Dr. Ali Jamnia is an electro-mechanical design and product development engineer, who received his PhD from Clemson University, where his primary area of research was application of finite element methods to the hydrodynamic equations in the presence of shock waves and nonlinear fluid-solid interaction. He has extensive experience in innovative product development from concept to market, as well as sustaining product experience; and expertise in analytical product design, and in failure analysis and resolution, using DMAIC. Dr. Jamnia joined Baxter Healthcare in 2010, where he holds the position of Engineering Specialist. In short, Dr. Jamnia is a mechanical engineer with many years of innovative product development from concept to market, as well as sustaining product experience. He has expertise in analytical product design as well as failure analysis and resolution using DMAIC. In this regard, he has an in-depth understanding of transfer functions and their development. Dr. Khaled Atua is a reliability expert with experience in electromechanical devices, and in ship design and construction. His experience covers areas such as medical devices, ship structural design, and mechanical engineering. He received his PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1998, where his primary area of research was Reliability-based Structural Design of Ships. Dr. Atua has published 22 technical papers and presentations, and his work has been cited and referenced in "Ship Design and Construction", from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). He has been a lecturer for Alexandria University (Egypt), The American University in Cairo, and the Arab Maritime & Transport Academy in Alexandria. He has also worked as the reliability manager and head of reliability for multiple US companies and corporations such Hospira Inc., Baxter International, and Beckman Coulter Inc.
