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Ronnie R Fesperman Jr., PhD, PE, PMP

Chief Engineer & Founder — Precision Mindset

Statesville, NC 28677
(240) 477-9470
ronnie.fesperman@precisionmindsetllc.com

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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Dr. Fesperman has 23 years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer designing, developing, and evaluating the performance of precision machines, instrumentation, and manufacturing processes. Extensive experience in engineering analysis, mechanical element and mechanism design, part inspection, measurements (metrology), data acquisition and custom software development. Proficient in the creation of 3D solid models, technical documents, and drawings. A team player who is very hands on and enjoys troubleshooting problems and finding solutions to ensure the best design and performance possible.

KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT

  • Precision Machine & Instrumentation Design
  • Product Development, Implementation, & Evaluation
  • National and International Standards
  • Measuring and Inspection Equipment (Metrology)
  • Manufacturing
  • Machine Tool Metrology
  • Software
    • LabVIEW, AutoCAD, Pro-Engineer Creo, SolidWorks, SolidWorks Simulation, Inventor, Ansys, FEA
    • MATLAB, SigLab, Maple, Tec Plot, NC Programming, and Mountains Map
    • Microsoft, Power Point, Word, Excel, Outlook, and Project
    • Spatial Analyzer, Calypso, and PCDMIS
    • Product Data Management (PDM), Epicor, XML, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

LIST OF RELEASED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

  • Connector Loss, Version: Alpha, 2018
  • Traceable Patch Cord Analyzer, Version: Alpha, 2018
  • Metrology Toolbox, Version: Gamma, 2017
  • Data Driven Virtual Machine Tool (DDVMT), Version: Beta, NIST, 2011

CERTIFICATES, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP, & SERVICE

  • Professional Engineering License: CT #PEN.0026439, March 2009 and NC 051598, January 2021
  • Project Management Professional, PMP, #1661587, September 2013
  • ASME B5 TC52 Standards Committee, Machine Tools, 2014 - Present
  • ASME B5.64: A new standard for the performance evaluation of single axis linear positioning systems

RECENT HONORS & AWARDS

  • Corning Patent Applications, 2023
  • Corning Advanced Optics 2021 Division Excellence Award, 2021
  • Corning Best in Class IDEA Award for development of wafer fixture with 0.5 nm stability, 2020
  • Corning Technical Excellence Award for Cross-organizational Collaboration, 2019
  • Corning Recognition: 1 DCA 9 award for Performance, 2 DCA 4 awards for Leadership, 1 DCA 2 award for Innovation, 2 Succeed 3 awards for Quality and Innovation, and 2 Succeed 2 awards for Innovation
  • NIST Recognition Award for efforts in diamond turning and virtual machine tool development, 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRECISION MINDSET PLLC — Statesville, NC

Chief Engineer & Founder

10/2015 ‐ Present

PRECISION X SYSTEMS — Charlotte, NC

Chief Technology Officer & Founder

12/2024 ‐ Present

BRAVO TEAM LLC — Mooresville, NC

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

7/2022 ‐ 5/2024

CORNING INC — NC

Senior Precision Engineer ‐ Precision Engineering Technologies (PET) Group, MTE/AMT

12/2018 ‐ 12/2022

US CONEC — Hickory, NC

Development Engineer ‐ Research & Development Group

12/2015 ‐ 2/2018

GILBARCO VEEDER-ROOT — Greensboro, NC

Lead Mechanical Integration Engineer ‐ Global Engineering Dispenser Group

6/2015 ‐ 12/2015

CR ONSRUD — Troutman, NC

Team Leader - Mechanical Design Office

5/2014 ‐ 6/2015

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST) — Gaithersburg, MD

Mechanical Engineer - Intelligent Systems Division

6/2009 ‐ 5/2014

MOORE TOOL COMPANY — Bridgeport, CT

Development Engineer

1/2007 ‐ 6/2009

UNC CHARLOTTE - THE CENTER FOR PRECISION METROLOGY — Charlotte, NC

Graduate Research Engineer

1/2001 ‐ 12/2006

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Johns Hopkins University: Engineering for Professionals — Online

Precision Mechanical Design

8/2011 ‐ Present

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, May 2007
  • MSME in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, May 2005
  • BSME in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, May 2001

PUBLICATIONS: Journals, Patents, Proceedings, Standards & Technical Reports

  1. B5.64 - Methods for the Performance Evaluation of Single-Axis Linear Positioning Systems. New York, NY: ASME; 2022.
  2. Fesperman R. Substrate holder for use with interferometer. US20210301870A1, 2021.
  3. Fesperman R, Jesse Groover. Positioning devices for radially positioning substrates with respect to an air bearing device. US20210301871A1, 2021.
  4. Vogl G., Fesperman R. et al, Development of a new standard for the performance evaluation of single axis linear positioning systems, Corning NTR 201216, Painted Post, NY, 2020.
  5. Chao Y., Fesperman R., Groover J., Numerical Modeling and Method of Air Bearing based Vibration and Noise Mitigation, Corning NTR 126911, Painted Post, NY, 2020.
  6. Mani M, Lane B Donmez A, Feng S, Moylan S, Fesperman R, Measurement Science Needs for Real-time Control of Additive Manufacturing Powder Bed Fusion Processes. In: Additive Manufacturing Handbook: Product Development for the Defense Industry, 1st ed. CRC Press, pp 629-676, 2017.
  7. Fesperman R.R., Moylan S.P., Vogl G.W., Donmez M.A., Reconfigurable Data Driven Virtual Machine Tool: Geometric Error Modeling and Evaluation, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 10, (2015) 120-130.
  8. Mani M, Lane B Donmez A, Feng S, Moylan S, Fesperman R, Measurement Science Needs for Real-time Control of Additive Manufacturing Powder Bed Fusion Processes, NISTIR 8036, Gaithersburg, MD, 2015.
  9. Fesperman R, Brown N, Elliot K, Ellis J, Grabowski A, Ludwick S, Maneuf S, O'Connor B, Woody S, Methods for the Performance Evaluation of Single Axis Positioning Systems: A New Standard, Proceedings of the ASPE Annual Meeting, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55, 2013.
  10. Fesperman R, O'Connor B, Ellis J, Methods for the Performance Evaluation of Single Axis Positioning Systems: Dynamic Straightness, Proceedings of the ASPE Annual Meeting, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55, 2013.
  11. O'Connor B, Fesperman R, Maneuf S, Methods for the Performance Evaluation of Single Axis Positioning Systems: Incremental Step Test, Proceedings of the ASPE Annual Meeting, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55, 2013.
  12. Ludwick S, Fesperman R, Progress on Defining Standard Tests for Quantifying Servo System Tuning. Proceedings of the ASPE Annual Meeting, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2013.
  13. Fesperman R.R., Moylan S.P., and Donmez M.A., A virtual machine tool for the evaluation of standardized 5-axis performance tests, Proceedings of the 2012 ASPE Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2012.
  14. S. D. Ruben, T.-C. Tsao, R. Fesperman, O. Ozturk and R. R. Hocken, "Modeling and Control of a Multi-Axis Nano-Precision Positioning System," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.
  15. Fesperman R, Ozturk O, Hocken R, Ruben S, Tsao T-C, Phipps J, Lemmons T, Brien J, Caskey G, Multiscale Alignment and Positioning System - MAPS, Precision Engineering, 36, 4, (2012) 517-537.
  16. Fesperman R.R, Donmez M.A., and Moylan S.P., Ultra-precision linear motion metrology of a commercially available translation stage, Proceedings of the 2011 ASPE Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2011.
  17. Moylan S., Blumenfeld D., McGlauflin M, Fesperman R., and Donmez M.A., Evaluation of proposed test artifacts for five-axis machine tools, Proceedings of the 2011 ASPE Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2011.
  18. Fesperman R.R, Moylan S.P., and Donmez M.A., Methods, Practices, and Standards for Evaluating On-Machine Touch Trigger Probing of Workpieces, Proceedings of the 2010 ASPE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2010.
  19. Moylan S.P., Fesperman R.R., and Donmez M.A., Test Methods for Coordinated Motion of Five-Axis Machining Centers, Proceedings of the 2010 ASPE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2010.
  20. Fesperman R.R., Donmez M.A., and Moylan S.P., Ultra-Precision Linear Motion Metrology, Proceedings of the 2010 ASPE Summer Topical Meeting, 2010.
  21. Ruben S.D., Tsao T.-C., Hocken R., Fesperman R., Ozturk O., Brien J., and Caskey G., "Mechatronics and control of a precision motion stage for nano-manufacturing," in Proceedings of ASME Dynamic Systems and control Conference, October 2009.
  22. Ozturk, O., Fesperman, R.r., Caskey, G.W., and Hocken, R.J., 2008, Multi-scale Alignment Positioning System for NIL, Proceedings from the 23rd ASPE Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, October, 2008.
  23. Lemmons T.D., Fesperman R.R., Ozturk O., and Hocken R.J., Fabrication of fused silica optical quality pin chuck using a wet etching process, In Proceedings of ASPE 23rd Annual Meeting, 2008.
  24. Ozturk, O., Fesperman, R.R., and Hocken, R.J., 2008, Design of Multi-scale Alignment and Positioning System, Proceedings of the euspen International conference, Zurich.
  25. Hocken RJ, Fesperman R, Overcash J, et al, Engineering Nanotechnology: The Top Down Approach. Key Engineering Materials (2008) 381-382.
  26. Fesperman, Ronnie R, 2006, Multiscale Alignment and Positioning System, Dissertation, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.
  27. Fesperman, Ronnie R, Diamond Turning of Silicon Nitride, Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 2004.
  28. Mayes, T.W., Riley, M.S., Edward, K.,Fesperman, R., Suraktar, A., Shahid, U.,Williams, S, and Hocken, R.J., Phase Imagining in the Near Field, CIRP Annals, (2004) 483-486.
  29. Ajjarapu, S.K., Fesperman, R.R., Patten, J.A., Cherukuri, H.P., and Brand, C., Ductile regime machining of silicon nitride: A numerical study using Drucker-Prager material model, Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME, Charlotte, NC, 32, (2004) 519-524.
  30. Ajjarapu S.K., Fesperman R.R., Patten J.A., Cherukuri H.P., Experimental and numerical investigation of ductile regime machining of silicon nitride, AIP Conference Proceedings, 712 (2004) 1377.
  31. Ajjarapu SK, Fesperman RR, Patten JA, et al, Ductile regime machining of silicon nitride: experimental and numerical analyses. In: AIP Conf. Proc. (2004) 1377-1383.
  32. Patten, J., Fesperman, R., Kumar, S., McSpadden, S., Qu, J., Lance, M., Nemanich, R., and Huening, J., High Pressure Phase Transformation of Silicon Nitride, Applied Physics Letters, 83, 23, (2003) 4740-4742.
  33. Patten J.A., Gao W., and Fesperman R., Ductile Regime Nanocutting of Silicon Nitride, Proceedings of the ASPE Annual Meeting, 22, (2000) 106-109.