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Stuart Brown Ph.D.
Contact:
sbrown@veryst.com
Dr.
Stuart Brown is currently managing partner of Veryst Engineering,
an engineering consulting firm located in the Boston area. Veryst
provides services in product design, manufacturing processes,
and failure analysis. Dr. Brown's technical background includes
mechanical engineering and materials science. Specific topics
of expertise include strength of materials with subspecialties
in plasticity, fracture, fatigue, elasticity, viscoelasticity,
creep, fatigue, wear, and viscoplasticity. He has experience
with a wide variety of materials encompassing metals, polymers,
composites, and ceramics, including glass. He has consulted
in manufacturing processes including metal forming, semi-solid
materials, powder metallurgy, drawing, forging, welding, cold
and hot rolling, electrical contacts, and extrusions. He has
also extensive research and development experience in thin films
and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).
Dr.
Brown consults regularly within the medical device and consumer
products industries. His medical device work has involved
catheters, guidewires, stents, electromechanical devices,
and other cardiovascular and orthopedic devices. He also provides
technical advice on consumer products, electronic and electrical
components, and industrial equipment.
Prior to founding Veryst Engineering, Dr.
Brown was director of the Boston Office of Exponent, Inc.
Before Exponent, Dr. Brown was on the faculty of the Department
of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He has performed research in metal
forming operations and other industrial processes, thin films,
and MEMS.
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1987
M.B.A., Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School
of Business, 1979
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1980
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Washington University, 1977
A.B., English Literature, Washington University, 1977
Tau Beta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Tau Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa;
Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Teaching Award;
NASA Certificate of Excellence
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