About

Two decades in the lab, not just reading about it

KC Service & Consulting was founded to bring the operational expertise that manufacturers and design firms cannot provide, built on a career spent running demanding vibration test programs.

KC Service & Consulting was founded to bring the operational expertise that manufacturers and design firms cannot provide, built on a career spent running demanding vibration test programs rather than reading about them.

Kevin Cross

Kevin holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University and has more than twenty years of hands-on experience across electrodynamic shaker systems, power amplifiers, slip tables, and control systems. His work spans Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) and Six Degree of Freedom (6-DOF) test methodology, structural dynamics, modal and environmental testing, mass properties, and the planning and execution of high-consequence, hazardous, and remotely operated vibration tests.

Before founding KCSC, Kevin spent his career on the operational side of large vibration test programs, managing multi-million dollar system installations and upgrades from procurement through commissioning and operator handoff. That perspective, knowing exactly where these systems and facilities go wrong, is what KCSC brings to every engagement.

Areas of Expertise

Electrodynamic Shaker SystemsMIMO & 6-DOFStructural DynamicsModal AnalysisEnvironmental & Qualification TestMass PropertiesHazardous & Remote OperationsInstall & CommissioningLarge-System Project Management
Kevin Cross

Kevin Cross

KC Service & Consulting Albuquerque, NM 505-349-3645 Kevin@kcscsolutions.com Download CV / Resume
Featured Work

MIMO & 6-DOF, recognized at the national level

Kevin's work advancing Multi-Input Multi-Output and 6-DOF vibration test methodology was featured in Sandia National Laboratories public news releases. The remarks below, made by Kevin and published by Sandia, speak to why these methods matter.

"Using multiple input, multiple output testing is a much more realistic representation of what those units experience in flight and out in the field."

Kevin Cross, quoted in Sandia National Laboratories news release (2024)

"The big selling point is that we can significantly reduce the amount of test time required. We're getting a much better, more realistic dataset, and doing it considerably faster."

Kevin Cross, quoted in Sandia National Laboratories news release (2024)

"We by far lead the way here on multiple input, multiple output testing."

Kevin Cross, quoted in Sandia National Laboratories news release (2015)

Quotes are from publicly available Sandia National Laboratories news releases and are reproduced here with attribution. Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. Reference to Sandia reflects past work and does not imply current affiliation or endorsement.

Publications & Past Performance

Published in the field

Kevin has authored and co-authored conference papers and technical publications in structural dynamics and vibration testing, including work presented at the International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC). A selected publications list and a structured past-performance summary are part of KCSC's capability materials, available on request.