Martin P. Schroeder, M.S.M.E., P.E.
The Principal Engineer of SC Engineering is Martin Schroeder. Martin has over 20 years experience in mechanical engineering, specializing in structural dynamics, vibration modal analysis, fatigue, mechanical design, machine dynamics, testing, data analysis and software. To provide our customers with a better solution that is grounded in hands-on experience and in-depth knowledge, Martin utilizes extensive engineering experience in areas of automotive, rail transportation, aerospace, government energy research, and consumer and industrial product development. Positions held have included engineering Group Leader, Senior Research Engineer, Project Manager, and Program Manager of high-level engineering projects.
B.S.M.E., M.S.M.E. - University of Michigan
Martin has a graduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and additional post graduate work at the Structural Dynamics Research Laboratory. Research focus includes structural dynamics, chaos, and modal analysis. Academic experience has also included positions of Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western Michigan University and the University of Cincinnati - College of Applied Science. Courses taught include:
- Dynamics / Vibration
- Feedback Control
- Mechanics of Materials
- Thermodynamics
- Numerical Methods
- Project Management
- Graduate Level Mathematics
- LS-DYNA3D, Livermore Software Technology, Inc.
- TRUEGRID FEA Mesh Modeling, XYZ Scientific.
- Durability Vibration Test Design, LMS Software.
- Vibration Testing and Modal Analysis, Spectral Dynamics
- Digital Control Systems, Integrated Computer Systems, Inc.
- Non-linear and Chaotic Dynamics, University of Maryland
- Data Acquisition Systems, National Instruments, Inc.
- Damage Tolerance Analysis of Aircraft Structures, George Washington University
- MSC Nastran Finite Element Analysis, MacNeil Schwendler Corporation
- Project Management, American Management Association
- Program & Project Management, U.S. Department of Energy
- Professional Management, Louis Allen, Inc.
- Design Reviews for Effective Product Development, Society of Automotive Engineers
Registered Professional Engineer - Colorado No. 20777
Certified in Conflict Mediation - Creative Metrics "Conflict Lens" Instrument
PARTIAL LISTING OF PROJECTS
- Stress analysis and stress report prepartion for structural carbody of light-rail passenger train.
- Structural failure analysis and mechanical design analysis of a passenger train motor-drive component.
- Durability and fatigue life prediction of new passenger buses as part of a qualification program.
- Testing and fatigue life prediction of large industrial machines, results of which lead to faster product development and a reduction in field service needs.
- Development of technologies to measure longitudinal stress in railroad rails as a means of predicting track buckling as part of the FRA program on rail safety.
- Crashworthiness design for a new light-rail passenger train.
- Structural analysis and feedback control design of aircraft flight-control actuators for the U.S. Airforce Advanced Fighter Aircraft.
- Software program development to predict machine dynamics.
- Data collection software program for automated strain and acceleration measurement.
- Software program to automate impact modal testing.
- Dynamic and fatigue analyses of advanced wind turbine designs for the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Durability and dynamometer testing of automotive systems.
- Data Transformations and Analysis
- Vibration Modal Analysis
- Program and Project Management
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND HONORS
- Technical representative to the "Colorado Intermountain Fixed Guide-way Authority," for the engineering analysis and testing of a proposed monorail train in Colorado. Provided technical testimony to the Colorado legislature.
- Keynote speaker for the Society of American Military Engineers, "Train Dynamics and the Advent of New Technologies," February and August, 1999.
- Awarded a General Motors Company Graduate Fellowship.
- Awarded the Thomas C. Rumble Graduate Fellowship.
- Nominated for a college ASEE excellence in teaching award, 1991.
- Selected as U.S. representative for foreign-host meetings of the International Energy Agency.
- Selected panel member on train dynamics, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX 1997.
- Invited session organizer and chairman, AWEA Wind Energy Conference, Hanover, NH 1987.
- Invited panelist and speaker, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA 1986.
- Chairman, Pikes Peak Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, currently.
- Chairman, ASME Subcommittee on LRV crashworthiness and structural design, currently.
- Member, Colorado Council of Mediators, CCMO.
- Member, Project Management Institute.
- Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- Member, Society of Automotive Engineers.
- Registered Professional Engineer, Colorado No. 20777.
- ME-Scope
- ANSYS
- NASTRAN
- LSDYNA
- Matlab
- Labview
- Somat-Ease
- Visual Basic
- FORTRAN
- MS-Project
Kirkpatrick S.W., Schroeder M.P., Juan Carlos Valdes Salazar, “Developing Guidelines for Crashworthiness of Light Rail Vehicles in Mixed Fleet Operation,” Proceedings of IMECE-02: 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 17-22, 2002.
Schroeder M.P. Kirkpatrick S. W., “Establishing a Crashworthiness Standard; Key Issues and Recommended Procedures for Compatibility and Crashworthiness,” ASME RT-1 and RT-2 Standards Committees, technical White Paper, New Jersey, March 13-14, 2002.
Kirkpatrick, S.W., MacNeill, R. A., & Schroeder, M.P., “Development of a Computer Model for Prediction of Car Crush and Gross Motion of a Railroad Passenger Car Under Collision Conditions,” Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 2001.
Holmes, S. and Schroeder, M.P., “High Speed Passenger Train Aerodynamic Loading Effects on Passing Trains (NUCARS Modeling),” Technical Report, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Contract DTRS57-99-R-00009, 2000.
Holmes, S., Schroeder, M.P., Toma, E., Lamond, J., “High Speed Passenger and Intercity Train Aerodynamic Computer Modeling”, Proceedings of The ASME 2000 International Mechanical Engineering Conference, Orlando, FL, November 2000.
Kirkpatrick, S.W, M.P.Schroeder, and Simons, J.W., “Evaluation of Passenger Rail Vehicle Crashworthiness,” ICRASH 2000 - International Crashworthiness Conference, 6-8 September 2000, The Royal Aeronautical Society of London, United Kingdom
Schroeder, M.P. P.E., Kirkpatrick S.W., “Crashworthiness Behavior of Train Consists,” ICRASH 2000 - International Crashworthiness Conference, 6-8 September 2000, The Royal Aeronautical Society of London, United Kingdom [To appear].
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., "Train Crashworthiness: Validating Analysis Tools”, Railway International, June 1999.
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., "Time Domain Methods of Modal Analysis," University of Cincinnati Short Course on Advanced Modal Analysis Techniques, 1992.
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., "Structural Damping of Bolted Joints - The Significance of Micro-Slip," NWL Control Systems, Technical White Paper, 1989.
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., "Dynamic Control and the Application of 'MATRIXx' to Wind Turbine Design and Analysis Problems," Solar Energy Research Institute, Consulting Agreement No. CA-7-00554-01, 1987.
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., “Locomotive Wheel-Diameter Variation”, Letter report for Locomotive Working Committee, AAR, March 1998.
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., “Testing for the Existence of Chaotic Vibration in Truck Hunting Data,” International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dallas TX, November 1997.
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., et. al., “Evaluation of Fiber-Optic Method for Detecting Buckled or Broken Rail,” Research Summary Report, RS-99-003, AAR, February 1999.
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., "Chaos, Control and the Reduction of Blade Fatigue," 16th Annual Energy Sources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, February 1993.
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., and Henein, N.A, Ph.D., "State of the Art Assessment on the Development and Engineering Analysis of Hybrid "Wind/Diesel Power Systems," Solar Energy Research Institute, Wind Power '85 Conference Proceedings, San Francisco, CA, August, 1985.
Schroeder, M.P., P.E., "Design Optimization Methods and Dynamic Control Problems of Hybrid Power Systems," presentation and technical panel member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Winter Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986.