Paul Zarda Has Diligently Worked On IBM And VAX Systems

Dr. Paul Zarda is an Orlando based professional serving as the Manager of the Engineering Methods Group at Lockheed Martin Group. In 1980, he acquired MSC/NASTRAN for structural analysis on the IBM 3084 system. Until this time, Martin Orlando was using in-house structural analysis codes that were 10-15 years old, unsupported and poorly documented. This significantly changed the way structural analysis was to be performed over the next 19 years.  In direct contrast to this until 1990, Lockheed Martin Denver had continued their use of in-house codes at a significant reduction in productivity and capability.

Thereafter, in the year 1982, Dr. Zarda acquired SUPERTAB, a pre- and post- processor, on the IBM 3084.  This significantly increased the productivity of all analysts at Martin. This software has been the workhorse for all analysis software that is geometry driven, and its longevity (Master Series, now available on the workstations) has proven its worth.

In addition, Dr. Paul Zarda participated in the solicitation and acquisition of the 1st VAX 11/780 that was acquired by Martin.  He was instrumental in moving the engineering analyst from IBM TSO to this system.  He was responsible for the acquisition of MSC/NASTRAN, SDRC's SUPERTAB, and the solid modeler GEOMOD for the VAX system.  It is estimated that this move probably affected engineering analysis productivity by a factor of 10.  Today the CAE analysis software, I-DEAS, NASTRAN, PATRAN, FEM/SINDA, etc., represent over 50 percent of the TCC's usage.

Dr. Paul Zarda solicited and helped in acquiring a suitable communication link between our IBM 3090 systems and VAX systems so the analyst could have some alternatives in performing his job.  This resulted in the acquisition of INTERLINK, a software/ hardware communication package that finally coupled our IBM and VAX worlds.  This took place despite significant resistance by Martin Marietta Data Systems. This software/hardware is the foundation today between our IBM and DEC mainframes and our 

Paul Zarda Is a Mechanical Engineer Based In Orlando

Paul Zarda is a highly skilled professional with many areas of expertise. By profession, he is a mechanical engineer and has both theoretical & practical expertise in the area of Mechanical Computer Aided Engineering (MCAE) and Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE). Currently, he is serving as a Distinguished Member, Technical Staff, and Manager of the Engineering Methods Group at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. He is also an Adjunct Professor at UCF, where he holds the title of research professor of mechanical engineering in the department of mechanical, material and aerospace engineering.

As Manager of the Engineering Methods Group, Paul Zarda is responsible for helping provide direct support of the engineering community in the areas of mechanical design and analysis, systems engineering and optical design. He has been involved in the capture of the design process of missile & fire control systems. This further led to the development of the Interactive Missile Design (IMD) system for missile systems & to the development of the Interactive Gimbal Design (IGD) system for fire control.

Paul Zarda is also the inventor of a tennis racquet –The “Zarda-Top-Spin-Racquet”, also known as the Z-TSR. It provides top-spin to the ball (and under-spin if the ball is appropriately struck) through a different design compared to the spaghetti tennis racquet and other racquets on the market.