Date of birth: 05/25/1957
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Hello! My name is Thomas H. Curry, and I am a Mechanical Engineer. I am also a graduate of Oregon State University, with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering (1980 and 1985, respectively).

In industry, I have conducted Structural Analysis and Dynamics analysis on mechanical systems, and this covered 22 yrs. The programs/projects that I have worked on have been in various technologies: for example, technical support to water filtration systems; assembly engineering of missiles; structural analysis of an Anti-Armor Tank Containment Structure - munitions testing; structural analysis of launch vehicles (rockets); and optical design/analysis of optical payloads, which, for example, have been for NASA - customers have been the various branches of the Federal Government: NASA, Air Force, Army, Navy, etc.

I use the industry standard for analysis software -- NX Nastran, SDRC Ideas, ABAQUS, Matlab, etc. I also use the MicroSoft Suite software, for example, Technical Reports, etc - MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, etc. Over the last 4 yrs, I have been performing optical raytracing and diffraction analysis in evaluation(s) that have been on Space-Based Telescopic systems. This includes the determination of Wave Front Error, PSFs, aberrations, etc. I also use the industry standard for optical software - ZEMAX & Code V.

In addition, I hold a Professional Engineer's License, in which presently, I am licensed in the State of Idaho (PE Lic # 6028).

Currently, I am retired from aerospace.

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