Jovan Zagajac
Technical Expert, Henry Ford Technical Fellow Associate, Virtual Product Analysis & Verification
Ford Motor Company
Dr. Zagajac is an associate of the Office of Technical Fellow for Virtual Product Creation (VPC) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) at Ford Motor Company, leading the efforts to facilitate the integration of advanced CAE technologies into the mainstream product creation processes throughout the Ford Enterprise. As a Technical Specialist and Six Sigma Black Belt Dr. Zagajac is also leading research and development efforts in robust engineering and multi-disciplinary design optimization using digital simulation.
Dr. Zagajac has over twenty years of experience in development and application of CAD and CAE technologies in Mechanical, Civil and Architectural Design. He earned a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University in New York and also holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York and an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan.