CV
Contact Information
| Name | Keng-Wit Lim |
Experience
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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