- Dr. Subramaniam Rajan Joins as Director of Research &
Development
- Ms. Ruth G. Covey Reinstated as Senior Director of
Operations
TEMPE, Arizona, July 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Armor Designs, Inc.
(LSE: ADID)("Armor" or the "Company"), a leading designer,
integrator and manufacturer of body armor solutions for military,
government and commercial use, today announces recent
organizational changes. Dr. Subramaniam ("Subby") Rajan, currently
a professor and Director of Civil and Environmental Engineering at
Arizona State University (ASU), has
joined Armor Designs as Director of Research and Development. The
Company has also reinstated Ms. Ruth
Covey as Senior Director of Operations.
"We are pleased to have made these important additions to our
executive management team at Armor Designs," said David Oliveira, Chief Executive Officer of Armor
Designs. "Conceptualizing, designing, manufacturing and assembling
superior body armor, vehicular and infrastructure protection
products is at the foundation of what we do, and we are very
fortunate to have Dr. Rajan join our Company to spearhead our
R&D efforts. Dr. Rajan has extensive research experience in the
fields of mechanical and computational engineering, and he will
continue to teach the computational and experimental mechanics
research program at ASU.
"We are also proud to reinstate Ms. Covey as the head of our
operating and manufacturing systems. Ms. Covey has been with the
Company since its inception and has been instrumental in
implementing Armor Designs' Quality Management System (ISO),
Manufacturing Enterprise Requirements Planning (ERP) program,
Export Control system, and Facilities Security processes in
collaboration with Federal and State oversight agencies," Mr.
Oliveira continued. "As we continue to expand our executive staff
at Armor Designs, we plan to recruit people such as Dr. Rajan and
Ms. Covey who are outstanding in their areas of expertise and
experience."
Dr. Subramaniam ("Subby") Rajan, Director of Research and
Development
Dr. Rajan has over thirty five years of experience in
fundamental and applied research in computational and experimental
mechanics involving development of tools for engineering design
including finite element analysis, design optimization,
constitutive modeling of composites, software development and
high-performance computations. Currently serving as a Professor of
Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University, he has worked as a
principal and co-principal investigator in sponsored research from
government agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF),
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) and the US Army. Over the last
fifteen years, he has been working to find effective solutions to
ballistic and blast problems working with the FAA and DoD (ARL,
TSWG, SOCOM) both as a faculty member at ASU and by leading the
R&D efforts at ADI.
Dr. Rajan has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed
journals and conference presentations, has won best papers awards,
and has several patents in his name. His teaching abilities have
been recognized by winning several awards such as the ASCE Best
Teacher Award, the Top 5% Faculty Award from the Ira A. Fulton
Schools of Engineering, and the Outstanding Educator of the Year
Award from the Greater Phoenix Engineering Association. He is
engaged in community activities such as K-12 education for students
and teachers in the state of Arizona, serves as a board member of the
Resource Center for Global Ecohappiness, is a board member and
faculty expert in the Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering
Education, and is also a member of the Education Advisory Board for
the Kno Corporation in California.
He obtained his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, and a PhD in solid mechanics from the University of Iowa.
Ruth G. Covey, Senior
Director, Operations
Ms. Covey has an extensive corporate executive leadership
background at companies such as the Boeing Corporation and Applied
Materials where she focused on manufacturing process improvement,
product and supplier quality, customer satisfaction, employee
satisfaction, team building and restructuring/downsizing troubled
departments. Ms. Covey has an undergraduate degree in Manufacturing
Engineering and a Masters in International Management. She is a US
Citizen, born in the United
Kingdom and raised in the Republic of South Africa.
For further
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M. Carol
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Ken
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Armor Designs,
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Tel: +1 520 329
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David L.
Oliveira
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S. P. Angel Corporate
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Tel: +4420 3463
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www.armordesigns.com
About Armor Designs, Inc.
Armor Designs, Inc. (ADI) is a knowledge-based,
technology-innovation company that develops and manufactures the
highest quality, lightest and most cost-effective armor solutions
to serve the military, government and commercial sectors on a
global basis. We are an international company headquartered in
Phoenix, Arizona, and our
commitment to state-of-the-art innovation is driven through the
application of our patented Volumetrically Controlled Manufacturing
(VCM) methodologies. VCM is a unique, integrated design and
manufacturing approach that optimizes parts and systems by varying
the size, shape, topology and material properties of the
constituent materials in the armor allowing for rapid design and
manufacturing of advanced composite materials. This methodology
eliminates the trial-and-error approach and instead provides a
robust platform for a rapid development of armor solutions that can
be tailored for any application.
The Report and Accounts will shortly be available on the Company
website, www.armordesigns.com. Please also refer to our Annual
Report for complete financial statements.
For more information, please visit the Armor Designs web site at
www.armordesigns.com.
Safe Harbor Statement and Disclaimer
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amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
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