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Name Keng-Wit Lim

Experience

  • 2023 - present

    Los Angeles, CA

    Senior Technical Manager, Structural Mechanics and Materials
    Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
    Assessment of light and heavy rail vehicle crashworthiness, crash energy management system conceptual design.
  • 2015 - 2023

    Los Angeles, CA

    Senior Consulting Engineer
    Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
    Structural optimization, design and failure analysis of engineering systems - precision structures, geomechanical, energy, transportation, defense.
  • 2014 - 2015

    Pasadena, CA

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    California Institute of Technology
    • Computational methods for fragmentation and comminution of particulate media.
    • Abaqus UEL/UMAT in C++ and Fortran, implementation of object-oriented nonlinear finite elements for hyperelasticity and elasto-plasticity.
  • 2004 - 2010

    Waltham, MA

    Staff I and II
    Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
    • Soil-structure interaction and finite element analyses of energy-related facilities - weapons-grade plutonium conversion and vitrification (for peaceful nuclear fuel), radioactive waste treatment units, power generation units.
    • Design, field investigation, risk analysis, and determination of repair priorities of pipelines.
    • Modeling components for rail vehicle crash-worthiness protection. Structural field support and testing, failure investigations.

Education

  • 2010 - 2014

    Pasadena, CA

    MS, PhD
    California Institute of Technology
    Applied Mechanics
  • 2001 - 2003

    Raleigh, NC

    MS
    North Carolina State University
    Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  • 1996 - 1999

    Swansea, UK

    BEng
    University of Wales
    Civil Engineering

Interests

Computational Solid Mechanics: Nonlinear continuum mechanics, nonlinear finite elements

Languages

English : Native or bilingual proficiency
Bahasa Malaysia : Native or bilingual proficiency
Mandarin : Elementary proficiency