Mechanical Engineer Power Plant
Resume:
Carlos Muller, PE
San Jose, CA 95125
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SUMMARY
Accomplished Mechanical Engineer with proven expertise in design, analysis
and testing of mechanical systems involving electronics, thermal/fluids and
structural analysis. Versatile and dedicated professional has led cross-
functional teams through project life cycles.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NuScale Power Inc, Corvallis, Oregon, (12/2010 - Present)
Nuclear Mechanical Stress & Seismic Analysis Engineer - consultant until
11/2010.
Technical Lead for the Reactor Vessel Internals:
. Development and review of Functional Specifications for primary
systems of NuScale's unique power plant design.
. Design and analysis of Core Support Structure and other components
above core to satisfy methods/requirements in the ASME Code Section
III, Div. 1, Subsection NG.
. Performed analysis work with ANSYS Mechanical & APDL including
thermal, structural, modal and harmonic.
BAE Systems, Inc.
US Combat Systems, San Jose, California, (04/2008 - 09/2009)
Staff Mechanical Engineer
Leader of a cross-functional team in charge of designing and testing the
cooling system for a track-based armored military vehicle.
. Mechanical design, packaging and simulation models to predict cooling
performance on vehicle. At the end of 2008, successfully presented
design and analysis results to the customer.
. Coordinated efforts among team members to complete models and
packaging in Pro-E, and simulation runs in Fluent in a timely fashion
for this high-visibility project.
. Coordinated efforts in view of the vehicle dynamometer test including
Test Plan and Procedure, instrumentation specification.
. Successfully tested vehicle under load at maximum ambient temperature
and torque conditions.
. The strong testimony of the test results moved the project to the next
phase, which is building 7 prototypes to be tested in various sites in
the world for a 3-year period.
General Electric-Hitachi Nuclear Division, San Jose, California, (04/2006 -
03/2008)
Senior Fluids Engineer - consultant
Analyzed strainer designs for recirculation water systems in nuclear power
plants.
. Worked with testing partner on test plans and procedures to
verify/validate studies.
. Authored technical reports involving instrument uncertainty in
hydraulic tests results, test termination criterion, and hydraulic
sizing & head loss prediction.
. Independent Design Verifier for the PWR/BWR ECCS suction strainers
methodology and calculations in light of the NEI and NRC
recommendations (NUREG-6224)
. Created the GE-Hitachi design methodology and recommended improvements
to the PWR strainer design to satisfy GSI-191 concerns.
Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, California, (10/2003 - 04/2006)
Senior Mechanical Engineer
. Led a cross-functional team in the development of an up-to-date
cooling system for a modernized all-digital radiation therapy machine.
. Interacted with Project Management in the definition of project scope,
WBS and schedules.
. Performed hydraulic and thermal analysis on loops and components of
interest.
. Supervised packaging effort without increasing machine footprint.
. Successfully tested the cooling system, flow rates and temperatures
within expected range.
. Successful completion of the cooling system, among other efforts,
determined the building of 8 prototypes for internal testing.
ASML Inc.
Scotts Valley, California, (07/1999 - 2002)
Staff Mechanical Engineer
. Led effort in the development and prototyping of furnace assembly for
high-temp applications.
. Led effort in the design and prototyping of three generations of
thermal reactors including components packaging (chuck, lasers,
leveling mechanism, injector).
. Collaborated with vendor in the prototypes manufacturing, leak
checking specification and procedure.
Watkins-Johnson, Inc.
Semiconductor Equipment Group, Scotts Valley, California, (02/1997 -
07/1999)
(acquired by ASML in July 1999)
Senior Mechanical Engineer
. Designed a reactor chamber for ultra-high vacuum deposition using
plasma.
. Designed sheet metal panels for a process module.
. CAD administrator and resident expert for the Euclid3 system (3D CAD
system from France which was acquired by Dassault Systems).
Fusion Design, Inc.
Campbell, California (04/1995 - 01/1997)
Mechanical Engineer
. Designed a robotic arm including end-effector to load wafer batches in
furnaces.
. Development (design, FEA and manufacturing) of a reactor chamber for a
high vacuum plasma system.
. Worked on several mechanical design projects for various clients.
EDUCATION
Certificate in Project Management, UC Berkeley Extension (in progress)
PE License, Mechanical, Board for Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors, Sacramento, CA.
B.S., University of Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Mechanical Engineering (5-year degree).
. Fluent in the English, French, and Portuguese.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ANSYS Workbench Mechanical, APDL, CFX Trainings
Attended several trainings on Pro-Engineer usage.
CF Design and CD_Adapco STAR-CCM+ Trainings
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Office applications: MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
CAD systems: Pro-Engineer with Intralink or EDE, Euclid3 (French CAD).
Thermo-mechanical solvers: Pro/Mechanica, MSC/Nastran, Ansys Workbench
Mechanical, Cosmos, Adina
Hydraulic network solver: Pipe-Flow
CFD solver: CF Design, Ansys CFX, CD-Adapco Star-CCM+
Hand Calculations: MathCAD.
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