DAVID C

DAVID C. HEATH

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

18 years experience in designing 3D animation/simulation software using C++, C, Fortran, OpenGL and VRML on both SGI and windows NT platforms. One-year Java related development.
Invented a 3D-animation/simulation program (VAST Visualizer) for the visualization of finite element analysis results. This program currently holds a patent and is being marketed by private industry.
Developed real time 3D interactive submarine simulator currently being used by the Canadian navy.
Developed real time 3D Ship Motion simulator currently in the process of being marketed by private industry.
4 years experience as a computer scientific authority managing software development contracts for the Defence Research Establishment Atlantic.
Developed many real time data acquisition systems and analysis software using LABview for a wide range of naval applications.
Received many awards for exceptional and distinguished contribution to the public service.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1989-Pres Defense Research Development Canada Atlantic (DRDC Atlantic) Dartmouth, NS
Software Engineer

Lead developer for Modeling and Simulation activities for Virtual Ship Platforms section.
Invented state of the art computer graphics software to aid in the development of advance structural analysis methods saving the government hundreds of thousands of dollars in contracting out funds.
Developed real time 3D interactive submarine simulation software for visualization and verification of submarine motion response code giving the Canadian navy a more cost-effective training alternative.
Developed state of the art real time 3D ship motion and wave spectrum visualization software for the verification of in-house and internationaly developed ship motion prediction codes.
Invented a developers tool kit called HOOD Tk (Hierarchical Object Oriented Developers Toolkit) which enables the rapid development of visualization and modelling application to other developers.
Currently developing a 3D object oriented ship-modeling package in support of a multi million dollar Canadian naval contract.
Scientific authority for several contracts for the structural mechanics section.
Provide computer system support for the structural mechanics section.

Consulted with scientist in developing computer code for structural analysis software.
Provided support in UNIX, FORTRAN, C, C++, Java, and LABview and OpenGL languages.
Provided training and lectures to scientist and technologists in C++ software development.

Developed a number of real time data acquisition systems and analysis software programs for experiments and sea trials for the structural mechanics section using the LABview development environment.

Design and developed a software control program for an experimental Seawater Corrosion Test facility.
Developed Ship motions data acquisition system currently under testing for Canadian Navy.
Invented a propeller cavitation inception monitoring system.

1993-1996 SIRIUS SOLUTIONS LIMITED Dartmouth, NS
Contract R&D Programmer.

Wrote software for the visualization of hydrographic data of ocean bottoms.

1988-1989 SAINT JOHN SHIPBUILDING LIMITED (SJSL) Saint John, NB
Hull Outfit Draftsperson / CAD Operator.

Updated functional and production drawing packages for CPF program both on paper and using modern CAD packages.

1987-1987 NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS CIVIL (NPC Civil) Sandvika, Norway
Assistant System Administrator / Computer Programmer

Worked with the system administrator aiding in managing and supporting a large CAD user base.

SCHOLARSHIPS / AWARDS

1995 PUBLIC SERVICE MERIT AWARD Presented by L Gen. R. N. Fischer, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister (Material)

For advancing the capabilities of scientists, engineers and technologists in undertaking leading edge research by producing research tools at a rate and of a quality far beyond the expected norm.

1992 STOCKHAUSEN AWARD Presented by P. Bhartia Chief of Defense Research Establishment Atlantic

In recognition of his initiative and efforts in the developing the VAST Visualizer software for viewing finite element models, resulting in a superior product useful to scientists throughout the Establishment.

1988 OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP (Institute of Fisheries and Marine Technology)

1987 HEWLETT PACKARD AWARD SCHOLARSHIP (Institute of Fisheries and Marine Technology)

1986 FACULTY COMMITTEE SCHOLARSHIP (Institute of Fisheries and Marine Technology)

INVENTIONS

1992 (VAST Visualizer)

Real time Finite Element visualization program for interactive viewing of analysis results. Vested in Her Majesty in right of Canada under the provisions of the Public Servants Inventions Act.

2000 DASS Detail Analysis of Ship Structures

An improved approach to finite element modeling of ship structural details for design and in-service assessment. Vested in Her Majesty in right of Canada
PUBLICATIONS

'Smart Rapid Structural Analysis (SRSA) for a Bulk Carrier Hopper Structure', D.C. Heath, N.G.Pegg, T.MacAdam, M.E. Norwood, Defence R&D Canada, TM DREA TM 2001-170, January 2002

‘Submarine Structural Analysis Suite (SubSAS) Phase 1,’ Pegg, N. G., Heath, D., DREA TM 2001-025, March 2001.

‘Submarine Structural Analysis Suite (SubSAS)’, N.G. Pegg, D.C. Heath, T. McAdam, Canadian Marine Hydrodynamics and Structures Conference, Vancouver, May, 2001.

‘Recent Progress on the Improved Ship Structural Maintenance Management (ISSMM) Project: Development of the ISSMM Software Tool’, N.G. Pegg, D. Heath, P. Carnie (DMSS 2), Canadian Marine Hydrodynamics and Structures Conference, Vancouver, May, 2001.

'VShip Visualizer User's Guide', VShip Code Version 1.0', David C. Stredulinsky, David C Heath. External Client Report, DREA ECr 2000-140, November 2000

‘Detail Analysis of Ship Structure’, Heath D.C., Pegg N.G., Dinovitzer A., Walker R., 5th Canadian Marine Hydrodynamics and Structures Conference, St. John’s, Nfld, July, 1999.

‘A Computerized Method for the Rapid Global and Local Analysis of Ship Structure’, Pegg N.G., Heath D., Stone K., Kumar R., RINA Warships 98 Proceedings, London, June 1998.

‘Improved Ship Detail Finite Element Stress Analysis’, Pegg N.G., Heath D., Norwood M.E., Proceedings of PRADS 98, The Hague, September 1998.

‘VAST Visualizer Users Manual ', D. Heath, A. Mcculough, L Gilroy, DREA Technical Memo 95/201, May 1995.

‘EBMS, A Computer Program for Equivalent Beam Modeling of Ship‘, Thomas S.Z. Hu, David Heath, DREA Technical Memo 95/208, April 1995.

‘CIRCLE‘, A Fortran Mono Hull Ship Turning Circle Prediction Program, D. Heath, G.T. Millar, W.C.E. Nethercote, DREA Technical Memo 92/302, March 1992.

EDUCATION

1994, 1998 Department of Computer Science / Math, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
1985-1988 Department of Naval Architecture, Institute of Fisheries and Marine Technology, St John's, NF
1981-1985 Department of Computer Science / Math, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF

TRAINING

2002 The High Level Architecure Course (HLA), University of Ballarat , Australia

2000 Rational's Object Oriented Analysis and Design using UML with Rose. Lockheed Martin

1998 Software Engineering and Visual Programming Languages Dalhousie University

1997 Object Oriented Design and Analysis using C++ and JAVA, Dalhousie University

1995 OpenGL Programming II, Silicon Graphics Technical Education, Mountain View, CA

1995 C++, Learning Tree International, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1994 Unix, C and XMotif, Technical University Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia

1993 Computer Graphics & Numerical linear algebra, Dalhousie University

1992 LABview I & LABview II, National Instruments, Austin, Texas

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