Joseph F.

Janas
2121 W Cortez St #1 ● Chicago, Illinois 60622 ● 219.512.6764 ● jjanas@kentlaw.edu

EDUCATION: Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

Juris Doctor Candidate, Expected May 2012
Candidate for Certificate in Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property Law Society: 1L Section Representative
Journal of Intellectual Property: Associate Editor
American Bar Association: Member
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May 2006, GPA: 3.07/4.00
Study Abroad: Univerzita Karlova, Prague, Czech Republic, Summer 2003
Purdue Student Engineering Foundation: Active 60 member organization for engineering outreach
• Vice President of Communications (2004)
• Director of Engineering Expo (2003): Day long engineering competition for high schools
• Member of the Year (2003), Lifetime Achievement Award (2005)
Purdue President’s Leadership Class Member (One of 32 students selected from pool of 8,000)
ENGR 104 Instructor: Introduction to Engineering
BAR
STATUS: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Expected August 2010

PROFESSIONAL Motorola, Inc. (Later acquired by Continental AG), Deer Park, Illinois
EXPERIENCE: Mechanical Engineer, Powertrain & Chassis Control Systems, June 2006 – August 2009
• Completed Engineering Rotational Program with rotations in Quality, Transmission, and
Interiors; graduated as part of an elite fast-track engineering group
• Led mechanical design support for electronic transmission controller manufacturing line move
from New York to Mexico resulting in $2M annual cost savings
• Led mechanical design for multiple quoting efforts to automotive OEMs and responsible for
formal failure analysis of powertrain control modules
• Technical experience: automotive electronics, printed circuit boards (FR4 and HDI), surface
mount components, adhesives, plastics, metal castings and stampings, finite element analysis
Polaris Industries, Wyoming, Minnesota
Mechanical Engineering Co-op, June 2005 – December 2005
• Designed durability validation test course and tracked test results for prototype ATV
• Developed automated electro-hydraulic testing system
• Technical experience: off-road vehicles (ATVs, snowmobiles, utility vehicles), sensors
(accelerometers, force transducers, strain gages), software programming, electro-mechanical
control systems
Red Bull Cheever Racing, Indianapolis, Indiana
Race Engineering Intern, May 2005
• Implemented real-time tire temperature monitoring system on IRL racecar
• Technical experience: open-wheel racecars, infrared cameras, wireless data transmission
Remy International, Inc., Anderson, Indiana
Mechanical Engineering Intern, May 2004 – August 2004
• Developed test matrix and performed corrosion durability analysis on the effects of de-icing
solution on starters and alternators
• Technical experience: automotive components (starters, alternators), corrosion

INTERESTS: Food, cooking, traveling (traveled to 16 countries), open-wheel racing, Chicago Bears football

PUBLICATIONS: Tony Asghari & Joseph Janas, Analysis of Thermal Displacements due to CTE Mismatches Using FEA
Simulation and Experimental Validation with a Differential Variable Reluctance Transducer (The
ASME/Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of Micro, Nano,
and Electronic Systems (InterPACK ’07), Vancouver, Canada, July 8-12, 2007), IPACK2007-33217.