Experience

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  Oxford Academy

  • Cypress, California

  • Head Boys Soccer Coach

    • Nov 2015 - Present
    • Cypress, California

    Responsible for the boys soccer program at Oxford Academy which includes both Varsity and Junior Varsity teams.

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  Self-Employed

  • Consultant

    • Aug 2019 - Nov 2020

    Consultant to K&L Gates LLP regarding a dispute between a major aerospace material supplier and a major aerospace manufacturer.

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  Robert G Eastin Consulting LLC

  • Consultant

    • Apr 2016 - Sep 2016

    Consultant to EMBRAER S.A. regarding compliance with the certification requirements of 14 CFR 25.571.

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  Self-employed

  • Consultant

    • Mar 2014 - Oct 2015

    Consultant to the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) team that was requested to perform an independent assessment of Vehicle Integrated Propulsion Research (VIPR) experiment impacts on the test aircraft pylon fairing. Consulting services included reviewing VIPR experiment procedures and p...

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  Federal Aviation Administration - FAA

  • Long Beach, California

  • Chief Scientific/Technical Advisor for Fatigue and Damage Tolerance

    • Jul 1997 - Jan 2012
    • Long Beach, California

    Provided advice and consultation to government agencies and industry on structural fatigue and damage tolerance issues involving analysis, testing, operation and research and development on transport airplanes, general aviation airplanes, rotorcraft and engines.Conducted workshops on fatigue and ...

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  McDonnell Douglas Corporation

  • Senior Manager

    • 1996 - 1997

    Landing Gear Qualification Integrated Product Team (IPT), Aircraft Systems, C-17 Program. Responsible for managing the completion of all outstanding C-17 landing gear qualification activities. This included design, analysis and full scalequalification testing. Also responsible for resolution of fielded aircraft impact/action with respect to fatigue performance deficiencies.

  • Senior Manager

    • 1995 - 1996

    Structural Design and Analysis, Nacelle/Engine Affordability Team, C-17 Program. In this position was co-leader, along with the Vought Program Manager, of an IPT consisting of designers, strength analysts, manufacturing engineers, tools designers, production planners, materials and process engineers, and producibility engineers. Responsible for managing design development and production of engineering drawings for a more affordable C-17 engine nacelle.

  • Senior Manager

    • 1991 - 1995

    Structural Development, Structural Design and Ground Test, C-17 Program. Responsible for managing a technically diverse organization which included Loads and Dynamics, Material and Process Engineering, Standards and Parts Control, Structural Integrity, Value Engineering and Durability and Damage Tolerance. Also acted as the C-17 Chief Stress Engineer and primary interface with the USAF on all structural issues.

  • Group Leader

    • 1989 - 1991

    System Engineering C-17 Program. Responsible for managing a technically diverse organization which included Dynamics, Structural Integrity, Durability and Damage Tolerance, Loads and Criteria, Structural Repair and Loft. Also acted as Chairman of the Durability and Damage Tolerance Control Board and was the primary interface with the USAF on all structural issues.

  • Lead Engineer, Section Manager, Branch Manager

    • 1983 - 1989

    Supervised the C-17 durability and damage tolerance effort. Responsible for insuring compliance with USAF durability and damage tolerance requirements conained in MIL-STD-1530, MIL-A-8866 and MIL-A-83444. Directly involved with preliminary design/sizing, assessment of structure, drawing sign-out, loads spectra development/generation for analysis and test, and durability and damage tolerance development and qualification test definition and evaluation.

  • Lead Engineer

    • 1978 - 1983

    Responsible for development of the KC-10 Individual Aircraft Tracking Program. This included development of damage tracking methodology and design of a system to collect and analyze individual aircraft operational data and report results. Also prepared the technical proposal for this effort.Assigned to the MDF-100 and D3300 commercial aircraft projects. Responsible for insuring compliance with FAR/JAR 25.571 requirements. Provided guidance and support for all structural durability and damage tolerance related items including preliminary assessment of structure and preparation of durability and damage tolerance development and verification test plans.Assigned to CX (later designated the C-17) proposal team. Responsible for preparation of Damage Tolerance Control Plan, definition of the damage tolerance development test program and performance of durability and damage tolerance trade studies to support airframe definition.Member of the damage tolerance assessment team responsible for performing the damage tolerance assessment of the DC-10 wing pylon structure in the aftermath of the 1979 Chicago incident.Assigned to the KC-10 damage tolerance assessment team. Responsible for assessment of the KC-10 wing primary structure in accordance with the damage tolerance criteria of MIL-A-83444.

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  Rockwell International, Space Division

  • Downey, California

  • Structural Engineer

    • 1976 - 1978
    • Downey, California

    Member of the Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Group within the Space Shuttle Structural Analysis Division. Duties included both fatigue and damage tolerance analysis of Shuttle hardware and airframe structure. Also responsible for the development of analysis and test spectra and for development o...

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  LTV Corporation

  • NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

  • Structural Engineer

    • 1973 - 1976
    • NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

    Assigned to the Fracture Mechanics Group within the Research Facilities Engineering Division at NASA Langley Research Center. Responsible for analyses required to support the recertification and structural assessment of research facilities structures. These included vacuum spheres, high pressur...

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  Rockwell International, Aircraft Division

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Structural Engineer

    • 1971 - 1972
    • Los Angeles, California

    Assigned to the Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Group within the B-1A Structural Analysis Section. Responsibilities included the evaluation and compilation of crack propagation data, evaluation of various crack propagation models and the damage tolerance assessment of the B-1A fuselage crew compa...

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  McDonnell Douglas Corporation

  • Long Beach, California

  • Engineer/Scientist

    • 1969 - 1971
    • Long Beach, California

    Assigned to the DC-10 Fuselage Group within the Structural Mechanics Division. Responsible for the fail-safe analysis of the DC-10 fuselage shell and damage tolerance development test results evaluation and correlation.