F3 Management
Odilo Vazquez, Ph.D.
President and Managing Partner
Dr. Vazquez has worked in the Aerospace industry for over twenty years. Dr. Vazquez recently completed work for a manufacture of rescue hoists that are used in many search and rescue helicopters today. He led the effort to design and implement the shock attenuating devices at a major rescue hoist manufacturer. The shock attenuating devices are now widely used in rescue hoist applications at to protect occupants from wire rope failure due to shock events, including the sea hawk program.
While at Cox and Company in New York, NY, Dr. Vazquez performed impact analysis for the Raytheon’s Premiere I Aircraft. During this tenure he was responsible for the analysis of a bird strike event on the leading edge of the aircraft. The analysis considered the structural response of the leading edge of the Premier in the event the aircraft was traveling 250 miles per hour and collided with a three-pound bird. It considered the impact energy of this event and the structural response of a composite. The analysis was submitted to the FAA, who eventually approved the aircraft as flight worthy.
Dr. Vazquez has also performed analytical shock testing for the U.S. Navy as an employee of Knolls Atomic Laboratory in Schenectady, NY. He was responsible for analyzing and improving the energy absorbing capability of mechanisms used aboard submarines when subjected to nearby ballistic shock events.
Dr. Vazquez received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technolog, Hoboken, NJ, and his Masters of Science and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
