McHenry Software, Inc.
P.O. Box 1716
Cary, NC 27512
(919)-468-9266
Resume
of
Raymond R. McHenry
Professional Experience
1994 to date. Research Consultant,
McHenry Software,
Inc. Cary, North Carolina. Research and development of vehicle
simulation and accident reconstruction computer programs and tools
1980 to 2008, retired. Staff Scientist, McHenry Consultants,
Inc., Cary, North Carolina. Technical Duties: Investigation of highway
accidents. Application of analytical and experimental techniques to the
reconstruction of vehicle and occupant dynamics in highway collisions.
Evaluation and analysis of vehicle defects and failure modes. Performance
of research related to highway safety.
1978 to 1980. Staff Scientist, Research Engineers,
Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Technical duties: Application
of analytical and experimental techniques to the reconstruction of vehicle
and occupant dynamics in highway collisions. Evaluation and analysis of
vehicle defects and failure modes. Performance of research related to highway
safety.
1961 to 1978. Staff Scientist,
Calspan (formerly
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc.), Buffalo, New York. Technical duties:
As a Staff Scientist with Calspan Field Services, Inc., and previously
with Calspan Corporation, Mr. McHenry was responsible for the technical
direction of a variety of research projects related to the improvement
of highway safety. He was involved in the application of analytical and
experimental techniques to the problems of occupant protection in collisions
and he analyzed automobile dynamics in single vehicle accidents and in
violent evasive maneuvers. He also served as the Principal Investigator
on the development of techniques for analytical reconstruction of highway
accidents [Simulation Model of Automobile Collisions (SMAC) and Calspan
Reconstruction of Accident Speeds on the Highway (CRASH)].
Mr. McHenry developed techniques for study of physical
criteria for roadside structures and cross-section designs by mathematically
modeling the dynamics of single vehicle accidents [Highway Vehicle Object
Simulation Model (HVOSM)]. He performed analyses and developed computer
simulations of the dynamics of automobile braking and of the ride and steering
dynamics of the Westinghouse Transit Expressway Vehicle. He studied advanced
technology applicable to highway transportation in the Boston-Washington
Corridor in 1980. He developed a nonlinear mathematical model of the automobile
crash victim and mathematical models of highway guardrails and test vehicles
for simulation of impact.
1960 to 1961. Technical Advisor, American Machine
& Foundry Company, Greenwich, Connecticut. Technical duties: Mr. McHenry
was technical advisor on the design of vehicles for aircraft cargo loading
(Air Force 463L System).
1956 to 1960. Senior Design Engineer, Ford Motor
Company, Dearborn, Michigan. Technical duties: Senior Design Engineer and
Project Engineer on programs involving experimental hydropneumatic suspension
vehicles, air suspension vehicles, and stroke-sensitive shock absorber
design and development. Member of the Ford Advanced Ride and Handling Committee.
1953 to 1956. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park,
Michigan. Technical Duties: Participated in various experimental suspension
and chassis component design and development programs. He also served as
a mathematics instructor in calculus, analytic geometry and algebra (Lawrence
Institute of Technology, Chrysler Institute, Detroit).
Education
- Graduate Studies, State University of New York, 1962,
1964.
- Graduate Studies, Cornell University, 1961.
- Master of Science Degree, Automotive Engineering, Chrysler
Institute, 1955.
- Bachelor of Science Degree, Engineering Physics, University
of Maine, 1953.
Professional Activities and Honors
- Registered Professional Engineer, Connecticut, No. 5207.
- Sigma Xi
- Tau Beta Pi
- Crompton-Lanchester Medal of the Automobile Division,
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (London), 1969.
- The Safety Award in Mechanical Engineering, The Institution
of Mechanical Engineers (London), 1969.
- "Man of the Year" Award, 1967, from Science
& Technology on the Niagara Frontier, official publication of Technical
Societies Council.
- American Men and Women of Science, 12th Edition, The
Physical and Biological Sciences.
Selected Publications
(from a total of more than 45 technical papers and 40
technical reports)
- "Analysis of Spring Installations for Low-frequency
Suspension of Vehicles", Industrial Mathematics, Vol. 10, Part
I, 1960, Industrial Mathematics Society, Detroit, Michigan.
- "Research for Better Barriers-Analytical Prediction
of Highway Barrier Performance Confirmed by Crash Testing", Research
Trends, Vol. X, No. 3, 1962, Calspan Corporation.
- "Analysis of the Dynamics of Automobile Passenger-
Restraint Systems", Seventh Stapp Car Crash Conference, University
of California and University of Minnesota, Playa Del Rey, California, 11-13
November 1963.
- "Highway Guardrails - A Review of Current Practice",
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 36, Transportation
Research Board, Washington, D.C., 1967 (with N. J. Deleys).
- "Computer Simulation of Single Vehicle Accidents",
Society of Automotive Engineers Transactions, 1968 (with D. J. Segal and
N. J. Deleys).
- "An Analysis of the Dynamics of Automobiles During
Simultaneous Cornering and Ride Motions", Proceedings of the Symposium
on Handling of Vehicles Under Emergency Conditions, Institution of Mechanical
Engineers (London), Loughborough University of Technology, 8 January 1969.
- "Mathematical Models for Injury Prediction",
Impact Injury and Crash Protection (Charles C. Thomas, publisher), Springfield,
Illinois, 1970.
- "A Review of the Current State of the Art of
Automobile Structural Crashworthiness", 1970 International Automobile
Safety Conference Compendium, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1970 (with
P.M. Miller).
- "Multidegree, Nonlinear Mathematical Models of
the Human Body and Restraint Systems; Applications in the Engineering Design
of Protective Systems", Symposium on Biodynamic Models and Their
Applications, Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, 26-28 October
1970.
- "An Analytical Aid for Evaluating Highway and
Roadside Geometrics", Highway Research Record Number 371, National
Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1971
(with N.J. Deleys and J.P. Eicher)
- "Research in Automobile Dynamics-A Computer Simulation
of General Three-Dimensional Motions", Society of Automotive Engineers
Transactions, 1971.
- "Approximation of Impact Conditions Via Computer
Simulation", Paper presented at the NATO Conference on Accident
Investigation, Brussels, Belgium, June 28- 29,1973.
- "A Computer Program for Reconstruction of Highway
Accidents", Proceedings of the Seventeenth Stapp Car Crash Conference,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 12- 13, 1973.
- "A Comparison of Results Obtained With Different
Analytical Techniques for Reconstruction of Highway Accidents",
Society of Automotive Engineers, International Automobile Engineering and
Manufacturing Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, October 13-17, 1975.
- "The CRASH Program: A Simplified Collision Reconstruction
Program", presented at the Motor Vehicle Collision Investigation
Symposium, October 6-10, 1975, at Calspan Corporation, Buffalo, New York.
- "The Astro Spiral Jump-An Automobile Stunt Designed
via Simulation", SAE Paper No. 760339, Automotive Engineering
Congress & Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 23-27, 1976.
- "Computer Aids for Accident Reconstruction",
Society of Automotive Engineers No. 760776. 1976 SAE Automobile Engineering
and Manufacturing Meeting, October 18-22, 1976.
- "A Revised Damage Analysis Procedure for the
CRASH Computer Program", SAE Paper No. 861894, Proceedings of
the 30th Stapp Car Crash Conference, October 27-29, 1986, Society of Automotive
Engineers Transactions, 1986 (with B. G. McHenry).
- "SMAC-87", SAE Technical Paper No. 880227,
International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 29-
March 4, 1988, Society of Automotive Engineers Transactions, 1988 (with
B. G. McHenry).
- "HVOSM-87", SAE Technical Paper No.
880228, International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February
29-March 4, 1988, (with B. G. McHenry).
- "Effects of Restitution in the Application of
Crush Coefficients", SAE Technical Paper No. 970960, 1997 (with
B.G. McHenry).
- "SMAC-97 - Refinement of the Collision Algorithm",
SAE Technical Paper No. 970947, 1997 (with B.G. McHenry).
- "CRASH-97 - Refinement of the Trajectory Solution
Procedure", SAE Technical Paper No. 970949, 1997 (with B.G. McHenry).
- "RICSAC-97 - A Reevaluation of the Reference
Set of Full Scale Crash Tests", SAE Technical Paper No. 970961,
1997 (with B. G. McHenry)
-
"SMAC2003
- The Automatic Iteration of SMAC", SAE Paper No. 2003-01-0486, to
be presented and published at 2003 SAE International Congress, Detroit, MI,
March 2003 (with B. G. McHenry) .
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