Alexander Schmidt - Curriculum Vitae 4851 N Damen Ave Apt 209 Home phone: +1 (773) 293-3115, Chicago, IL 60625 Mobile phone: +1 (773) 213-9907 Email: me@alexschmidt.net OBJECTIVE Earning an advanced degree in mechanical engineering science that would allow me to obtain a challenging position in the manufacturing industry. EDUCATION 1986-1994 Ten-year school with concentration in mathematics, Vorkuta, Russian Federation. 1994-1996 Ten-year school with concentration in mathematics and physics, Lipetsk, Russian Federation (transferred from Vorkuta). 1996-2001 Five year degree in Engineering, Lipetsk State Technical University, Russian Federation; average point mark: 4.42 on the scale of 3 (the lowest) through 5 (the highest). Thesis: Computer simulation of drawing processes of sheet materials Advisor: Vladimir E. Gliznutsin Overview: The thesis is concerned with the implementation of a software model for computer simulation of the movement of sheet materials in bending, forming, and drawing operations. I developed an interactive program that uses high-resolution three-dimensional graphics for visualization of the drawing and forming processes, and allows the user to set and dynamically change the model parameters. The mathematical model in the thesis is relying upon finite element method that describes every sheet part as a set of triangular elements. Sheet materials own characteristics of continuity and homogeneity and finished products are round or rectangular in plane and glass-like or box-like in space. In program implemented Linear Dynamic Analysis of forming that uses EBE (element-by-element) method. The program offers users interface for construction the final form of a product in plane from arcs and lines and for specification of process parameters: forming speed, instrument material and instrument roundness. The algorithm provides wired model of a part in any time of process for DirectX engine and users see an animated process model on a computer monitor and progress of forming, defection, break of continuity. By varying the input parameters users may analyze mathematical model and process of forming. The thesis describes the model implemented and the use of the program for the study of the dynamics of the drawing and forming processes. 2001- Post-graduate study in Engineering, Lipetsk State Technical University, Russian Federation Thesis: Development of computer-assisted system for study and optimization of drawing and forming processes of sheet materials. Advisor: Igor E. Arutyunov Overview: The thesis is concerned with the implementation of full- featured computer-assisted system for in-depth study of drawing and forming processes. This work is a logical continuation of the diploma’s thesis and geared towards mathematical modeling of virtually all defects and metal flow aspects during the process. The five year degree diploma’s model was primarily concerned with geometrical forming from the input form to the finished product in the ranges of the instrument without whole analysis of processes inside the material. Therefore it was not feasible to say with high precision the source of breaks of continuity and cuts. The advanced mathematical model adds analysis of tensions and speeds of the deformation of every triangular element. Every element has an influence on neighbors, so, if calculate tensions and speeds with using element-by-element method, it would be possible to say where the defects will emerge. The thesis ranges from fundamental concepts to practical computer implementation. Certification 1. Microsoft Certified Professional. August 24, 1998. 2. Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows 2000 Server as print, file and web server. April, 18, 2000. 3. Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows 2000 Server as print file and web server. Archived on April, 18, 2000. 4. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .Net Framework 2.0, Web Applications, Distributed Systems, Windows Applications, achieved on December 22, 2007. 5. Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: Enterprise Applications Developer, achieved on March 4, 2008. RELEVANT COURSEWORK 1. Mathematics-I Introduction to linear algebra, matrix, Laplace’s theorem, Cramer’s formulas, vectors; analytic geometry, line, plane; foundations of analysis, real numbers, limits, points of discontinuity; elementary differential equations, differentiate rules, hyperbolic functions, extremums, convexity and concavity functions, Taylor’s formula; single variable functions; complex numbers and polynomials, fundamental theorem of algebra. 2. Mathematics-II Indefinite integral; definite integral, Hewton-Leibnitz’s formula, polar coordinate system, improper integrals; functions of many variables, R-4 space, limit and continuity of functions of many variables, geometric meaning of differential; differential equations, homogeneous differential equations, linear differential equations of n-th order; common scheme of drawing integrals; multiple integrals and contour integrals, basics of vector analysis (field theory). 3. Mathematics-III Series, linear properties of convergence series, factors of comparability, Cauchy’s and d’Alembert’s factors, Leibnitz’s factors, Fourier’s theorem, Laplace’s transformations; probability theory, elementary events space, algebra of events, classical probability, Bayes’s formula, asymptotic theorems. 4. Mathematics-IV Random variables, discreet random variables, laws of distribution, random vectors, functions of random variables; numerical characteristics of random factors, expectation, dispersion, mean-square deviation, covariance, correlation coefficient. 5. Computer Science-I Foundations of software design; computers architecture; fundamental data types; input/output; operators and expressions; arithmetical expressions, operator precedence; math functions; logical operators; strings; programming fundamental elements: state, control, procedures, functions, objects, methods; arrays, matrixes; programming projects. 6. Computer Science-II Algorithms, design patterns; sort methods; random numbers; search methods; stacks; queries; trees; recursion; programs design and implementation methodology. 7. Logics Basic definitions; signs; extensional; intentional; named variables; expression logics, refusaling, conjunction, disjunction, exclusive disjunction, implication; relation among forms of logical expressions; logical expressions laws; inferences in logical expressions; theory of deductive conclusions; common indirect laws of inferences; derived rules in logical expressions (refusaling of disjunction rule, refusaling of conjunction, contraposition, exportisation, constructive and destructive dilemmas etc); comparison definitions by volume; operations under classes and definitions volumes; operations laws with volumes; definitions; division of definition volume; judgment term distribution; syllogisms; syllogism’ figures; mode; conditional conclusions; logic in electronics. 8. Physics-I Classic mechanics, kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, small oscillations; special relativity theory; mechanics of liquids and gases; hydro- and aero-statics; hydro- and aero-dynamics. 9. Physics-II Molecular physics, definition of ideal gas; basic equation of molecular-kinetics theory of gases for pressure and energy, thermal and refrigerating machines, entropy, thermodynamics laws. Electricity, electrostatics; Coulomb’s laws; direct current; classical elementary metals theory; magnetism, Ampere’s law; ferromagnetism. 10. Physics-III Optics; electromagnetic oscillations; foundations of Maxwell’s electromagnetic field theory; flat electromagnetic wave; equation of wave; Hertz’s dipole; foundations of geometric optics; interference; diffraction; light polarization; heat radiation; quantum source of light; photo-effect; Stoletov’s laws. Atom of hydrogen theory; Thompson’s model; Rezerford’s model; Bohr’s model; wave function. 11. Chemistry Substance amount; Avogadro’s law; substance equivalents; molar mass; law of equivalents; atom; periodic system of elements; covalent connection; foundations of thermo-chemistry; entropy; thermodynamics’ laws; foundations of chemical kinematics; solids; salts; oxidation-restoration reactions; foundations of electrochemistry; electrolysis. 12. Theoretical mechanics-I Statics; system of forces; statically definable and none- definable problems; friction; force moment; solid barycentre. Kinematics; point speedup; driving equation; translational movement and rotation; angular speed and acceleration; flat- parallel body movement; speeds plan; spherical body movement; complex body movement; Carioles’ acceleration 13. Theoretical mechanics-II Dynamics; Galileo-Newton’s foundation laws of mechanics; differential movement equation; inertia moment; common theorems of point and system dynamics; impulse; common dynamics equations. 14. Foundations of scientific research What’s the term knowledge means; scientific research; new technical object research; methodology of new technical object research; theoretical foundations of scientific research; exposition of solid form by structural graphs; physical modeling; methodology of experiments planning; normal distribution testing; fiducial method of mathematical research; correlative and regressive analysis; mathematical probability methods; least quadrate method; treatment of statistical method; rough errors cut-off; multiple regression and correlation analysis; oscilloscope; geometric research methods. 15. Engineering graphics-I, II Engineering graphics, draft; straight line; surface definition; plane draft; line in plane; line of two place intersection; polyhedral surface draft; drawing of triple projection; image in draft; sections; curvilinear surfaces; complex types of projection; technical image; classification of working drafts. 16. Theory of machines and mechanisms Introduction; Systems design; theory of technical systems; transformations system; technical process: definitions, model, classification; technological process model, operands, structure; operations types; technical system, its essence; systems state, model; functional structure of the technical system; technical functions classification; functions decomposition; functional structures picture; organizational structure of technical system; executive devices classification; properties classification of technical systems; ways to represent the technical systems; solids form description; graphs theory; formal movements description. 17. Electrical engineering, electronics and electrical drives-I Direct current circuits; capacity and isolation of electro- technical devices; electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction; alternating-current circuits; triple-phase system of alternating-currents; transformers; semi-conductor devices; electro-vacuum devices; electronic rectifiers, amplifiers, generators and time-elements; electrical measurements and electro- measuring devices; asynchronous and synchronous electrical machines running on alternating-current; direct-current based machines; manufacturing, transfer and distribution of electrical energy; time elements and circuit protection with time elements. 18. Electrical engineering, electronics and electrical drives-II Semiconductors; hole conduction; extrinsic conduction; semiconductor diodes; bipolar transistors; field-effect transistors; thyristors; photoelectrical semiconductor devices; integral chips; electronic emission; multi-electrode valves; electron-beam tubes; ionic devices; electro-vacuum photo- elements; rectifiers; amplifiers; feed-back in amplifiers; bipolar-transistor-based amplifiers; polar-transistor-based amplifiers; amplifiers based on electronic tubes. 19. Technical system control Inspected and no-inspected values; object actuation; perturbation, types of perturbation; control laws; dynamics equation; static equation; static characteristic; dynamic characteristic; linearization with small aberration method; linearization with tangential method; linearization with secant method; linearization with piecewise linear approximation method; Laplace’s transformation, transfer function; temporal dynamic characteristics; transition function; impulse transition function; unit action impulse; unit graduated action; frequency characteristics; automated systems classification. 20. Foundations of computer aided design Production cycle model using CAD systems; the history of CADs; core stages and design principles; design methods; getting started technological production; conception of building CAD systems; provision methods in CAD systems; common principles of building technological CADs; modeling types; informational software for CADs; basic principles of a creation of information- searching systems; databases; expert systems; CAD in various industries. 21. Computer aided graphics Foundations of computer aided graphics; engineering graphics summarized; applications design for CAD systems, computer languages, graphical modes of computers, primitives for CADs; simple CAD prototyping, object-oriented CADs design; algorithms for CADs. 22. Foundations of robotics Basic definitions, what the robots are, reprogrammed automatic machines; structure of robots; driving transmission mechanisms; robots classification; manipulation mechanism of robots; manipulators’ kinematics; manipulators’ drive; manipulators’ moving, L and service coefficient; manipulator’s precision; capture devices; basic types of devices; bases of robot’s design and testing estimates; vacuum capture device; electromagnetic capture device; robots’ control systems; robots’ information systems; basic systems of technical measurement; engineering- safety systems; industrial robots. OTHER COURSEWORK 1. Philosophy 2. Foreign language 3. Cultural science 4. History 5. Law science 6. Social science 7. Political science 8. Psychology 9. Economy 10. Physical education 11. History of world religions 12. History of technology 13. Aesthetics 14. Foundations of business relations 15. Ethics of business relations 16. Ecology 17. Theory of oscillation 18. Kinematics of technological machines 19. Mechanics of continua 20. Technology of construction materials 21. Strength of materials-I, II 22. Science of materials 23. Metrology, standardization and certification 24. Machinery-I, II 25. Hydraulics, hydra and pneumatic drives 26. Science of safety of vital activity 27. Economy of enterprise 28. Organization and planning of production on enterprises 29. Management and marketing 30. Friction and deterioration 31. Foundations of profession 32. Theory of treatment metals by pressure 33. Heating and heating devices 34. Technology of forging and three-dimensional forming 35. Technology of sheet forming 36. Forging and forming equipment-I, II, III 37. Automation of forging and forming production 38. Technology of production of forging and forming equipment and forming rig 39. Designing the shops for forging and forming production 40. Systems of computer aided design technology and equipment for forging and forming production 41. Designing and usage of stamps 42. Cool three-dimensional forming 43. Flexible production systems in forging and forming production 44. Theory of technical systems 45. Hydraulics of forging and forming machines 46. Specialized processes of sheet forming COURSE PROJECTS Computer Science The project was aimed towards the implementation of computer system that designs the machines for forming, drawing, bending and cutting metals. That kind of machines has a motor, shaft, crank, instrument and body. Mechanical characteristics of machine such as power of pressure, maximum part sizes are depend of motor and pressure of fluid or gas inside of a mechanism. This information is stored in databases, or usually, in traditional reference books. For manufacturing all part of a machine with required mechanical parameters required drawings, but core sizes of parts engineers get from empirical dependencies and numerous references. In this project was collected the statistical information from traditional references for sheet-metal forming machines, cutters, hot-metal forming machines and bending machines, made a database of empirical dependences of geometrical sizes of machine parts from required power for making a product. The computer system was designed and implemented where user enters the source information about product, the type of required operation and type of machine. The software gets information from database as the matter of user data as well as required mathematical formulas and calculates core geometrical values of motor, shaft, crank and instrument. The results could be printed out from the program. Basing on the program output, the engineer may very easily make the drawings for the produced machine. Automation of forging and forming production There was made an analysis of robot hydraulic and pneumatic robot arms. A robot arm has a motor and a pump and a fluid or gas inside of it. Joint connection of arm sections provides movement of an arm hand in three-dimensional space with power from fluid or gas transformed in mechanical power in a piston. That a robot arm could capture and move a thing, it has a special capture device in hand. The power required for capturing depends of fluid or gas pressure and geometry of a piston. The project was concerned with design of mathematical model for these dependencies and implementation of computer program upon this model. OTHER COURSE PROJECTS Strength of materials Metrology, standardization and certification Theory of mechanisms and machines Machinery Theory of treatment metals by pressure Theory of forging and three-dimensional forming Technology of sheet forming Forging and forming equipment ACADEMIC INTERESTS My academic interests are in the area of distributed and client/server systems, formal methods for distributed systems and their run-time implementation. I am also interested in studying knowledge management systems, adaptive systems, machine learning. INTERNSHIPS 1st year, spring 1996. Introduction internship. Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Corporation. Lipetsk. 3rd year, summer 1998. Technological internship. Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Corporation. Lipesk 4th year, summer 2000. Working internship. Robotics laboratory. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Lipetsk State Technical University. 5th year, spring 2001. Pre-diploma internship. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Lipetsk State Technical University. WORK EXPERIENCE Professional skills Languages: C#, C, C++, Java, Python, PL/SQL, Transact-SQL, JavaScript/VBScript, X/D/HTML; DBMS: Oracle 9.2 R2/8.1i, Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2000/7.0/6.5, Microsoft Exchange 2000, Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.0, Microsoft Access XP/2000/97; Operating systems: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95/98, Windows 3.x, MS-DOS; Development tools and platforms: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005/2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, WinDBG/KD, FxCop, NDepend, EntLib 2.0, Sun J2EE 1.4.1, IBM Eclipse 2.1, Sybase Power Designer 11/9, PL/SQL Developer 5.0/6.0, Rational Rose 2000, SAP/Business Objects 5.1; Source control systems: MS SourceSafe (VSS) 6.0, TFS 2005, CVS 1.x, Subversion 1.x; Testing and build tools: JUnit 4.0/NUnit 2.2, Ant 1.6/NAnt 0.85; Technologies: OOD/P/Patterns, SDLC, WCF, ASP/ASP.NET, COM/DCOM, MFC/ATL, ActiveX, ADO/ADO.NET, CDO, ODBC, Win32, API, WinSock, TCP/IP, HTTP, LDAP, RADIUS, ODP.NET, T-SQL; Web/App Servers: Web (Microsoft Internet Information Server ( IIS ) 6.0/5.0, Tomcat 4.1, Apache 2.0); Hardware: x86; Relevant skills: Energy industry experience; Steelmaking industry experience; Finances experience; Experience in HR modules; Project management experience (MS Project); Project tracking and defects tracking experience (Mercury Quality Center, FogBugz). Employment record 1. Developer June 1997 - May 1998 Department of Forestry, City of Lipetsk Government, Russia Have been a lead developer in the team responsible for the design of the Supply Chain Management System and Document Management System for the department of forestry in the city with the population of more than 500,000 people. Performed the analysis of the business processes for the system and workflow of the construction materials, documents (invoices, reports), work orders for planting trees, shrubberies, flowers and others. Designed and implemented the Salary Management System of the department. As a team member was responsible for the design of language interpreter, which was used for customizable schemes of salary calculation. Language interpreter was built in Microsoft Visual C++ 97 as a core component of the application and was designed for Windows 9x platform. There were used: MFC, ATL, COM and other Microsoft technologies. 2. Developer May 1998 - January 1999 Department of Forestry, City of Lipetsk Government, Russia Designed and implemented the Tax Management solution in cooperation with three team members. Was responsible for analysis of the workflow and data exchange protocol between the Payroll System and Internal Revenue Service in the city government. Performed the analysis of the DBase database used for the data storage and designed and implemented the UI layer and business layer of the solution (Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Modeler, ODBC, Visual C++ 6.0, MFC, ATL, ODBC, COM, FTP). Designed the data exchange protocol between modules. Designed and implemented the reporting system used to prepare the electronic forms submitted to the IRS service (MFC, ATL, COM, ODBC). Performed the system testing of the solution in the integrated environment. 3. Lead Developer January 1999 - December 1999 Department of Streets and Sanitation, City of Lipetsk Government, Russia Designed and implemented integrated solution for HR, Payroll, and Tax management for the company with 1200 employees. Analyzed business processes of the company, identified the requirements, and documented the requirements through usage scenarios. Designed the database for the system using Power Builder, Visual Modeler 2.0, and Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.0. Performed the migration of the system to Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. Designed and implemented the rich client application using Visual C++ 6.0, MFC, ATL, COM, DCOM, ODBC, OLE DB, and complex Transact-SQL queries. Was responsible for design of the Build-in Language Interpreter, which was handling all calculation schemes in the solution, which was implemented using Visual C++ 6.0, MFC, ATL, ODBC, OLE DB. Designed the Reporting System with the report designer using MFC, ODBC, Report Builder control. Performed the system testing and backups planning for the system. 4. Software Developer December 1999 - February 2001 Altalen, LLC, Lipetsk, Russia Designed and implemented the system for time management in the computer club. The client/server application for daily operations of the computer club with about 200 computers in 24/7. Was responsible for analysis of the business processes such as time management, finances management, client membership, computer control, and reporting. Identified the requirements for the project, documented these requirements through usage scenarios. Designed a communication protocol for computer control using WinSock, TCP/IP, Win32 API, multi-threading programming. Created the rich client for manager’s computers and server part for controlled computers using MFC, Win32 API. Designed the application for membership management, reporting for financial reports, time reports, and membership reports using MFC, ATL, JavaScript, VBScript, DHTML, ASP, COM, and CDO. Designed the highly-available logging system. 5. Software Developer April 2001 - September 2002 Novolipetsk Steel, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lipetsk, Russia Designed and implemented the Document Management System solution. Was responsible for a client part of the client-server system, which users were using to register new documents, organize them into categories, perform the search in the catalog, and source control of the documents. Documents were a critical business of company’s drawing archive, created by design engineers and used for production. Performed the analysis of the business processes in the department with 300 users (Rational Rose/UML) and designed a database for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 (stored procedures, triggers, views, DTS, COM objects). Designed and implemented the rich client application (Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, MFC, MDAC, ODBC, ActiveX, COM, DHTML, JavaScript, and VBScript). Performed the system testing of the solution and implemented it into production. 6. Analyst / Architect June 2003 - December 2003 Novolipetsk Steel, JSC, Lipetsk, Russia Client: Dansteel A/S, Fredericksverg, Danmark Performed migration of the Manufacturing Executing System from IBM mainframe and VAX to open platform in Dansteel A/S. Analyzed the business processes, identified the requirements and created the application specification for the heterogeneous solution. Designed and implemented the data exchange protocol for the distributed system with main operations center in Danmark and corporate hub in Russia. Was responsible for configuring the daily transmissions through VPN and sFTP, uploading the information using Oracle SQL*Loader, transforming business information which was a snapshot of mainframe database into relational database running on Oracle 8.1i. 7. Senior Software Developer / Team Lead September 2002 - November 2004 Novolipetsk Steel, JSC, Lipetsk, Russia Project 1: Designed and implemented the top layer of the distributed energy accounting system for company with 70000 employees and 9.1M tones of steel produced yearly. Designed and implemented the system for collecting information about energy resources from SCADA systems, which, in turn, collected the information from controllers from nearly 10,000 accounting points (sensors of physical devices, those measure the consumption of water, gas, electricity and other resources). Designed and implemented the data communication protocol to transfer the data collected using Mik$ys SCADA system to the relational database built on Oracle 8.1i. Designed and implemented rich client application for manual input of information into the database using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET using C#, Windows Forms and ODP.NET. Implemented the Notification and Reporting service using Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Designed and implemented authentication module with company’s Active Directory built on Windows 2000 Domain, LDAP, RADIUS protocol. Project 2: Designed and implemented an OLAP solution for business analysis of the HR database for 70000 employees. Performed an analysis of the business processes of the system for monitoring of metal production within the workshop and designed a universe for the SAP/Business Objects 5.1 platform with database was running on Oracle 8.1i with hundreds of tables and millions of records in tables. Performed an analysis of the energy resources management of the company with 9.1M tones of steel produced and designed a universe for analytics layer above the SCADA subsystems for energy resources management system. The SCADA subsystems were running on DECONT and PL controllers with geographical distribution of centers over the 50 square km and the system had nearly 10,000 accounting points. 8. Software Developer January 2005 - October 2008 JP Morgan Chase, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. Designed, implemented and tested code in the middle tier of the wholesale customer receivables system including domain model, business and services layer for the system with over $1B processed daily, 50000 users and 2000 customers. Designed and implemented code according to the business requirements using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and other Microsoft tools, the backend code using PL/SQL for the database and image server with 12 TB storage used. Tested written code using testing harness (NUnit). Designed, implemented and optimized for performance the common framework for solution with 5M lines of code. Designed, implemented and tested code for off-line data browsing on CD-ROMs. Designed search engine for these CD-ROMs using Java technologies (MSJVM 1.1, Sun JVM 1.4.x) using IBM WebSphere 5.x/Eclipse 2.1. Designed and implemented the data exchange protocol between Canadian and US banks. Performed performance optimization of the protocol using various mathematical algorithms. 9. Senior Product Engineer October 2008 - Present InRule Technology, Inc., Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Chicago, Illinois Responsible for delivery of a feature of next version of Business Rule Engine, which provides an authoring environment and SDK for automation of business logic by OEM integration into the customers’ products. InRule Engine is built into the end-user products of companies including Hewlett-Packard, EDS, JPMorgan Chase, and Merrill Lynch. Designed and implemented the Rule Flow feature using WPF, Visual Studio 2008 and other Microsoft tools. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teacher assistant. 85 hours total, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lipetsk State Technical University, 2001-2002. Overview: Conducted recitations for students in a computer laboratory of the Department of Mechanical Engineering for class “Foundations of Computer-Aided Design”, made a detailed plan of the recitations according to the study plan for students and conducted this plan during recitations. Assisted a teacher in laboratory works for class “Foundations of robotics”, headed a sub-group of students and helped to demonstrate robots and robots programming techniques. Planned and conducted few lectures for minor students for course of “Foundations of Computer-Aided Design”. PUBLICATIONS 1. Parallel multi-constrained partitioning schemes applied to the problems of deep drawing processes of sheet metal. Submitted to Applied Mathematical Modelling on 4/27/2009. 2. Conference paper: Schmidt A. A. Three-dimensional modeling of drawing processes on personal computers. Lipetsk State Technical University, 2001 3. Gliznutsin V. E., Schmidt A. A. Technology of making electronic methodical materials. “Development and introduction experience of a new educational technologies in scholastic process in the universities”. Lipetsk State Technical University, 2000. 4. Shaitanov V. A., Schmidt A. A. Function-cost analysis in management. “Economicheskiy Vestnik”. Lipetsk State Technical University, 1999. AWARDS AND HONORS 1. Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award, 2002. 2. Step to the Future Honor, 2002, The 5th Regional Scientific and Engineering Symposium “Step to the Future”. REFERENCES/RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Igor E. Arutyunov, Prof. Department of Mechanical Engineering Lipetsk State Technical University. 2. Vladimir E. Gliznutsin, MS, Teacher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lipetsk State Technical University. 3. Alexander I. Ostankov, MS in CS, Chief of Department of Information Technologies, Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Corporation. 4. Vitaly A. Shaitanov, Dr. of Science in Economics, Department of Economics, Lipetsk State Technical University.