of Technical Staff of Research and Technology where he actively reviews potential Contract Research and Development (CRAD) and Request for Proposal (RFP) regularly offered by government agencies, including DARPA and DoD. He also is working as a Program Manager in the Web based Design Environment program with DARPA.
He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University in the area of biomechanics and bioengineering. He was an Assistant Professor at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa, in the field of Engineering Science. After that, he served the position of a Research Analyst at David Taylor Naval Research and Development Center and later served as a Senior Engineer in the design and analysis of nuclear steam generators at Westinghouse.
