Douglas Karst

***B Martin Street, Endicott, NY **760

585-***-**** E-mail: abnc49@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS

Project Management:

Set-up and ran a contracting business: roofing, siding, and insulation

Started and operated an ultrasonic transducer business

Fabricated and evaluated stretched foam piezoelectric ceramic composite

transducers for the ONR

Helped set-up an ion exchange in glass business

Research and Development:

Developed and characterized a new piezoelectric ceramic composition

Developed an all-ceramic high temp ultrasonic transducer

Designed and developed a touch screen based on surface acoustic waves

Developed and characterized high surface area (10X) reticulated ceramic for

catalytic applications

Equipment Design and Modifications:

Set-up ultrasonic transducer testing, characterization, and documentation system

Set-up waste control system for piezoelectric ceramic waste collection

Machinist: turret lathe, engine lathe, milling machine, CNC machining

Built or modified aerospace test fixtures and systems for vibration, shock, and

acceleration testing at various temperatures and pressures

Modified die design for design improvements for ONR hydrophone project

Metal fabrication: TIG welding of stainless tables and piping for cheese handling

automation

PLC set-up for cheese handling automation

Lean Manufacturing:

Developed a low cost alumina substitute

Improved yield results and manufacturing processes

SKILL SETS Computer: Computer data collection, CAD, microprocessor interfacing, FORTRAN,

BASIC, Allen-Bradley PLC’s, MS Office

Hands-on/Analytical: Electrician, vibration analysis, acoustic noise testing, shock

testing, salt spray, ISO 9000 training, particle size analysis, surface area analysis, x-ray,

SEM, mercury intrusion, high temperature creep, laser experimentation, impedance

analysis in RF range for electrical and acoustical properties characterization of

piezoelectric ceramics used for building ultrasonic transducers, impedance matching,

thin film characterization of precision resistor coatings

Instructional/Supervisory: Lab Instructor -Thermal Properties of Ceramics, Physical

Properties of Ceramics,

Lab Supervisor, foreman, tutor

Processing: Batching, compositional development, dry pressing, isostatic pressing, hot

isostatic pressing, calcining, sintering, controlled atmosphere sintering, screen printing,

sputtering, tape casting, slip casting, wet slurry spraying, dip casting, extrusion, glass

fiber pulling, ion exchange in glass, ceramic composites, extrusion, electroplating

EXPERIENCE Stay Home Dad

Took leave from engineering to share child-raising responsibilities while wife pursued

information technology field.

2006 to 2009

Airport Security Screener McNeil Technology, Rochester International Airport,

Rochester, NY

Screen passengers and luggage for prohibited items

2002-2006

Test Engineer Alstom Signaling, Inc., Rochester, NY

2000 to 2002

• Design test equipment, perform tests, write test procedures, and prepare AutoCAD

drawings

• Design train stop simulator for factory testing for multiple site locations

• Develop labeling and label product; clear adhesive, ink engraving, photo etch

• Revise circuit boards and program EPROM chips

• Improve safe braking test, suggest using dead-man control system

• Ordered parts for test equipment built in our lab

Consultant

1999 to 2000

• Ion exchange in glass

• Process control for powder handling and dry pressing of ferrites

• Piezoelectric composite towed array design for submarines

Development Engineer Vesuvius Hi-Tech Ceramics, Alfred, NY

1996 to 1999

• Researched, tested, and implemented into production a low cost alumina substitute

• Developed high surface area ceramics for catalysis applications

• Researched, tested, analyzed, documented, and wrote the manufacturing and final

reports for The Production of Distorted 3-3 Hydrophone Composites from Reticulated

Ceramics for the Office of Naval Research

• Pushed through yield improvements for thermal grade zirconia molten metal filters

• Developed zirconia, magnesia, and ceria wash-coats and established a catalyst

support database

• Wash-coated ceramics, prepared wash-coat slurries for production

• Researched and substituted a low cost colloidal silica

• Provided suggestions for enhanced thermal shock resistance of Vesuvius’s molten

metal filters

• Made significant improvements toward safety

• Tested and analyzed ceramic burners for emissions and efficiency

Development Engineer PiezoProducts, West Lafayette, IN

1995 to 1996

• Performed marketing research and developed a business plan

• Purchased equipment and supplies and built a machine shop and production facilities

• Manufactured ultrasonic transducers and wrote manufacturing procedures

• Developed a test station, procedures and documentation

Researcher Department of Defense Center for Information and

1993 to 1995

Numerical Data Analysis and Systems, Ceramics Information and Analysis Center,

West Lafayette, IN

• Researched and Wrote Piezoelectric Composites, An Extended Report and

Technology Assessment

• Researched and supplied information for the Department of Defense about ceramics

and ceramic composites

• Wrote book reviews and articles for the monthly newsletters

• Collected and analyzed data for the ceramics composites data-book

Development Engineer Etalon, Inc., Lebanon, IN

1991 to 1993

• Designed, fabricated, tested, and documented piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers for

medical imaging, medical therapy, down hole oil well exploration, surface acoustic wave

applications, leak detection for gasoline stations, for ultrasonic in air applications and

general nondestructive testing type applications

• Wrote manufacturing and testing procedures

• Supervised three lab technicians

Doug Karst Contracting Cuba, NY

1983-1991

• President/Owner/Estimator

• Roofing, siding, carpentry, siding, masonry, and insulation.

• Build condos and custom homes

National Technical Services Saugus, CA

1978-1980

Aerospace test lab: vibration, shock, acoustic noise, acceleration, and environmental

testing.

EDUCATION M.S. ceramic engineering, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred, NY

B.S. ceramic engineering, Physics minor, New York State College of Ceramics at

Alfred, NY

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