Joseph Janas Resume 20091201

Joseph F. Janas 2121 W Cortez St #1 ● Chicago, Illinois 60622 ● 219.512.6764 ● [email protected] EDUCATION:

Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Juris Doctor Candidate, Expected May 2012 Candidate for Certificate in Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Law Society: 1L Section Representative Journal of Intellectual Property: Associate Editor American Bar Association: Member Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May 2006, GPA: 3.07/4.00 Study Abroad: Univerzita Karlova, Prague, Czech Republic, Summer 2003 Purdue Student Engineering Foundation: Active 60 member organization for engineering outreach • Vice President of Communications (2004) • Director of Engineering Expo (2003): Day long engineering competition for high schools • Member of the Year (2003), Lifetime Achievement Award (2005) Purdue President’s Leadership Class Member (One of 32 students selected from pool of 8,000) ENGR 104 Instructor: Introduction to Engineering

BAR STATUS:

United States Patent and Trademark Office, Expected August 2010

PROFESSIONAL Motorola, Inc. (Later acquired by Continental AG), Deer Park, Illinois EXPERIENCE: Mechanical Engineer, Powertrain & Chassis Control Systems, June 2006 – August 2009 • Completed Engineering Rotational Program with rotations in Quality, Transmission, and Interiors; graduated as part of an elite fast-track engineering group • Led mechanical design support for electronic transmission controller manufacturing line move from New York to Mexico resulting in $2M annual cost savings • Led mechanical design for multiple quoting efforts to automotive OEMs and responsible for formal failure analysis of powertrain control modules • Technical experience: automotive electronics, printed circuit boards (FR4 and HDI), surface mount components, adhesives, plastics, metal castings and stampings, finite element analysis Polaris Industries, Wyoming, Minnesota Mechanical Engineering Co-op, June 2005 – December 2005 • Designed durability validation test course and tracked test results for prototype ATV • Developed automated electro-hydraulic testing system • Technical experience: off-road vehicles (ATVs, snowmobiles, utility vehicles), sensors (accelerometers, force transducers, strain gages), software programming, electro-mechanical control systems Red Bull Cheever Racing, Indianapolis, Indiana Race Engineering Intern, May 2005 • Implemented real-time tire temperature monitoring system on IRL racecar • Technical experience: open-wheel racecars, infrared cameras, wireless data transmission Remy International, Inc., Anderson, Indiana Mechanical Engineering Intern, May 2004 – August 2004 • Developed test matrix and performed corrosion durability analysis on the effects of de-icing solution on starters and alternators • Technical experience: automotive components (starters, alternators), corrosion INTERESTS:

Food, cooking, traveling (traveled to 16 countries), open-wheel racing, Chicago Bears football

PUBLICATIONS: Tony Asghari & Joseph Janas, Analysis of Thermal Displacements due to CTE Mismatches Using FEA Simulation and Experimental Validation with a Differential Variable Reluctance Transducer (The ASME/Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of Micro, Nano, and Electronic Systems (InterPACK ’07), Vancouver, Canada, July 8-12, 2007), IPACK2007-33217.