Robert Jones

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Magnolia, DE *****

302-***-****

acrbbs@r.postjobfree.com

OVERVIEW

Mr. Jones has been with ILC Dover since 2005 in various roles. His main experience is with the design and development of various components for the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Space Suit focusing primarily on glove design. Other projects have included work on other Advanced Space Suit Assemblies, Inflatable Habitats, Space Radiation shielding blankets, and inflatable wings. His duties include material development and selection, testing, design, and fabrication with a strong focus on 3D CAD design. He is the lead Space Suit Glove Designer at ILC Dover. EXPERIENCE

Mr. Jones will bring to this position a strong knowledge of CAD design and manufacture of materials used in life critical applications. He has significant experience using parametric modeling to design hardware (ie. brackets, test plugs, assemblies) and soft, flexible products and has worked closely with materials and systems engineers in order to develop and test high pressure, high mobility flexible joint designs. Mr. Jones has conducted structural and sizing analysis using classic techniques for structures including spacesuit hardware and softgoods such as gloves, arms, legs, upper torso, and waist joints. He has developed systems level test plans for the verification and certification of various spacesuit components. He has experience with bench top testing and material testing of lower level components for developing recommendations for design improvements to the overall system. He has experience with numerous manufacturing processes including machining, composites, rapid prototyping, thermal welding, laser and wheel cutting, cementing, taping, coating, molding and vacuum bagging. His relevant project experience includes:

ILC Dover teamed with NASA– Z2 Advanced Space Suit – Lead Design Engineer for Composite Upper Torso

ILC Dover teamed with NASA – EMU Phase VI Glove Design - Lead Glove Design Engineer for Space Suit Assemblies

ILC Dover teamed with NASA – CSSS LEA Suit Design – Design Engineer for the Pathfinder LEA Suit used for CSSS

ILC Dover – REI-Suit Design – Design Engineer for the Rear Entry I-suit used for advanced suit work

ILC Dover – LEA-Suit Design - Design Engineer for the Rear Launch, Entry, Abort I-suit used for advanced suit work

ILC Dover teamed with IAI – IAI Inflatable Wing Development - Engineering design - designed and tested inflatable wing technology for UAV’s; built prototype wing system and conducted bench top testing to prove feasibility.

University of Kentucky teamed with NASA– BIG BLUE – First successful high altitude deployment of inflatable and rigidizable wings.

University of Kentucky teamed with NASA – Weightless Wildcats’ DISTANCE project, DOT.COM project, and VIPER project - designed and performed microgravity experiments as part of NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. Experiments included repeatability of precision deployment, instrumented inflatable beam deployment and inflating spacecraft deployment.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

1. Jones, R., Ferl, J., Hewes, L., Aitchison, L., Hodgson, E., Pastore, C., Beamer, B., Sneeringer, F., “Trade Study of an Interface for a Removable/Replaceable Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment,” SAE International ICES Conference, 2008-01- 1990, 2008.

2. Jones, R., Graziosi, G., Splawn, W., Ferl, J., “Development of a Space Suit Soft Upper Torso Mobility/Sizing Actuation System with Focus on Prototype Development and Manned Testing,” SAE International ICES Conference, 200*-**-****, 2007.

3. Jones, R., Graziosi, G., Ferl, J., Splawn, K., Zetune, D., Cadogan, C., “Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Enhancements of Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment,” SAE International ICES Conference, 2006-01- 2285, 2006.

EDUCATION

BS in Mechanical Engineering; University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Graduated: May 8, 2005; University cumulative GPA: 3.34/4.0; Engineering GPA: 3.45/4.0. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS

President of ILC Dover Toastmasters Club, Toastmasters International (2011-2012)

Competent Communicator/Leadership Award, Toastmasters International

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) (2006-2008)

Association of Manufacturing Excellence (AME) (2011-2012)

NASA JSC Group Achievement Award, STS-125 EMU Logistics Team, 2009

NASA JSC Group Achievement Award, EMU Glove TMG Redesign Team, 2009

ILC Dover Outstanding Performance Certificate of Recognition, 2008

Systems Engineering, a short course taught by Dr. Frank Bourne, Harris Corporation, January 15, 2004.

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