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These are the brilliant minds behind some of SolidProfessor’s most successful courses
Tadeh Avetian,
Director of Engineering, L.A. Turbine
Tadeh is the Director of Engineering of LA Turbine. Prior to this position, he was one of the first 50 employees at Hyperloop One, as a Senior Mechanical Engineer responsible for simulating 3D vehicle dynamics and was heavily involved in many structural analysis problems, primarily using ANSYS for FEA. In his spare time, he writes FEA code in FORTRAN on a custom built Linux machine.
Principles of Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Lessons: 28 Duration: 1h 48m Technical Certificates: 1
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Amen Jlili,
Founder, CADHero Consulting
Amen is a Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA), Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP-2-3), Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced Sheet Metal (CSWPA-SM), and a SOLIDWORKS API expert. He is currently the managing consultant of CADHero, an engineering consultancy that provides industrial companies with SOLIDWORKS design automation services and training.
SOLIDWORKS API
Lessons: 31 Duration: 2h 12m Technical Certificates: 1
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Brentan Alexander,
Founder & CEO, Swift Calcs
Brentan is the founder and CEO of SwiftCals. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.).
Nick Kloski,
Co-Founder, HoneyPoint3D
Nick is co-founder of HoneyPoint3D, an award winning 3D printing and rapid prototyping company. Nick has taught over 7,000 people about 3D modeling and 3D design. Nick is also co-author of Maker Media’s “Getting Started with 3D Printing,” which is currently Amazon’s #1 seller in 3D printing and graphic design categories.
Introduction to 3D Printing
Lessons: 27 Duration: 2h 4m Technical Certificates: 1
Introduction to Meshmixer | Meshmixer Essentials | Sculpting in Meshmixer | Editing 3D Scans in Meshmixer | Creating 3D Models from Photographs | Meshmixer for Kids | Custom Figurines in Meshmixer
Lessons: 234 Duration: 20h 40m Technical Certificates: 7
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Dr. Anna Haywood,
Engineering Instructor, Arizona State University
Dr. Haywood holds three degrees in engineering – a B.S.E. in electrical, an M.S. in bioengineering, and a PhD in mechanical engineering. She has taught and conducted research at Arizona State University, as well as several other colleges in Arizona. Much of her research has been completed using MATLAB. She teaches an introductory course in MATLAB at the university and local colleges, both in person and online.
Introduction to MATLAB | MATLAB Essentials | MATLAB Advanced Concepts
Lessons: 108 Duration: 5h 53m Technical Certificates: 3
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Fred Fulkerson,
Professor, Conestoga College
Fred has been a teacher at Conestoga College in Ontario, Canada for the last 10 years. Before becoming a teacher, he worked as a machinist for a little over 10 years. During his last five years as a machinist, Fred designed and made special purpose machines, jigs and fixtures, mainly for the automotive industry.
Mill 2D | Mill 3D | Lathe | 4 Axis
Lessons: 191 Duration: 8h 21m Technical Certificates: 4
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Mark Lyons,
Sr. Client Representative, HTi
Mark is a consultant for manufacturing companies, assisting them with their engineering software needs. He spent eight years on the DraftSight team at Dassault Systemes, starting as a Training Specialist before moving up to Product Manager. He also spent time teaching Computer-Aided Drafting at a technical high school in Massachusetts and was a Sr. Mechanical Designer for Bose Corp., the world’s number one loudspeaker manufacturer.
Introduction to DraftSight | DraftSight Essentials
Lessons: 122 Duration: 4h 18m Technical Certificates: 2
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Brian Parrelli,
Principal Aerodynamicist, L.A. Turbine
Brian is a Lead Aerodynamic Design Engineer at LA Turbine and a Turbomachinery Consultant at Aerojet Rocketdyne. With over nine years experience in turbo machinery as well as experience in aerospace, oil, gas, and energy sectors, Brian earned his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, specializing in Fluid Dynamics, from UCLA.
Introduction to ANSYS CFX
Lessons: 42 Duration: 1h 27m Technical Certificates: 1
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