Howard Chiger, P.E., Consulting Services
Howard Chiger, P.E.
Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in California
Thermal/Hydraulic Consulting with over 30 Years of Experience

Thirty years experience in thermal/fluid analysis and software development. Expertise in writing and using finite element/finite difference/finite volume software and graphical processors to design, analyze and correct thermal problems in civilian and military aircraft and satellites, laser/laser diode and other optical devices, power generation systems and commercial and military electronics.

  • Thermal and Systems Analysis Tools
    • Finite Difference Thermal Analysis (SINDA/FLUINT, TRASYS, TSS, TMG, ESATAN)
    • Finite Element Analysis (Nastran)
    • CAE/CAD/CAM Analysis (I-DEAS)
  • Technical Programming Skills
    • Fortran
    • C, C++, Visual C++
    • X-Windows/Motif/vtk
    • VMS System Services & DCL Command Procedures
    • Unix/Linux Shell Scripts (Bourne, C-shell, Korn)
    • PostScript, PCL & HPGL
    • HTML & JavaScript
  • Major Recent Thermal/Hydraulic Projects
    • On-orbit thermal studies for NASA, ESA and NASDA International Space Station components
    • Thermal analysis of cameras for Martian Orbiter
    • Thermal environment studies to design outdoor (-40C to +50C) point to point communications system
    • Electrical cabinet cooling designs for halogen, metal halide and laser lighted projectors
    • Thermal and system analyses for ultra high frequency, Q-switched microlaser manufacture
  • Major Recent Programming/Computer System Management Projects
    • Affine Image Registration of MRI brain scans
    • X-Windows/Motif/vtk MRI brain scan visualization/imaging tools
    • Y2K (Fortran, C, Pascal) conversions for financial industry
    • Software and system migrations (OpenVMS ® Unix)
    • Software porting and migrations:
      • VMS VAX ® OpenVMS Alpha
      • Fortran ® C
      • VMS & Unix ® PC Windows and Linux
    • Maintain, support and enhance VMS/Unix Computer Security Software
  • Education and Miscellaneous
    • BSE (Mechanical Engineering) - The University of Michigan
      • Minor in Computer Aided Engineering and Statistics/Quality Control
      • Graduated Summa Cum Laude
      • Joseph Aldrich Bursely Award
      • Tau Beta Pi, Vice President
    • MSE (Mechanical Engineering) - The University of Michigan
      • Major in Thermodynamics/Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Technologies
    • Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in California
    • DOD Secret Clearance
    • Registered ODTC Technology Exporter
    • Reading Proficiency in French and German


For a list of technical publications, click here .

For a complete CV (PDF format), click here .


And this is a silly little HTML string floating along to see if you made it this far down the page.


For further information, contact me in San Diego, as follows:
e-mail: Howard Chiger <hchiger at gmail dot com>