Engineer Electrical

KEVIN AHRENS

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Mims, Florida **754

Home: 321-***-****

Cell: 321-***-****

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CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Electrical Engineering in a Controls and Instrumentation or Testing

environment.

EDUCATION:

University of Central Florida - Orlando, Florida

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, December 1982

CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE:

United Space Alliance Company

Kennedy Space Center

1102 John Glen Blvd

Titusville, Florida 32780

1996 - Present

Member of the NASA Space Shuttle Launch Team.

Lead Engineer for Design and Installation of control syatem update

for LC39 Pads

and Mobile Launchers. This includes Logix 5000 PLCs and IO over

ControlNet and DeviceNet. RSView SE and Intellution iFix SCADA

operator consoles.

Lockheed Martin Space Operations Company

Kennedy Space Center

1100 Lockheed Way, Titusville, Florida 32780

February 1984 - 1996

Electrical Systems Engineer

1990 - Present (Senior Engineer)

1987 - 1990 (Lead Engineer)

Member of the NASA Space Shuttle Launch Team.

Technical point of contact for engineering division in Ground Support

Electrical Systems. Responsible for design requirements, installation,

modifications, operation and maintenance for pad and mobile launcher

ground support equipment. Responsible for review, interpretation, and

report presentation of accumulated data.

Martin Marietta Company

Kennedy Space Center

January 1993 - February 1983

Associate Electrical Systems Engineer

Performed troubleshooting, repair, modification and validation of pad

and mobile launcher ground support equipment to the External Tank.

Transitioned to Lockheed Space Operations Company with SPC contract.

CAREER RELATED SKILLS:

Experienced with design, diagnosis, and repair of the following

circuits and components of electrical equipment.

* PLCs including programming, PID loop control and tuning, system

design and troubleshooting.

* Rockwell Automation Logix 5000 family, PLC-5 and SLC 500

* ControlNet, DeviceNet, and EtherNer IP networks'

* Motor controls including AC and DC Drives(voltage source, current

source and PWM). Experienced includes tuning, troubleshooting,

programming and networking with PLCs.

PowerFlex and 1336 Plus AC drives

* Transducers including position, temperature, flow, pressure, motion,

current, voltage, and accelerometers.

* Power supplies including rectified, regulated, switching, DC to DC,

and AC power conditioners.

* Process control systems using Chromolox, Honeywell and PLC based

controllers.

* Secondary AC power distribution.

* Computer software including IBM CAD, C, C++, VisualBasic, and all

Office programs

* Technical manual preparation including drawings, troubleshooting

plans, validation procedures, and maintenance instructions.

Familiar with the use of complex schematic diagrams, mechanical and

electrical drawings, oscilloscopes, DMM, signal generators, TDR,

frequency counters, and mechanalysis data collectors.

Certifications:

* Kepner-Tregoe Institute Problem Analysis/Decision Analysis, Lockheed

Titusville, Florida, 1994.

* Rockwell Automation ControlLogix Programming Certification 2009

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

* Silver Snoopy Award From NASA Manned Flight Program for continuous

modifications and maintenance of LOX Pump AC Drive, Kennedy Space Center,

Florida 1995.

* NASA Letter of Appreciation for Outstanding Accomplishment on PLC

Modification to existing Thermal Conditioning Unit, Kennedy Space Center,

Florida 1994.

* NASA SARA Award

* NASA SFA Launch Honoree January 2010

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