About
Mr. Brian D. Kane is owner of Kane Engineering Services (KES) a sole proprietorship located in central Pennsylvania. KES provides consulting, engineering, design, fabrication, and test management services to the aerodynamic test industry, with special focus on wind tunnels. Professional experience includes 15 years of wind-tunnel facility design, management, and test engineering practice in both the aerospace, automotive and motorsports industries.
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Mr. Kane worked as a Wind-Tunnel Test Engineer for both The Boeing Company (2003-2008) and Bombardier Aerospace (2010). As a test engineer, he was responsible for all aspects of wind-tunnel test planning, test coordination, test execution, and documentation. Specific tasks included defining test criteria, overseeing model design and fabrication, selecting test instrumentation, directing test crews, and validating experimental data. Mr. Kane worked on a wide variety of aerodynamic development programs ranging from conceptual fighter aircraft to advanced propulsion and weapon systems. Mr. Kane formerly held an Interim Top-Secret Clearance while at The Boeing Company.
Additional experience includes working as the Lead Wind Tunnel Operations Engineer at Swift Engineering Inc. (2000-2003), as well as the Wind Tunnel Technical Manager at the University of Southampton (2008-2009). Both Swift Engineering and the University of Southampton owned and operated automotive wind-tunnel facilities providing half-scale model testing to the automotive and motorsports industry. In both roles Mr. Kane provided engineering and operational support for the wind-tunnel facilities and coordinated day-to-day test activities with internal and external customers. Mr. Kane supported internal wind tunnel test programs such as the Swift Champ, Swift Atlantic, and the Toyota Celica Funny car. Additional external customers include Stewart Grand Prix, Jaguar F1, and numerous CART, NASCAR, and automotive manufacturers including BMW and Ford. Mr. Kane designed and implemented facility improvements using CAD software. Examples include under belt wheel rollers, design of a model motion system, and the design of an aft sting support system (US Patent US 6,962,076 B2).
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After graduating Mr. Kane worked as a Wind-Tunnel Test Engineer for both The Boeing Company (2003-2008) and Bombardier Aerospace (2010). As a test engineer, he was responsible for all aspects of wind-tunnel test planning, test coordination, test execution, and documentation. Specific tasks included defining test criteria, overseeing model design and fabrication, selecting test instrumentation, directing test crews, and validating experimental data. Mr. Kane worked on a wide variety of aerodynamic development programs ranging from conceptual fighter aircraft to advanced propulsion and weapon systems. Mr. Kane formerly held an Interim Top-Secret Clearance while at The Boeing Company.r. Kane was employed by the Penn State Aerospace Department as a Design Engineer and Machine Shop Supervisor/Lab Assistant. Mr. Kane designed a new closed circuit wind tunnel utilizing components from a prior facility purchased from University of Southern California. The project involved developing a conceptual design based on limited space and budget, calculating the pressure and energy losses of the circuit, drawing up the detailed designs, and starting the wind tunnels fabrication.
Mr. Kane earned a Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1997. Additional course work focused on Engineering Management was studied at Washington University in St. Louis. Course work included: Project Administration, Engineering Law, Strategic Management, Operations Management, Strategic Management of Technology, Marketing for Engineering & Technology, Production & Use of Financial Information, and Technical Communications.