Gregory Blake

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Vandergrift, Pa. acty27@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

Associate Degree: Electronics and Computer Engineering, Pennsylvania Institute

of Technology, Philadelphia, Pa. 1987

Penn State University: Courses in Mechanical Engineering.

Experience:

Technologist: Electrical Process Instrumentation Controls. Alcoa Corporation

Alcoa Center, PA.

Aug 2013 to Present. Develop Electrical and Instrumentation controls for

new and existing automated Industrial Aluminum Casting Systems. Provide

Technical support for specification and troubleshooting of Electrical

Process controls, Combustion Systems and Instrumentation. Provide

Technical and Engineering support to research groups, reliability and process

Safety initiatives.

Digital Concepts: Computer/instrument repair, Jan 2008 to Aug 2013. Computer

OS and hardware diagnosis and repair. LAN set-up and troubleshooting. Graphics

Design studio for business and industry applications.

Instrumentation Robotics Plant Engineer, PGW Industries

Creighton, PA. Plant maintenance equipment engineering. Including all robotics

and glass production equipment. Jan 2008 to Aug 2008.

Instrumentation Robotics Technician,Westinghouse Air Brake, Wilmerding PA.

January 2003 to Dec 2007. Technical support for CNC and manual machining

operation producing parts for rail system components. Responsibilities include

plant process control for CNC and all electro/mechanical systems.

Process Controls Engineer, Flabeg Corporation, Brackenridge PA.

February 2000 to October 2002. Responsible for Engineering and maintaining

plant automation and electro/mechanical systems.Process instrumentation for

glass manufacturing facility. Robotics programming.

Integration of Robotic Automation Systems,CCD vision systems, PLC control

systems, CNC control systems for plant production improvement.

Design and implement plant wide maintenance routines for all existing electrical/

mechanical plant production equipment. Troubleshoot all plant wide production

control issues. Including Glass vacuum coating instrumentation and Glass bending/

Tempering furnace operations.

Perform secondary IT duties on plant computer server system. Perform helpdesk

functions for all office personnel. Troubleshoot and repair various desk PC and

portable computer problems.

Instrument/Robotics Technician, Sony/American Video Glass Company, New

Stanton, Pa. January 1997 to February 2000. Responsible for Plant Instrumentation,

Automation, and Robotics Programming/Maintenance.

. Maintain plant production equipment including Automation, Electrical systems,

Robotics, Mechanical systems.

Engineering Technician, Redzone Robotics, Inc; Pittsburgh, PA. August 1989 to

January 1997.

Responsible for the fabrication of specialized nuclear and industrial robotic

Controls and equipment.

Fabrication, assembly and testing of Remote Tank Inspection System (RTI) for

Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Company. Responsible for fabrication of custom

Console controls, robotic manipulators including actuator assembly, sensor and

Proximity devices, and computer interface configurations.

Fabrication and test of the Tethered Robotic Decontamination System (TROD)

For Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Fabrication consisted of building custom

Electronic controls to machining and manipulation of hydraulic actuation systems.

Fabrication of electronic controls for Westinghouse Nuclear Service Division

ROSA III Manipulator system. Fabricated prototype and production models of the

Intelligent Controller. This system was used in the on site servicing of nuclear

Reactor fuel vessels.

Electronics and hydraulics research for the Department of Energy, Dept of

Defense, and The Environmental Protection Agency. This research was carried out

For many phase I SBIR research proposals and internal research projects.

The following are projects in which I had similar responsibilities as listed above.

(FRED) Remote Inspection device for Ontario Hydro Power Systems.

(HMMVs) Robotic Military Vehicles program for TACOM.

(RWV) Remote work vehicle for TMI Power systems and CMU R&D.

(Hercules) Remote Work Vehicle for EPA field research testing.

(Dual Arm Manipulator) Dual arm platform for Oakridge National Research Lab

(DSTI) Remote Tank Inspection Robot for Westinghouse Hanford Nuclear Site.

References available upon Request.

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