Manager, Advanced Systems. Mr Mitchell graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with BSME and MSME degrees. He has worked over thirty years in the precision motion industry in design, program management, and marketing with extensive experience in multi-axis motion simulators, telescopes, robotic devices, and air bearings. He has experience in finite element analysis (FEA), fluid flow, dynamics, heat transfer, and vibration. He has published numerous papers on simulation and testing at SAE, SPIE, AIAA, Automotive Testing Expo, and ION conferences. He was selected for a membership in the SPIE Technical Committee for HWIL. He has served as co-chairman of conference sessions at SPIE and Automotive Testing Expo.