MGA Expert Jay Nutting
MGA Research Corporation, Burlington, Wisconsin 2004 to Present
Engineering professional, responsible for coordinating projects with customers, with hands on experience in the transportation safety and testing sectors. Demonstrated strong leadership and communication skills with project development and timely completion under highly controlled and well documented “laboratory” conditions. Able to evaluate results and advise solutions to a wide array of clients in multiple industries.
Areas of expertise include:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
- Dynamic, Static, and Component level testing.
- Part 23, 25, 26, 29 Requirements–Passenger seats, flight crew seats, flight attendant seats, side facing divans, bulkheads, and lavatories
- Extensive relationship with multiple DER’s and the Chicago ACO
- Analysis of test setup, dummy injury data, structural loadings, head path, and static deformations, as well as, test plan development, test methodologies, and failure analysis
MGA Facilities:
- Assistant group leader in facility planning and development
- Extensive background in machining processes and equipment fabrication
- Uses machining and fabrication experience to assist in facility design and construction. Major projects include Pan Asian Technical Automotive Center Crash Facility and WI Sled Upgrade.
Automotive Sled Testing:
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 206 – Door Locks and Door Retention Components – Validated proposed dynamic test procedure for NHTSA
- Restraint system development (Seat belts, airbags, wheelchair tie downs)
- Side Impact Sled Simulation:
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Side Protocol
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 201P – Rigid Pole Side Impact Test
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 214 – Side Impact Protection
- Developed a methodology to conduct developmental testing of restraint systems on an accelerator sled system using full scale crash test data.
Vehicle Crash Testing:
- Front, side, rear, rollover situations
- NHTSA, IIHS, Customer specific requirements
- Analysis of test performance
- Project highlights include crashworthiness performance in extreme temperature conditions, evaluation of military vehicles in a variety of crash environments, and vehicle to vehicle compatibility in frontal and side modes.
Child Restraint Testing:
- Inspection and analysis of physical features including labeling and impact protection.
- Evaluation of restraint system performance
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 – Child Restraint Systems Compliance Testing
- Support child restraint manufacturers in developing test plans and design improvements.
- Assistant group leader in facility planning and development
- Extensive background in machining processes and equipment fabrication
- Uses machining and fabrication experience to assist in facility design and construction. Major projects include Pan Asian Technical Automotive Center Crash Facility and WI Sled Upgrade.
Automotive Sled Testing:
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 206 – Door Locks and Door Retention Components – Validated proposed dynamic test procedure for NHTSA
- Restraint system development (Seat belts, airbags, wheelchair tie downs)
- Side Impact Sled Simulation:
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Side Protocol
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 201P – Rigid Pole Side Impact Test
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 214 – Side Impact Protection
- Developed a methodology to conduct developmental testing of restraint systems on an accelerator sled system using full scale crash test data.
Vehicle Crash Testing:
- Front, side, rear, rollover situations
- NHTSA, IIHS, Customer specific requirements
- Analysis of test performance
- Project highlights include crashworthiness performance in extreme temperature conditions, evaluation of military vehicles in a variety of crash environments, and vehicle to vehicle compatibility in frontal and side modes.
Child Restraint Testing:
- Inspection and analysis of physical features including labeling and impact protection.
- Evaluation of restraint system performance
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 – Child Restraint Systems Compliance Testing
- Support child restraint manufacturers in developing test plans and design improvements.
Commuter Rail Car Testing:
- Evaluation of dynamic and static seat strength and injury performance
- Tests to American Public Transit Association and a variety of transit authority specifications
Education
University of Wisconsin – Madison B.S. – Mechanical Engineering
University of Phoenix – Milwaukee M.S. -Business and Administration
Professional Training
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Dynamic Impact Testing, Civil Aeromedical Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2005
Professional Affiliations
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 2004-present
