Overview
Dr. Olivares has developed a recognized world-class research program, personnel and laboratory facilities in the areas of computational/experimental crashworthiness, virtual product development, and certification by analysis methods. Since 2005 Dr. Olivares has been the principal investigator in more than 110 research projects with funding in excess of $30M funded from various U.S. federal agencies and private companies in 15 different countries. For the last twenty years, Dr. Olivares has been able to successfully negotiate and execute complex international engineering programs in the aerospace and automotive industry. He has demonstrated a capacity to envision future industry needs and develop the tools and methods necessary to solve these issues. Since 2005, Dr. Olivares has sponsored 75 graduate students and 18 undergraduate students in his labs; and 18 research scholars from universities and R&D Centers in Germany, Japan, Italy, France, and Spain. He has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Wichita State University.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
- 2005-Present | Director and Senior Research Scientist | National Institute for Aviation Research, Wichita State University | Wichita, KS USA
- 2004-2005 | Engineering Manager | TNO Automotive Advanced Engineering B.V.| Delft, the Netherlands
- 2001-2004 | Systems Performance Engineering Manager| Key Safety Systems Deutschland, GmbH | Frankfurt, Germany
- 1995-2001 | Design Engineer | McKechnie Aerospace: Electromech Technologies| Wichita, KS USA
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State University
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State University
Specializing in: Experimental and Computational Structural Crashworthiness, Occupant Injury Biomechanics,
Automotive and Aerospace Safety Systems Development, Mechanical Systems Design and
Analysis.