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   Vibration Isolation
   Vibration Damping
   Mechanical Design
   Finite Element Modeling
   Control Systems
   Acoustics / Noise Control
   Shock Mitigation
   Dynamic Testing
   Actuation
   Magnetics / MR Fluid
   Electromechanical
   
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   Zero Gravity Simulation
   SoftRide
   Hexapods
   SA Series Actuators
   Tuned Dampers / Absorbers
   Custom Products
   
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CSA Management
Conor D. Johnson
President

Dr. Johnson has been President of CSA Engineering since its founding and has overall management responsibility for the company as well as technical and contract responsibilities for numerous projects. He has been Program Manager for many government contracts. He has expertise in administration and contracting and leads business development in vibration suppression and other areas. He is also a leader in CSA's SoftRide product line and has contributed innovative designs to several vibration and shock mitigation systems. He serves on several technical committees, has taught short courses, chaired several conferences, and represented CSA at numerous conferences and meetings. Prior to co-founding CSA, he was a Vice President at a Bay Area structural dynamics consulting firm. He previously was a Captain in the Air Force.

Dr. Johnson received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Clemson University. He earned his B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

David A. Kienholz
Vice President
Technical Director

Dr. Kienholz is a Vice President and co-founder of CSA Engineering.

As Technical Director, he is responsible for building and maintaining the company's technology base and for developing new technologies and incorporating them into CSA's products. He is also head of Testing in Mountain View, and is technical lead on major programs related to vibration isolation, gravity offloading, and stabilized airborne platforms.

Dr. Kienholz has performed dynamic tests and analysis on a wide variety of structures and systems ranging from laser weapon components, flight simulators, angular vibration sensors, and dynamic scale models to battleship engines, skis, semiconductor-production machinery, and rock crushers. He was co-recipient of the 1981 ASME Structures and Materials Award for pioneering work in damping design. He has taught university and private courses on vibrations, dynamic testing, and vibration isolation. He originated and developed a unique suspension system for simulating unconstrained boundary conditions in dynamic testing and was awarded the 1995 Space Simulation Award by the IES for the work.

Dr. Kienholz received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He earned his B.S.M.E. from North Dakota State University. He has also worked at Anamet Laboratories, General Radio, and Bell Laboratories.

Eric H. Anderson
Vice President
Director of Operations

Dr. Anderson directs engineering operations in Mountain View and has additional responsibility as lead for CSA's Active Systems department. He also develops new business with commercial and government customers and has led efforts to standardize CSA's product lines. Beginning in 1984, he participated in research that helped initiate work in "smart structures." Since joining CSA in 1993, he has led programs and product development in the areas of actuation, control systems, electronics, and hexapods and other integrated systems for precision motion control and active vibration isolation and suppression. He is co-author of over 50 papers, inventor on 4 patents, and serves as a technical committee member (AIAA and ASME) and conference organizer.

Dr. Anderson received his Ph.D., S.M. and S.B. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has also worked at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Sikorsky Aircraft.

Joseph R. Maly
Lead
Design and Analysis

Mr. Maly is head of CSA's design and analysis department and is responsible for finite element modeling, mechanical design, and implementation of vibration suppression hardware. Experienced in both analytical and experimental methods of structural dynamics, Joe has analyzed and built vibration damping into space structures, aircraft, medical equipment, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. He led CSA's development of dampers for the Hubble Space Telescope and currently leads CSA's EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) product line for integrating and shock-isolating secondary spacecraft on large launch vehicles. He coordinates activities in design and analysis and serves as program manager and customer interface on government and commercial projects.

Mr. Maly received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and M.S. in Applied Mechanics from Stanford University. He joined CSA in 1987.

Mark E. Mimovich
Director
New Mexico Operations

Mr. Mimovich manages CSA's operations in Albuquerque and leads several efforts in the areas of structural and structural dynamics analysis. In his current position as well as in his previous job, he has managed and directed engineering technical staff members and has lead business development and marketing efforts in both the commercial sector as well as in the DOD and NASA arenas. In his previous position at ATK Composites formerly Composite Optics, Inc. or COI, Mr. Mimovich managed the Engineering Analysis group (15 analyst) manpower and resources to support in-house programs, IR&D, and business development efforts. Analysis group responsibilities encompassed both structural and thermal mechanics concerns relative to all product lines within COI.

As a technical manager, Mr. Mimovich has performed structural analyses in support of various COI programs like the JPL Microwave Limb Sounder or MLS Radiometer GHz structure, the Airborne Laser Beam Expander Metering structure, NASA AMES Wind Tunnel Fan Blade Replacement program, FIRST Telescope program, Picasso Telescope, Deep Impact High & Mid Resolution Telescopes, and several dynamic and cryogenic testing programs. Efforts were focus is in the area of structural dynamics to address all aspects of structural dynamic performance to ensure compliance in the presence of launch vehicle and spacecraft operating load environments.

Mr. Mimovich received his M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Mexico.

William F. Szolnoki
Business Manager

Mr. Szolnoki is responsible for managing accounting, administration and human resource functions in addition to supporting engineering operations and business development for CSA Engineering. His background is in the finance, accounting and audit areas. Over the course of his 25-year career, he has held positions as a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, Finance Manager, and Project Manager. Mr. Szolnoki has worked for a wide variety of companies that range from a small startup software application service provider, to a mid-size government contractor, to large, multi-national conglomerates. He has participated in and directed several ERP systems implementations as a project manager and consultant.

Mr. Szolnoki received an M.B.A. from San Jose State University and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Pace University in New York. He has also worked at EDO, Appshop, United Technologies and Nortel Networks.