Paul Zarda, Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, is the Manager of the
Engineer Methods Group at Lockheed Martin. He has both theoretical and
practical expertise in the area of Mechanical Computer Aided Engineering
(MCAE) and Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE). He has chaired a
Mechanical Design benchmarking team at the local and corporate level. He
joined Lockheed Martin in 1980.
With over 40 years of experience, Paul Zarda has reviewed engineering processes at Lockheed’s Missile and Fire Control Facility in the area of conceptual and preliminary design of missile and fire-control systems, and this lead to a developed architecture and methodology to capture that knowledge. Today the Engineering Methods Group offers the IMD (Interactive Missile Design) and the IGD (Interactive Gimbal Design) systems for conceptual missile and fire control designs, respectively. That effort has made a significant impact in integrating complex multi-disciplinary design processes and has led has to over $5 million dollars of documented savings. IMD has been specifically singled out by Lockheed’s Air Force customer as a key discriminator in recent successful proposal wins.
At present, Paul Zarda is handling a wide number of responsibilities at Lockheed Martin that fall into four categories: Manager of the Engineering Methods Group, Member of the Technical Staff assigned to Research and Technology in Technical Operations, Program Manager of the Web-based Design Environment contract with the Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), and Program Manager of the Supersonic Hypersonic Vehicle Design contract with WPAFB. Dr. Zarda is also an Adjunct Professor at UCF, where he holds the title of Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering.
With over 40 years of experience, Paul Zarda has reviewed engineering processes at Lockheed’s Missile and Fire Control Facility in the area of conceptual and preliminary design of missile and fire-control systems, and this lead to a developed architecture and methodology to capture that knowledge. Today the Engineering Methods Group offers the IMD (Interactive Missile Design) and the IGD (Interactive Gimbal Design) systems for conceptual missile and fire control designs, respectively. That effort has made a significant impact in integrating complex multi-disciplinary design processes and has led has to over $5 million dollars of documented savings. IMD has been specifically singled out by Lockheed’s Air Force customer as a key discriminator in recent successful proposal wins.
At present, Paul Zarda is handling a wide number of responsibilities at Lockheed Martin that fall into four categories: Manager of the Engineering Methods Group, Member of the Technical Staff assigned to Research and Technology in Technical Operations, Program Manager of the Web-based Design Environment contract with the Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), and Program Manager of the Supersonic Hypersonic Vehicle Design contract with WPAFB. Dr. Zarda is also an Adjunct Professor at UCF, where he holds the title of Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering.
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