Entrepreneur, Engineer, Marathoner

Carl Byington takes son Eric for his first skydive adventure. Smiles and endorphins in the skies over Atlanta GA

Carl Stewart Byington is a unique individual who has accomplished something that less than 500 people in the world have done. He has run marathons on all seven continents and is a member of the ‘7 Continents Marathon Club’. Carl is also a successful entrepreneur, engineer, writer, and speaker who is well known in the predictive analytics and condition-based maintenance (CBM) sphere. He was part of world-class teams at Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, Impact Technologies LLC, and Sikorsky Aircraft. He is presently engaged in consulting with his company, PHM Design, LLC. Carl excelled in most academics and wrestling in school. It was natural for him to evolve into both engineering and more solo sports activities such as weight lifting, rock climbing, and running. A series of circumstances led him to fall about 70 feet onto a rock shelf shattering the bones in my right leg with compound fractures while he was lead climbing at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, on Sept. 9, 2003. That ultimately led him to his Seven Continent Marathon Quest. Carl Byington successfully returned to mountain climbing, became a SCUBA Divemaster with his son, Connor, and pursued other backpacking and trekking accomplishments. Carl Byington continues his world travel, adventuring, PHM mentoring, and CBM consulting. He has also started several new companies including a music publishing company. Carl Byington can be reached via his LinkedIn, Twitter, or his company website, PHM Design LLC.

Carl Stewart Byington is a unique individual who has accomplished something that less than 500 people in the world have done. He has run marathons on all seven continents and is a member of the ‘7 Continents Marathon Club’. Carl is also a successful entrepreneur, engineer, writer, and speaker who is well known in the predictive analytics and condition-based maintenance (CBM) sphere. He was part of world-class teams at Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, Impact Technologies LLC, and Sikorsky Aircraft. He is presently engaged in consulting with his company, PHM Design, LLC. Carl excelled in most academics and wrestling in school. It was natural for him to evolve into both engineering and more solo sports activities such as weight lifting, rock climbing, and running. A series of circumstances led him to fall about 70 feet onto a rock shelf shattering the bones in my right leg with compound fractures while he was lead climbing at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, on Sept. 9, 2003. That ultimately led him to his Seven Continent Marathon Quest. Carl Byington successfully returned to mountain climbing, became a SCUBA Divemaster with his son, Connor, and pursued other backpacking and trekking accomplishments. Carl Byington continues his world travel, adventuring, PHM mentoring, and CBM consulting. He has also started several new companies including a music publishing company. Carl Byington can be reached via his LinkedIn, Twitter, or his company website, PHM Design LLC.

Carl Stewart Byington is a unique individual who has accomplished something that less than 500 people in the world have done. He has run marathons on all seven continents and is a member of the ‘7 Continents Marathon Club’. Carl is also a successful entrepreneur, engineer, writer, and speaker who is well known in the predictive analytics and condition-based maintenance (CBM) sphere. He was part of world-class teams at Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, Impact Technologies LLC, and Sikorsky Aircraft. He is presently engaged in consulting with his company, PHM Design, LLC. Carl excelled in most academics and wrestling in school. It was natural for him to evolve into both engineering and more solo sports activities such as weight lifting, rock climbing, and running. A series of circumstances led him to fall about 70 feet onto a rock shelf shattering the bones in my right leg with compound fractures while he was lead climbing at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, on Sept. 9, 2003. That ultimately led him to his Seven Continent Marathon Quest. Carl Byington successfully returned to mountain climbing, became a SCUBA Divemaster with his son, Connor, and pursued other backpacking and trekking accomplishments. Carl Byington continues his world travel, adventuring, PHM mentoring, and CBM consulting. He has also started several new companies including a music publishing company. Carl Byington can be reached via his LinkedIn, Twitter, or his company website, PHM Design LLC.

Carl Stewart Byington is a unique individual who has accomplished something that less than 500 people in the world have done. He has run marathons on all seven continents and is a member of the ‘7 Continents Marathon Club’. Carl is also a successful entrepreneur, engineer, writer, and speaker who is well known in the predictive analytics and condition-based maintenance (CBM) sphere. He was part of world-class teams at Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, Impact Technologies LLC, and Sikorsky Aircraft. He is presently engaged in consulting with his company, PHM Design, LLC. Carl excelled in most academics and wrestling in school. It was natural for him to evolve into both engineering and more solo sports activities such as weight lifting, rock climbing, and running. A series of circumstances led him to fall about 70 feet onto a rock shelf shattering the bones in my right leg with compound fractures while he was lead climbing at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, on Sept. 9, 2003. That ultimately led him to his Seven Continent Marathon Quest. Carl Byington successfully returned to mountain climbing, became a SCUBA Divemaster with his son, Connor, and pursued other backpacking and trekking accomplishments. Carl Byington continues his world travel, adventuring, PHM mentoring, and CBM consulting. He has also started several new companies including a music publishing company. Carl Byington can be reached via his LinkedIn, Twitter, or his company website, PHM Design LLC.

Carl Stewart Byington is a unique individual who has accomplished something that less than 500 people in the world have done. He has run marathons on all seven continents and is a member of the ‘7 Continents Marathon Club’. Carl is also a successful entrepreneur, engineer, writer, and speaker who is well known in the predictive analytics and condition-based maintenance (CBM) sphere. He was part of world-class teams at Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, Impact Technologies LLC, and Sikorsky Aircraft. He is presently engaged in consulting with his company, PHM Design, LLC. Carl excelled in most academics and wrestling in school. It was natural for him to evolve into both engineering and more solo sports activities such as weight lifting, rock climbing, and running. A series of circumstances led him to fall about 70 feet onto a rock shelf shattering the bones in my right leg with compound fractures while he was lead climbing at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, on Sept. 9, 2003. That ultimately led him to his Seven Continent Marathon Quest. Carl Byington successfully returned to mountain climbing, became a SCUBA Divemaster with his son, Connor, and pursued other backpacking and trekking accomplishments. Carl Byington continues his world travel, adventuring, PHM mentoring, and CBM consulting. He has also started several new companies including a music publishing company. Carl Byington can be reached via his LinkedIn, Twitter, or his company website, PHM Design LLC.

Carl Byington continues his world travel, adventuring, PHM mentoring, and CBM consulting. He has also started several new companies including a music publishing company. Carl Byington can be reached via his LinkedIn, Twitter, or his company website, PHM Design LLC. You can also subscribe to his Youtube to follow his running, diving, and climbing adventures. For more of his professional work, check out Researchgate and his IEEE collection. If you are interested in exploring and discussing any his patents they are collected on Justia.

Carl Byington continues his world travel, adventuring, PHM mentoring, and CBM consulting. He has also started several new companies including a music publishing company. Carl Byington can be reached via his LinkedIn, Twitter, or his company website, PHM Design LLC. You can also subscribe to his Youtube to follow his running, diving, and climbing adventures. For more of his professional work, check out Researchgate and his IEEE collection. If you are interested in exploring and discussing any his patents they are collected on Justia.

An enabling decision support capability that collects, processes, and manages health data to assess the current condition of a host system, determine its ability to perform a given mission, and facilitate its optimal management. Enhanced Detection and Diagnostic technology targeting key functional areas Integrated Model-Based Embedded Reasoning with Prognostic Inputs Flexible, robust data acquisition and processing hardware facilitates demonstration Enhanced ground based analysis functionality integrated in the logistics and maintenance infrastructure Benefits of Health and Capability Information to Ground Operations Mission assurance of loiter and target coverage continuity Optimized maintenance enabled via system health knowledge Opportunistic Parts, tools, manpower on-hand Optimized vehicle usage Flight capabilities compared to mission requirements Enhanced analysis and trending capabilities Vehicle, System-wide, Fleet-wide historical perspective

Carl Byington Dog Sledding in Norway Mush on!

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Carl Byington Dog Sledding in Norway

Dog sledding is widely offered in northern Norway, with multi-day tours starting in Tromsø, Alta, Karasjok, and Kirkenes. This was from my stop in Kirkenes. You don't need experience to participate—you'll receive instruction from experienced guides before heading out at the helm of your own team of eager huskies.

The Bergen to Oslo train is among the most popular rail routes in Norway. The train passes numerous scenic fjords, lakes, traditional Scandinavian villages, and opens incredible picturesque views of the countryside throughout the way. Interestingly, the route is actually considered to be one of the most beautiful ones in entire Europe and in the world. The railway journey may seem like a long one at first but the views outside the train window are stunning. What is more, the trains are comfortable, well-fitted, and offer modern amenities to make for a pleasant trip.

Carl Byington continues his world travel, adventuring, PHM mentoring, and CBM consulting. He has also started several new companies including a music publishing company. Carl Byington can be reached via his LinkedIn, Twitter, or his company website, PHM Design LLC. You can also subscribe to his Youtube to follow his running, diving, and climbing adventures. For more of his professional work, check out Researchgate and his IEEE collection. If you are interested in exploring and discussing any his patents they are collected on Justia.

Carl Byington reviews the basics behind Condition-based Maintenance (CBM) and Prognostics and Health Management. PHM Design LLC: Founder and President, PHM/CBM+ Engineering Consulting Lockheed Martin: USAF CBM+ Pilot Programs and Business Integration Lead Sikorsky Aircraft: PHM Analytics and New Business Development Impact Technologies: Director, Systems Engineering and Principal Owner Penn State University ARL: Youngest Department Head, Condition-based Maintenance NASA Langley Research Center: Rocket Scientist and Propulsion Research BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania MS in Aeronautical Engineering from George Washington University/NASA LaRC Possess 30 years of design, analysis, and testing experience with fluid power, thermal, mechanical, and electrical systems in naval, aviation and industrial applications Performed as the Principal Investigator (PI)/Chief Engineer for innovative PHM technologies on over 60 programs across all branches of the US military, NASA, and other customers Produced over 130 publications related to advanced sensing, signal processing, vibration monitoring, diagnostics and control, prognostics, data fusion, and equipment health management Lead or Coauthor on 10 US patents related to predictive monitoring technologies Prior membership in ASME, IEEE, AIAA, SAE, STLE, AHS and MFPT Past Program Chairman of the MFPT Society and Technical Program Chairman of PHM Society Conference Chairman of the PHM Society Annual Meeting (2013 and 2014) PHM Society Board of Directors, Corporate Liaison, Sponsorship Chairman, and Advisor Lead instructor for the Annual (2003-Present) “PHM/CBM Design” short course offered to government and industry participants USAF CBM+ Pilot Program Lead and Primary Technology Consultant

Carl Byington of PHM Design and formerly Impact Technologies developed a Matlab/Simulink™ based Probabilistic Modeling and Analysis Toolbox (P-MAT) application that provides an intuitive and information-rich modeling environment for probabilistic reliability analysis with a powerful toolset consisting of Bayesian Update, Monte Carlo, 3rd party software integration and other modules. The USAF was provided prototype software that fully supports traditional probabilistic reliability analysis as well as uncertainty management via a multi-loop, iterative approach to Bayesian Updating in the presence of various forms of test data or other evidence types. While Simulink™ acts as the primary modeling and simulation environment for most analysis functions, file I/O, plotting, etc., P-MAT also has the capability to translate some model elements into efficient routines for computationally intensive processes or for integration with 3rd party open source applications as well as perform high level project management in a front-end interface. Impact ensured that P-MAT meets the USAF functional requirements and that it is robust and accurate by exercising it on turbine blade design problem or a specific USAF case study.

Carl Byington doing the Bungee Swing over the Victoria Falls Gorge, Zimbabwe. A couple days later, Carl completed his 7th Continent Marathon.

Matt Watson and the Impact Team do accelerometer installation in an operational wind turbine and capture multiple modes to develop a vibration-based PHM Solution.

Carl Byington and Team demonstrate improvements to helicopter bearing diagnostics.

Carl Byington, Ryan Brewer, and other Impact Technologies team members developed and demonstrated oil sensing technology based on broadband electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. An on-line fluid analysis process that can determine oil health in real-time will address the current shortcomings in oil analysis practices. The proposed program directly addresses this technological need through the development of a prototype sensor package (Smart Oil Sensor™) to infer oil quality using a novel, broadband electrical impedance spectroscopy method. A means to infer the quality of oil, as well as the health of the adjoining mechanical systems, would provide critical information to ensure asset readiness and allow maintenance actions to be planned on the basis of condition. This capability would also greatly reduce cost and waste, as well as provide a faster, on-demand assessment of oil condition. Implementation of an on-line system would help minimize/prevent pollution, conserve fluid resources, and help the DoD comply with federal, state, local, and host-nation environmental requirements by reducing generated waste. Moreover, by providing on-line quality measurements along with other evolving capabilities, such as debris sensing and vibration measurements, machinery failure mode indicators can be fused to produce better fault classification and component (LRU) replacement recommendations. Such an on-line predictive capability will provide readiness and total ownership cost benefits, and several major acquisition programs are planning to implement improved on-line systems with their fielded platforms. A critical step toward accomplishing some of these economic and logistic goals is the development of improved on-line monitoring systems as detailed herein. Developments in this oil condition monitoring and advanced, autonomous filtering arena will help reduce life cycle costs, increase readiness, maintain inherent machine reliability, provide greater mission assurance, and improve safety.

Carl Byington, Matt Watson and the Impact Team demonstrate embedded devices for structural monitoring of military vehicles. Military ground vehicles undergo high-stress loading profiles and are susceptible to operational impacts that can produce various types of damage. In ground vehicle systems, loading is distributed across the wheels, suspensions, frame, etc. through bushings and other connections leading to distributed damage (bushing rupture, tie rod failure, frame cracks, etc.). The result of such damage can have detrimental effects on the overall vehicle strength and in some cases compromise the safety of the crew. Currently implemented NDE/I techniques applied at regular maintenance intervals are becoming more and more impractical due to increased cost and manpower requirements. Therefore reliable, practical, and non-intrusive technologies for continuously assessing or periodically assessing the health state of a structure are required in order to improve vehicle availability, reduce the safety risks and total cost of ownership through elimination of costly inspection processes.

Carl Byington and Impact Team reviewing some of their work to design PHM for avionics systems.

Carl Byington exploring FL Springs caverns.

Carl Byington of Ellijay GA exploring some Florida caves with friends.