Alfred G. Domschke - Curriculum Vitae

Profesional Qualifications

• Mechanical and electrical engineer - graduated at Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo.
• Fluent in spoken and written English, German and Portuguese.
• 19 years of experience in manufacturing of mechanical components, as Production Manager of Mercedes Bens do Brasil, position which envolved responsability over a staff of up to 5000 workers, a total of 3000 machine tools for the annual production of up to 80.000 truck engines, 50.000 axles, 40.000 gear boxes, 20.000 mannual steering gears, and a great number of different vehicle components.
• Expert in machining using numerically controlled units of transfer lines, in the cutting of spur and helical gears, conical gears by the Gleason and Oerlikon cutting methods, automatic lathes of single or multiple spindles, universal, external, bore and surface grinders, heat treating furnaces, etc.
• 8 years of experience with aircraft maintenance, as Manager of Maitenance and Engineering for a commercial airline, which then was operating 160 aircrafts.
• Expert in electronics, envolving medium power signal trasmision, signal reception, navigation equipment, automation, etc.
• Expert in internal combustion engines, of any type, such as aircraft powerplant, truck and contruction machinery, Diesel engines, marine and passenger car engines, etc.
• 6 years of experience in he design of Diesel engines, as Engineering Manager and Chief Engineer, and Applications Engineer of Motores Perkins S./A.; heading the divisions of product engineering, and Experimental Engineering, and Applications Engineering.
• 4 years of experience in Quality Control and technical Customer Service, as Quality Control Manager of Metal Leve S./A.
• 2 years of experience in testing of truck gasoline engines, as Engine Laboratory Supervisor of Internacional Harvester Maquinas S./A.
• Shop floor experience in manufacturing and repairing electrical machinery.
• Shop floor experience in the operation of lathes and milling machines.
• Shop floor experience in fitting and assembling components.
• Practical expertise in fault diagnosis of electrical and electronic circuits.
• Technical activities related to Fomula Chevrolet racing engines.
• 32 post-graduation creadits aquired in the Escola Politecnica of the University of Sao Paulo - during the 3rd period of 2005 and the 1st period of 2006, hearing "Advanced Thermodynamics II", Fundament of Turbulent Reactive Flow", "Fundaments of Combustion" and "Intrumentation for Thermo-fluid Systems".

Professional Activities

• Companhia Brasileira de Eletricidade Siemens Schuckert S./A. - 1942/1944 - Trainee.
• Combral Comercio e Industria Ltda - 1945/1947 - Machine Tool Salesman.
• Lupumalt S./A. - 1947/1949 - Sales of British Quality Steels.
• Real S./A. Transportes Aereos - 1953/1961 - Manager of Maitenance and Engineering.
• Internacional Harvester Maquinas S./A. - 1961/1963 - Engine Laboratory Supervisor.
• Metal Leve S./A. Industria e Comercio - 1963/1966 - Quality Control Manager.
• Motores Perkins S./A. - 1966/1971 - Engineering Manager and Chief Engineer.
• Mercedes Benz do Brasil S./A. - 1972/1991 (retirement) - Production Manager.
• Instituto Maua de Tecnologia - since 1979 - Consultant to the Divisao de Motores e Veiculos, activity which was started in order to assist a project, named "Projeto Metanol", sponsered by CESP, a local Utilities Company, in order to develop Diesel engines fuelled by alternative fuels (part time activity).
• CESP - since 1983 - Consultant for matter related to internal combustion engines.

Teaching Activities

• Escoa Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo - 1959/1966 (part time commitment). - Lessons on the subject of Internal Combustion Engines were added to the general subjects of Thermodynamics and Thermal Engines.
• Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas IPT - 1982 - A course on Internal Combustion Engines was presented to graduated engineers of the "Departamento de Motores do IPT".
• Instituto Maua de Tecnologia - IMT - Centro de Educacao Continuada de engenharia e Administracao - CECEA - 1983/1989 (during the evening). - Member of a group of specialists, who preented a Course on Internal Combustion Engines named CEMO.
• Instituto Maua de Tecnologia - IMT Centro de Educacao Continuada de Engenharia e Administracao - CECEA - since 1993 - Coordinator and Member of a group of specialits, who present a Course on Internal Combustion Engines named CEMO.