Engineer Mechanical

ELIZABETH RAMOS

ramos @alumni.upenn.edu

**** ******** ****: 248-***-****

West Bloomfield, MI 48322 Mobile: 570-***-****

CAREER SUMMARY

Creativ e and energetic mechanical engineer with industry experience gained through three

internships and a full-time manufacturing engineering position with General Motors, most

recently as a participant in an acc elerated dev elopment program. Familiar wit h manufacturing

proc esses including lean manufact uring and Six Sigma. Rec ognized for strong problem-s olving

and analytical abilities. Excels in hands-on settings, including machine shop and plant

environments. Effective communication skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATI ON, Detroit, MI 2008 - 2009

Leading automotive manuf acturer.

Manufacturi ng Engi neer Devel opment Pr ogram, Pontiac, MI

Completed a series of three-mont h rotational assignments in Powertrain Manuf acturing

Engineering Division.

Process Engineer, Warren Trans mission Operations

Maint ained machining operations for pris matics depart ment.

Saved the c ompany $50,000 annually by eliminating out-of-tolerance variation during

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case mac hining proc ess.

Quality Engineer, Romulus Engine Operations

Improv ed quality performance by collecting and analyzing data for capability

studies on block machining lines.

Process Engineer, Wixom Performanc e Build Center

Prepared building line f or new product launch and updat ed all standardiz ed work

manuals for existing products.

PENN WOMEN’S CENTER, Philadelphia PA 2007 - 2008

Center for counseling, training, and advoc acy of women’s issues on campus.

Webmaster

Responsible for maint aining e-mail list serv and e-mail acc ounts. Advertis ed ev ents using

sites such as Facebook, as well as on-campus wit h flyers. Updat ed calendar and website.

Redesigned the Center’s websit e using Dreamweaver soft ware.

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GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATI ON, Detroit, MI

Leading automotive manuf acturer

Inter n: Manufacturi ng Pr ocess Anal ysis, Ypsilanti, MI Summers 2006, 2007

Analyzed distortion in the channel fac e of the upper valv e body. Predicted milling forces,

simulat ed production lines and tooling process es using Third Wav e Systems simulation

software.

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GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATI ON, continued

Inter n: Metallur gy Department, Warren, MI Summer 2005

Prepared test samples and performed fracture analysis using a scanning electron

mic roscope. Tested hardness of sample material using Vickers and Brinell hardness tests.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science i n Engi neeri ng, School of Engineering and Applied Science, 2008

Univers ity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Major: Mec hanical Engineering and Applied Mec hanics

LEADERSHIP POSI TIONS

President, Society of His panic Professional Engineers 2005-2006, 2007 - 2008

Secretary, Society of Automotive Engineers 2007 - 2008

Under-Secretary General, International Affairs Assoc. 2005 - 2006

James Cook Univ ersity, Queensland, Australia, Undergraduat e Study Abroad Fall 2006

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Product Design, Fluid Mechanics, Materials and Manuf acturing Proc esses, Thermodynamics,

Dy namics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Comput er Aided Design, Intro. To Flight, Statics and

Strengths of Materials, Theory of Vibrations, Mec hanic al Engineering Lab, Physics:

Mechanics/Electricity and Magnetis m, Calc ulus I-I V, Linear Algebra, Chemical Principles, Intro

to Java Programming, Intro to Microeconomics, Intermediat e German and Spanish

SKILLS / TRAI NI NG

ProEngineer, SolidWorks, Aut oCAD, Maple, MatLab, Q-Das qs-stat, Alt aire Hy perMes h,

Dreamweaver

MEMBERSHI PS / AFFILI ATIONS

Society of His panic Professional Engineers 2004 - 2009

Society of Automotive Engineers 2007 - 2009

GM Affinity Group for Women 2008 - 2009

GM Hispanic Initiative Team 2005 - 2009

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