Regis A. David, Ph.D. joins the Mechanical Engineering Department at Knott Laboratory, LLC. Dr. David received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, in 2005, 2007 and 2011, respectively.
Dr. David received his M.S. degree for his thesis entitled “Generalized Two-Dimensional Model to Reconstruct the Impact Phase in Automobile Collisions”. Dr. David worked for Altair Engineering as an Application Engineer in Everett, Washington. His responsibilities included teaching Altair’s software training classes to Boeing Employees and providing Finite Element Analysis consultant expertise to Boeing. Dr. David has also performed research and published papers in the area of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), specifically simulation and testing of micro molecule motion during nanoinjection.
Dr. David is married and has one daughter. For leisure, he enjoys woodworking, gardening, camping, hiking, cooking and spending time with family.





