Fastener Engineering serves readers in the mechanical design engineering space. We provide news, product developments, application stories, technical how-to articles, and analysis of engineering trends. Our editors produce daily content, webcasts, videos, podcasts, and more for the Fastener Engineering audience.

Meet our Team

 

Paul J. Heney, Editorial Director

Paul J. Heney, the VP, Editorial Director for Fastener Engineering, has a BS in Engineering Science & Mechanics and minors in Technical Communications and Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech. He has written about fluid power, aerospace, robotics, medical, green engineering, and general manufacturing topics for nearly 25 years. He has won numerous regional and national awards for his writing from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

 

Lisa Eitel, Senior Editor

Lisa has worked in the motion industry since 2001. Her areas of focus include motors, drives, motion control, power transmission, linear motion, and sensing and feedback technologies. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and is an inductee of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society; a member of the Society of Women Engineers; and a judge for the FIRST Robotics Buckeye Regionals. Besides her motioncontroltips.com contributions, Lisa also leads the production of the quarterly motion issues of Design World.

 

Miles Budimir, Editor

Miles covers motion control, automation, and test and measurement. He holds a BSEE degree and an MA in Philosophy from Cleveland State University and has experience working in the controls industry as a project engineer. Miles has taught engineering technology courses as well as engineering ethics continuing education courses for professional engineers in the state of Ohio.

 

Mike Santora, Editor

Mike Santora has been an Associate Editor with Design World and Fluid Power World magazines since 2015. He has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Bowling Green State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Hampshire. Mike is also the editor for WTWH Media’s vertical sites, BearingTips.com and CouplingTips.com.