Mechanical System
Resume:
DALE CIRCLE
SENIOR / LEAD OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGNER
TUCSON, AZ
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SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Designed optics for PHARMACEUTICAL Hand-Held Scanner used for drug identification
• Designed miniature optical component configuration for DENTAL Hand-Held Wand 3D Laser Optic Scanner
• Designed all optical & mechanical support systems for GEMINI 8-meter TELESCOPE Primary Mirror Support Structure
• Designed HYDRAULIC & PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR positioning & support systems for 25-ton mirror
• THERMAL COOLING system designs providing uniform temperatures for optics in high-altitude harsh environments
• Redesigned XYZ DRIVE POSITIONING system to solve repeatability problem for microchip analytical probing station
• Reworked existing design to solve major overheating problem for DIGITAL CINEMA CAMERA
• Designed long-range DIODE LASER TARGET PROJECTORS & REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS
• Designed variable acousto-optic & chemical / biological INFRARED SPECTRUM PROJECTORS
• Designed photo-sensitive FIBER OPTIC BUNDLES for ultra high-precision assembly configurations
• Designed agitated COOLANT SYSTEM for cooling copper crucible filled with molten uranium
• Designed GEAR DRIVE ACTUATORS for commercial aircraft & spacecraft flight controls
• Designed HIGH VACUUM CHAMBERS for cryogenic & environmental optics
• Designed AUTOMATED PROCESSING & COATING VACUUM CHAMBERS
• COOLANT SYSTEM PANEL designs & PIPING / MANIFOLD configurations
• THERMAL ISOLATION designs for component protection
• Use GD&T per ASME / ANSI Y14.5 Standards for all designs & drawings
• Use ENTERPRISE PDM for document control
KEY WORDS
MEDICAL / DENTAL / PHARMACEUTICAL EQUIP, HAND-HELD 3D SCANNERS, OPTICAL COMPONENTS, FIBER OPTICS, LASER OPTICS, PROJECTING / IMAGING OPTICS, OPTO-ELECTRONIC PACKAGING, ATHERMAL EXPANSION, CRYOGENICS, THERMAL CONTROL, TELESCOPES, PROJECTORS, SENSORS, CAMERAS, XYZ STAGES, VACUUM CHAMBERS, ACTUATORS, THRUSTERS, HYDRAULIC, PNEUMATIC, GEARS, BEARINGS, WORM DRIVES, HIGH PRECISION, AUTOMATION MACHINERY, CONVEYANCE, SOLAR HEATING, CASTINGS, LARGE STRUCTURES, HEAVY WELDMENTS, ELECTRONICS PACKAGING, MACHINABLE CERAMICS, PROPOSAL DESIGNS, REVERSE-ENGINEERING, TOLERANCE ANALYSIS, CHECKER, CLEAN ROOM PROCEDURES, NUCLEAR, DOE, Q CLEARANCE, MILITARY, DOD, SECRET CLEARANCE, GD&T, ASME / ANSI Y14.5, SOLIDWORKS, EPDM, AUTOCAD, MICROSOFT OFFICE, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, ADOBE ACROBAT PRO, TEAM MEMBER, COST SAVINGS, METICULOUS, AWARD RECIPIENT
MERIT AWARDS
• OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (QTY 2)
• REWARD & RECOGNITION (QTY 5)
CLEARANCES HELD
• SECRET – US Department of Defense
• Q – US Department of Energy
CAD PROGRAMS EXPERIENCE
• SOLIDWORKS - (14 years)
• ENTERPRISE PDM WORKS (EPDM) – (4 years)
• INVENTOR – (4 months); AUTOCAD - (10 years)
OFFICE PROGRAMS EXPERIENCE
• MS WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT (MS OFFICE)
• ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS
• ADOBE ACROBAT PRO
EDUCATION
(AA) ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE, Architecture
Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA
AREAS OF DESIGN EXPERTISE (and years of experience)
• LASER-OPTICS HAND-HELD SCANNERS – (total of 7 months) (contract)
• MICROCHIP ANALYTICAL PROBING STATION – (total of 6 months) (contract)
• DESIGN INTEGRITY ANALYSIS – (total of 2 months) (contract)
• PRECISION OPTICS – (total of 15 years) (direct & contract)
• HIGH VACUUM CHAMBER ENVIRONMENTS – (total of 17 years) (direct & contract)
• ACTUATOR / MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS – (total of 20 years) (direct & contract)
• PIPING / COOLING SYSTEMS – (total of 20 years) (direct & contract)
• ROBOTIC / AUTOMATION MACHINERY – (total of 4 years) (direct & contract)
• DOE-NUCLEAR ENERGY / CONTAMINATED WASTE MANAGEMENT – (total of 10 years) (contract)
• DOD-MILITARY DEFENSE SYSTEMS – (total of 8 years) (direct)
DESIGN ACCOMPLISHMENTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
LASER-OPTICS HAND-HELD SCANNERS
@ D4D Technologies
INOV
• Dental Laser-Optic Precision 3D Image Mouth Scanner
• Pharmaceutical Laser-Optic Drug Identification Scanner
• Optical component designs for hand-held wand 3D scanner
• Optical component designs allowing for athermal expansion
• 1 pixel (25.4 microns) total optics tolerance requirement
• Opto-electronics package for projecting / imaging system
• Fine-tune adjustment features for optics alignment
• Sheet metal radiation shields for thermal containment
• Tolerance Analysis for all assemblies / sub-assemblies
MICROCHIP ANALYTICAL PROBING STATION
@ Micromanipulator
• 1-micron repeatable locating accuracy movement
• 1000/1 gear reduction configuration
• XYZ stage guidance system
• Harmonic drive gearhead
• Optical position encoder readheads & scales
• Cross-roller bearing
• Stepping motor
• High-precision timing belt
DESIGN INTEGRITY ANALYSIS
@ Red Digital Cinema Cameras
• Overheating analysis: digital cinema camera electronics
• Provided design solution for overheating camera
PRECISION OPTICS
@ National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO)
National Solar Observatories (NSO)
Michigan State University Astronomy Dept.
ATK Mission Research
Micromanipulator
Red Digital Cinema Cameras
D4D Technologies
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
• High-speed infrared scene projection systems
• Chemical / biological infrared spectrum projector
• Variable acousto-optic spectrum projector
• Laser targets & target projectors, transponders
• Collimators, beam combiners / splitters, prisms, lenses
• Fiber bundle linear slit & grid pattern arrays
• 10µm positioning tolerance requirement
• 1µm positioning repeatability requirement
• Laser optic 3D projecting / imaging system
• Cryogenic & environmental test chambers
• Vacuum optical chamber environments
• Optics thermal analysis & control
• Hot source simulators
• Blackbody sources
• Optical alignment features
• XYZ stage component positioning
LASER SYSTEMS
@ Lawrence Livermore Laboratories
ATK Mission Research
D4D Technologies
INOV
• Laser-optic projecting / imaging for 3D scanner
• Diode laser optics
• Laser remote sensing systems
• Nuclear fission system
TELESCOPES
@ GEMINI 8-Meter Telescopes
Solis Solar Telescope
Spartan Infrared Camera for SOAR Telescope
• Primary mirror cell support structure & assembly
• Lifting fixture for 22-ton primary mirror
• Whiffletree cart for 22-ton mirror transport
• 6-zone mirror deformation system
• 4-bipod flexure for cell structure support
• Structural support for 15-ton Instrumentation
• Mirror cell access plan for personnel / equipment
• Thermal system for uniform mirror temperature
• Mirror cell coolant system
• Mirror cell ventilation system
• Fluid leak flow / drainage system
• Primary mirror air pressure seal configuration
• Component & cell location identification system
• Shipping frame for 50-ton primary mirror cell
• Axial / lateral mirror supports
• Axial / lateral position sensors
• X-definer positioning system
• Earthquake safety restraints
• Mirror surface heating system
• Instrument support structure
• Cable routing configurations
• Cassegrain rotator bearing assembly
• Ambient temperature radiation system
• Component electronics control node boxes
HIGH VACUUM ENVIRONMENTS
@ Retech
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories
Sandia Laboratories
Airco Coating Technologies
NOAO GEMINI Telescopes
ATK Mission Research
• Coating chamber for 8-meter diameter mirror
• Glass coating chambers for sputtering process
• Liquid / gas-cooled nuclear fission chambers
• Liquid / gas-cooled crucibles
• Metallurgical multi-treatment furnaces
• Contaminated water control / containment
• Water-cooled Process Chambers
• Buffer Chambers & Lock Chambers
ACTUATORS / MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS
@ Retech
Airco Coating Technologies
NOAO GEMINI Telescopes
Ingenium Aerospace
TDS Automation
• Telescope mirror deformation actuators
• Telescope mirror support & alignment actuators
• Motorized gear & bearing assemblies
• Worm drive systems
• Slip clutch assemblies
• Linear bearings & guide rails
• Hydraulic / pneumatic motion control actuators
• Rotary actuators
• Thrusters
• Grippers
• Shock absorbers & rest pads
• Proximity sensors & laser sensors
• Limit switches, Encoder readheads & scales
• Actuator test stand fixture
PIPING SYSTEMS
@ Retech
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories
Sandia Laboratories
Airco Coating Technologies
NOAO GEMINI Telescopes
Microphor
• Nuclear radiation-contaminated water recovery
• Argon / Freon gas-fed cooling systems
• Nitrogen-cooled cryogenic optical chambers
• Solar water-heating systems
• Radiation panels for ambient temp thermal control
• Ultra-high vacuum piping systems for nuclear applications
• Giant telescope structure self-contained cooling systems
• Control valve assemblies & water manifolds
• Vacuum toilet water & air supply / return valve systems
• Fresh water supply tank for railroad passenger car restrooms
ROBOTIC / AUTOMATION MACHINERY
@ Retech
Airco Coating Technologies
Micromanipulator
TDS Automation
• Water-cooled process, buffer, & lock chambers
• Glass sputtering chambers
• Robotic glass coating process systems
• Metallurgical heat-treat robotic process systems
• Automated solar water heating system assembly
• Cam driven / gear driven mechanisms
DOE - NUCLEAR ENERGY / CONTAMINATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
@ Lawrence Livermore Laboratories
Sandia Laboratories
• High vacuum uranium fission systems
• Liquid / gas-cooled crucibles & chambers
• Glove box contamination isolation chambers
• Uranium isotope separator systems
• Radiation Shields
• Electron beam gun for uranium melt
• Control room electronics racks & valve panels
• Contaminated water recovery systems
DOD - DEFENSE SYSTEMS (Military, Homeland Security contracts)
@ ATK Mission Research
Raytheon
• (UAV) Unmanned Airborne Vehicle components
• Avionic electronics vibration isolation
• Tolerance analysis of assembly designs
• Terrorist activity detection long-range sensor system
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (in chronological order; most recent is first)
MICROPHOR, Willits, CA
(Vacuum Toilets / Restroom System Designs for Railroads)
MAR 2014-JUL 2014 4 months
CAD system: INVENTOR
Position: SENIOR MECHANICAL DESIGN CONSULTANT (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: consultant project was successfully completed
My Projects: Low water usage vacuum toilet & piping supply / return system designs
INOV, Tucson, AZ
(Optical System Designs)
JUL 2013-OCT 2013 3 months
CAD system: SOLIDWORKS
Position: SENIOR OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGN CONSULTANT (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: consultant project was successfully completed
My Projects: Laser Scanner Optics design
TDS Automation / Doerfer, Waterloo, IA
(Robotic Processing & Assembly Machinery)
MAR 2013-MAY 2013 3 months
CAD system: SOLIDWORKS
Position: SENIOR MECHANICAL DESIGN CONSULTANT (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: consultant projects were successfully completed
My Projects: Various automation designs
D4D Technologies, Dallas, TX
(Dental Office & Dental Lab High Precision 3D Scanning & Modeling Equipment)
NOV 2012-FEB 2013 4 months
CAD system: SOLIDWORKS
Position: SENIOR OPTICAL DESIGN CONSULTANT (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: consultant projects were successfully completed
My Projects: Optical designs, Optics adjustment designs, Opto-Electronics Packaging, Tolerance Stack Analysis
Ingenium Aerospace, Rockford, IL
(Flight Control Actuation for Commercial Aircraft & Spacecraft)
DEC 2011-APR 2012 4 months
CAD system: SOLIDWORKS
Position: SENIOR MECHANICAL DESIGN CONSULTANT (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: consultant projects were successfully completed
My Projects: Flight Control Gear Actuator designs, Tolerance Stack Analysis, Design Checker
COMMERCIAL & FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER
Tucson, AZ (self-employed)
JAN 2011-PRESENT 4 years
Raytheon, Tucson, AZ
(Unmanned Airborne Vehicles, Missiles)
NOV 2007-APR 2011 3 years
CAD systems: SOLIDWORKS & PRO-E
Position: SENIOR MECHANICAL DESIGNER (direct employee)
Reason for leaving: layoff due to lack of work
My Projects: Unmanned Airborne Vehicle component designs, Tolerance Stack Analysis, GD&T Analysis
RED Digital Cinema Cameras, Lake Forest, CA
(Professional Digital Cinema Cameras for Motion Picture Industry)
AUG 2007-OCT 2007 2 months
CAD system: SOLIDWORKS
Position: OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGN CONSULTANT (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: consultant project was successfully completed
My Project: Analyzed overheating problem & redesigned for cooling solution
The Micromanipulator Company, Carson City, NV
(Semi-conductor Wafer Probes)
JAN 2007-JUN 2007 6 months
CAD system: SOLIDWORKS
Position: OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGN CONSULTANT (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: consultant project was successfully completed
My Project: Redesigned / upgraded state-of-the-art Wafer Probe System
ATK / Mission Research, Santa Barbara, CA
(DOD / DOE / CIA / Homeland Security Contracts)
JUL 2002-NOV 2006 4 years
CAD system: SOLIDWORKS
Position: LEAD OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGNER (direct employee)
Reason for leaving: corporate merger consolidation layoff
My Projects: Electro-Optical Sensors & Detector Systems, R & D projects & design proposals
Michigan State University, Astronomy / Astrophysics Department, East Lansing, MI
(Telescope Instruments)
JAN 2002-JUN 2002 6 months
CAD system: SOLIDWORKS
Position: OPTICS DESIGN CONSULTANT (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: consultant project was successfully completed
My Project: Spartan Infrared Camera for SOAR Telescope
National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) / National Solar Observatories (NSO), Tucson, AZ
(Giant Telescopes)
NOV 1992-DEC 2001 9 years
CAD systems: AUTOCAD & SOLIDWORKS
Position: LEAD OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGNER (direct employee)
Reason for leaving: 10-year project was completed, no new work
My Projects: Giant Visible / Infrared Telescopes & Astronomical Instruments
Airco Coating Technologies / BOC, Fairfield, CA
(Robotic Glass Coating Assembly Processes)
MAR 1992-NOV 1992 9 months
CAD system: AUTOCAD
Position: SENIOR MECHANICAL / ROBOTICS DESIGNER (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: moved to Tucson, AZ for permanent position
My Projects: Robotic Glass Coating Vacuum Chambers
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA
(US Department of Energy)
FEB 1985-FEB 1992 7 years
CAD system: AUTOCAD
Position: SENIOR MECHANICAL / VACUUM DESIGNER (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: agency contract with DOE expired
My Projects: Nuclear Systems & Containment Facilities / R & D projects
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
(US Department of Energy, Nuclear Power Division)
AUG 1982- FEB 1985 2 years
Position: SENIOR MECHANICAL / VACUUM DESIGNER (contract employee)
Reason for leaving: employment agency contract with DOE expired
My Project: Uranium Isotope Separator Chamber System
Retech Systems LLC, Ukiah, CA - (Robotic Metallurgical Processing Vacuum Chamber Systems)
SEP 1980-AUG 1982 2 years
Position: SENIOR MECHANICAL / VACUUM DESIGNER (direct employee)
Reason for leaving: moved to San Francisco Bay Area for better opportunity
My Projects: Automated Metallurgical Treatment Chambers & Systems
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